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Run npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/web-browse in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Web Browse free to use?

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Who published Web Browse?

tomevault-io (@tomevault-io) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Web Browse by tomevault-io — Agent Skill

Name: Web Browse
Author: tomevault-io

Web Browse

Web browsing capability for agents to research and find information. Allows fetching web pages with JavaScript rendering, capturing screenshots, and extracting text content. All browsing is sandboxed and internal network access is blocked. Use when this capability is needed.

tomevault-io Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Web Browse Skill

Enables agents to browse the web for research and information gathering. Pages are rendered with JavaScript support, and agents can capture screenshots or extract text content.

Security

Sandboxed: All browsing runs in isolated container environment
Internal network blocked: Cannot access private IP ranges (10.x.x.x, 172.16-31.x.x, 192.168.x.x, localhost)
Timeouts: 30 second maximum per page load
Audit logging: All accessed URLs are logged for security review

Usage

The skill provides three main functions accessible via the web-browse CLI:

Fetch a page and extract text

web-browse fetch "https://example.com/docs" --output text

Returns the rendered text content of the page.

Fetch a page and save HTML

web-browse fetch "https://example.com/docs" --output html

Returns the rendered HTML after JavaScript execution.

Take a screenshot

web-browse screenshot "https://example.com/docs" --output screenshot.png

Saves a screenshot of the page. Use --full-page for full page capture.

Advanced options

# Wait for specific selector before capturing
web-browse fetch "https://example.com" --wait-for ".content-loaded"

# Set viewport size
web-browse screenshot "https://example.com" --viewport 1920x1080

# Full page screenshot
web-browse screenshot "https://example.com" --full-page --output full.png

Examples

Research documentation

# Fetch and read TypeScript docs
web-browse fetch "https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro.html" --output text

Capture visual state

# Screenshot a dashboard
web-browse screenshot "https://example.com/dashboard" --viewport 1920x1080 --output dash.png

Get rendered HTML for parsing

# Get HTML after JS execution
web-browse fetch "https://example.com/spa" --wait-for "#app-loaded" --output html

Limitations

Cannot access internal/private network addresses
Maximum 30 second timeout per page
Single page at a time (no parallel browsing)
No persistent cookies or sessions between calls
All activity is logged for audit

Environment Variables

WEB_BROWSE_AUDIT_LOG: Path to audit log file (default: /tmp/web-browse-audit.log)

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---name: web-browsedescription: Web browsing capability for agents to research and find information. Allows fetching web pages with JavaScript rendering, capturing screenshots, and extracting text content. All browsing is sandboxed and internal network access is blocked. Use when this capability is needed.---# Web Browse SkillEnables agents to browse the web for research and information gathering. Pages are rendered with JavaScript support, and agents can capture screenshots or extract text content.## Security- **Sandboxed**: All browsing runs in isolated container environment- **Internal network blocked**: Cannot access private IP ranges (10.x.x.x, 172.16-31.x.x, 192.168.x.x, localhost)- **Timeouts**: 30 second maximum per page load- **Audit logging**: All accessed URLs are logged for security review## UsageThe skill provides three main functions accessible via the web-browse CLI:### Fetch a page and extract text```bashweb-browse fetch "https://example.com/docs" --output text```Returns the rendered text content of the page.### Fetch a page and save HTML```bashweb-browse fetch "https://example.com/docs" --output html```Returns the rendered HTML after JavaScript execution.### Take a screenshot```bashweb-browse screenshot "https://example.com/docs" --output screenshot.png```Saves a screenshot of the page. Use `--full-page` for full page capture.### Advanced options```bash# Wait for specific selector before capturingweb-browse fetch "https://example.com" --wait-for ".content-loaded"# Set viewport sizeweb-browse screenshot "https://example.com" --viewport 1920x1080# Full page screenshotweb-browse screenshot "https://example.com" --full-page --output full.png```## Examples### Research documentation```bash# Fetch and read TypeScript docsweb-browse fetch "https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/intro.html" --output text```### Capture visual state```bash# Screenshot a dashboardweb-browse screenshot "https://example.com/dashboard" --viewport 1920x1080 --output dash.png```### Get rendered HTML for parsing```bash# Get HTML after JS executionweb-browse fetch "https://example.com/spa" --wait-for "#app-loaded" --output html```## Limitations- Cannot access internal/private network addresses- Maximum 30 second timeout per page- Single page at a time (no parallel browsing)- No persistent cookies or sessions between calls- All activity is logged for audit## Environment Variables- `WEB_BROWSE_AUDIT_LOG`: Path to audit log file (default: `/tmp/web-browse-audit.log`)---> Converted and distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io/claim/canivel) — claim your Tome and manage your conversions.

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