# Browse Curl

> Fetch web pages as raw HTML with curl and read the markup directly. Use it to browse when curl is the only available web tool.

- Skill: `only-cli/browse-curl` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add only-cli/browse-curl`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/only-cli/browse-curl/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: only-cli (https://skillmd.com/u/only-cli)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/only-cli/browse-curl

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# Browse with curl

- `curl -sL <url>` fetches the page HTML, following redirects.
- Quote URLs that contain `&` or `?`.

Tips:

- Raw HTML is large; find the content you need inside the markup rather than rereading whole pages.
- A tiny or garbled response usually means a block or challenge page, not the content.