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Agent Reach by shali10 — Agent Skill

Name: Agent Reach
Author: shali10

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Agent Reach — Multimedia & Clean Content Extraction

Overview

Agent Reach empowers AI Agents to break through plain HTML web boundaries, enabling direct extraction and synthesis of multimedia content including YouTube subtitles, Bilibili video transcripts, RSS subscription feeds, and clutter-free web markdown.

When to Use & When NOT to Use

When to Use

Extracting subtitles/transcripts from YouTube or Bilibili videos for summarization.
Querying RSS/Atom feeds for continuous tracking of newsletters, blogs, and podcasts.
Extracting clean, ad-free Markdown from web pages via reader APIs.
Cross-platform technical topic research across video and text sources.

When NOT to Use

Simple static web downloads where standard curl or requests is sufficient.
Large video/audio binary file processing (use ffmpeg or media_info instead).
Platforms requiring active browser UI automation (use CDP browser tools instead).

Core Workflow & Tool Commands

Target Source	Tool / Command	Output Format	Key Flags
YouTube Subtitles	`yt-dlp --write-auto-subs --sub-lang "zh-Hans,en" --skip-download <URL>`	VTT / SRT Subtitles	`--skip-download` (No heavy video)
Bilibili Transcripts	`bili video <BV_ID> --subtitles`	JSON / Plain Text	Extracts native AI/CC subtitles
Clean Web Text	`curl -s https://r.jina.ai/<URL>`	Clean Markdown	Strips ads, navbars, and boilerplate
RSS / Atom Feeds	`python3 -c "import feedparser; ..."` or `curl -s <Feed_URL>`	Structured Feed XML	Parse titles, links, published dates

Common Pitfalls

Downloading entire video files unnecessarily: Always pass --skip-download to yt-dlp when only transcript/subtitle metadata is needed.
Cloudflare WAF on RSS feeds: Direct curl to sites like V2EX or forums may return 403 Forbidden; use public RSSHub instances (e.g. rsshub.app) as a transparent proxy.
Missing subtitle tracks: Some videos only have auto-generated subtitles; specify fallback languages like --sub-lang "zh-Hans,zh,en,auto".

Verification Checklist

yt-dlp --version returns version ≥ 2024.01.01.
Subtitle extraction test: yt-dlp --list-subs <Test_URL> lists available tracks.
Web reader test: curl -fsS https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com returns clean markdown.

---name: agent-reachdescription: Use when searching or extracting multimedia content including Bilibili/YouTube video subtitles, RSS feeds, and clean web text.license: MIT---# Agent Reach — Multimedia & Clean Content Extraction## OverviewAgent Reach empowers AI Agents to break through plain HTML web boundaries, enabling direct extraction and synthesis of multimedia content including **YouTube subtitles, Bilibili video transcripts, RSS subscription feeds, and clutter-free web markdown**.## When to Use & When NOT to Use### When to Use- Extracting subtitles/transcripts from YouTube or Bilibili videos for summarization.- Querying RSS/Atom feeds for continuous tracking of newsletters, blogs, and podcasts.- Extracting clean, ad-free Markdown from web pages via reader APIs.- Cross-platform technical topic research across video and text sources.### When NOT to Use- Simple static web downloads where standard `curl` or `requests` is sufficient.- Large video/audio binary file processing (use `ffmpeg` or `media_info` instead).- Platforms requiring active browser UI automation (use CDP browser tools instead).## Core Workflow & Tool Commands| Target Source | Tool / Command | Output Format | Key Flags ||---|---|---|---|| **YouTube Subtitles** | `yt-dlp --write-auto-subs --sub-lang "zh-Hans,en" --skip-download <URL>` | VTT / SRT Subtitles | `--skip-download` (No heavy video) || **Bilibili Transcripts** | `bili video <BV_ID> --subtitles` | JSON / Plain Text | Extracts native AI/CC subtitles || **Clean Web Text** | `curl -s https://r.jina.ai/<URL>` | Clean Markdown | Strips ads, navbars, and boilerplate || **RSS / Atom Feeds** | `python3 -c "import feedparser; ..."` or `curl -s <Feed_URL>` | Structured Feed XML | Parse titles, links, published dates |## Common Pitfalls1. **Downloading entire video files unnecessarily**: Always pass `--skip-download` to `yt-dlp` when only transcript/subtitle metadata is needed.2. **Cloudflare WAF on RSS feeds**: Direct `curl` to sites like V2EX or forums may return 403 Forbidden; use public RSSHub instances (e.g. `rsshub.app`) as a transparent proxy.3. **Missing subtitle tracks**: Some videos only have auto-generated subtitles; specify fallback languages like `--sub-lang "zh-Hans,zh,en,auto"`.## Verification Checklist- [ ] `yt-dlp --version` returns version ≥ 2024.01.01.- [ ] Subtitle extraction test: `yt-dlp --list-subs <Test_URL>` lists available tracks.- [ ] Web reader test: `curl -fsS https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com` returns clean markdown.

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