browse-url

name	browse_url
description	Fetch and read content from a webpage URL. Extracts text or returns raw HTML.
type	tool
category	web
tool	{"module":"app.skills.browse_url.tool","function":"browse_url","async":true}
metadata	{"author":"oniva","version":"1.0.0"}
audit-level	basic

Browse URL

Fetch webpage content and extract text.

Usage

result = await browse_url(url="https://example.com", extract_text=True)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
url	string	Yes	-	URL to fetch
extract_text	bool	No	True	Extract text content; if False, return raw HTML

Response

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "status": 200,
  "title": "Example Domain",
  "content": "This domain is for use in illustrative examples...",
  "content_type": "text"
}

Examples

Extract text from page

result = await browse_url(url="https://news.ycombinator.com")
print(result["content"])

Get raw HTML

result = await browse_url(url="https://example.com", extract_text=False)
print(result["content"])  # Raw HTML