ultimate-browsing

# Ultimate Browsing

Escalation web access for tasks a normal browse or fetch cannot complete. Reach for this skill the moment a page is blocked (WAF / 403 / Cloudflare), needs JS rendering, hides behind a login, or lives on a platform a generic fetcher cannot read. Escalate only when the cheaper tier cannot do the job:

**Tier 1 — insane-search** (headless extraction + WAF bypass) -> **Tier 1.5 — agent-reach** (platform-native APIs, esp. Chinese platforms) -> **Tier 2 — Chrome stealth** (real interaction via CloakBrowser + agent-browser).

## PHASE 0 — ROUTE FIRST (MANDATORY)

```
User request
  |
  +- extract text/data from a URL --------------------- TIER 1  insane-search
  +- URL blocked / 403 / Cloudflare / WAF ------------- TIER 1  insane-search
  +- YouTube/Vimeo/TikTok subtitles or metadata ------- TIER 1  insane-search (yt-dlp)
  +- read an article / blog / Reddit / HN / arXiv ----- TIER 1  insane-search
  |
  +- Chinese platform (xhs/douyin/weibo/bilibili/v2ex/wechat)  TIER 1.5 agent-reach
  +- podcast transcript / stock forum ----------------- TIER 1.5 agent-reach
  +- Twitter feed / LinkedIn profile / GitHub via CLI - TIER 1.5 agent-reach
  |
  +- Tier 1/1.5 returned empty or partial ------------- TIER 2  Chrome stealth
  +- click / fill form / scroll / interact ------------ TIER 2  Chrome stealth
  +- screenshot / render / play video ----------------- TIER 2  Chrome stealth
  +- login session across pages / inject cookies ------ TIER 2  Chrome stealth
  +- test web app / QA / dogfood ---------------------- TIER 2  Chrome stealth
  |
  +- simple search query ------------------------------ NOT this skill (use web-search)
```

Read the matching reference before acting: [`references/insane-search/README.md`](references/insane-search/README.md), [`references/agent-reach/README.md`](references/agent-reach/README.md), or [`references/chrome-stealth.md`](references/chrome-stealth.md).

## Tier 1 — insane-search (headless extraction)

**When**: content extraction, blocked-URL bypass, media metadata — no browser UI needed.
**Why first**: ~10x faster than a browser, no process spin-up; handles most "fetch this blocked page" requests via curl_cffi TLS impersonation, yt-dlp (1858 sites), official public APIs, mobile URL transforms, **Phase-2.5 surrogate archives** (Wayback / archive.today snapshots, provenance-tagged — see [`references/insane-search/cache-archive.md`](references/insane-search/cache-archive.md)), a key-gated Jina Reader (`JINA_API_KEY`), and a Playwright real-Chrome fallback. The engine lives **inside this skill** at `engine/` and is invoked as a module. Surrogate results are dated COPIES: a result whose `provenance` is `snapshot` must be reported with its `snapshot_timestamp`, never presented as the live page.

```bash
# Core command — auto-detects WAF, runs the full fetch grid (run from the skill dir):
python3 -m engine "https://example.com/blocked-page"
#   add --selector "<CSS>" for positive-proof validation, --device auto|desktop|mobile,
#   --trace to inspect every attempt, --json for machine-readable output.

# YouTube subtitles / metadata (no browser):
yt-dlp --write-sub --write-auto-sub --sub-lang "en,ko" --skip-download -o "/tmp/%(id)s" "<URL>"

# Reddit / HN / Bluesky / arXiv etc. use official public endpoints — see the Phase 0 index in
# references/insane-search/README.md (Twitter syndication, Reddit .json, HN Firebase, ...).
```

The full engine harness (rules R1-R7, the Phase 0 official-API index, the no-site-name rule, and the `references/insane-search/*.md` deep-dives for TLS, Playwright routing, Naver, media, etc.) is in [`references/insane-search/README.md`](references/insane-search/README.md). Read it before tuning the engine or adding a WAF profile.

### Escalate to Tier 1.5 or Tier 2 when
- The target is a Chinese / social platform with a native reader -> Tier 1.5.
- insane-search returns empty/partial, or the page needs JS interaction, a screenshot, a persistent login, or media playback -> Tier 2.

## Tier 1.5 — agent-reach (platform-native readers)

**When**: the target is a platform with a first-class API/CLI that beats generic fetching — especially Chinese platforms that stealth browsers still cannot reach cleanly. Several channels are zero-config (Douyin, V2EX, Reddit, RSS, YouTube); others need a one-time auth you supply via environment variables if you have access (`JINA_API_KEY` for Jina Reader — anonymous access is dead, see `references/insane-search/jina.md`; `TWITTER_*` for X; a transcription key for podcasts).

| Category | Platforms | Entry |
|---|---|---|
| social | xhs (Xiaohongshu), douyin, weibo, bilibili, V2EX, Reddit, Twitter/X | [references/agent-reach/social.md](references/agent-reach/social.md) |
| web | Jina Reader, WeChat articles, RSS | [references/agent-reach/web.md](references/agent-reach/web.md) |
| video | YouTube, Bilibili, podcast transcripts, Douyin video | [references/agent-reach/video.md](references/agent-reach/video.md) |
| career | LinkedIn | [references/agent-reach/career.md](references/agent-reach/career.md) |
| dev | GitHub (gh CLI) | [references/agent-reach/dev.md](references/agent-reach/dev.md) |
| search | Exa AI | [references/agent-reach/search.md](references/agent-reach/search.md) |

```bash
mcporter call 'douyin.parse_douyin_video_info(url: "<URL>")'   # douyin, zero-config
curl -s "https://r.jina.ai/https://weibo.com/<uid>/<pid>"      # weibo via Jina
yt-dlp --dump-json "<bilibili-url>"                            # Bilibili (overseas: add --cookies-from-browser)
curl -s "https://www.v2ex.com/api/topics/hot.json"            # V2EX public API
```

Routing table, per-platform auth (set `TWITTER_*` env vars, `gh auth login`, a transcription key — only if you have access), rate-limit notes, and known version quirks are in [references/agent-reach/README.md](references/agent-reach/README.md).

## Tier 2 — Chrome stealth (real interaction)

**When**: real interaction is needed (clicks, forms, screenshots, video,