| name | wechat-reader |
| description | Read WeChat Official Account (微信公众号) articles. Trigger when user shares any mp.weixin.qq.com URL, or says "微信文章", "公众号文章", "读一下这个微信链接", "WeChat article". Bypasses WeChat's anti-scraping CAPTCHA by emulating the WeChat in-app browser. MUST be used instead of WebFetch/Jina for any mp.weixin.qq.com link — those tools WILL fail with "环境异常" CAPTCHA. |
WeChat Article Reader
Read 微信公众号 articles that are normally blocked by WeChat's slider CAPTCHA verification.
When to Use
Always use this skill when you see a mp.weixin.qq.com URL. Regular web fetch tools (WebFetch, Jina read_url, fetch_resource) CANNOT read WeChat articles — they get blocked by the "环境异常" slider CAPTCHA. This skill is the ONLY way to read WeChat article content.
Trigger keywords: mp.weixin.qq.com, 微信, 公众号, WeChat article, 微信文章, 公众号文章
How It Works
WeChat blocks non-WeChat browsers with a slider CAPTCHA ("环境异常"). The bypass: set User-Agent to include MicroMessenger — WeChat's server treats the request as coming from the WeChat app and serves the article directly.
Usage
When a user shares a mp.weixin.qq.com/s/... URL, run the reader script:
python3 ~/CloseCrab/skills/wechat-reader/scripts/read_wechat.py "<URL>"
The script outputs JSON with title, author, date, and content fields.
Requirements
- Playwright with Chromium installed (
playwright install chromium)
- Python package:
playwright
If Playwright is not available, fall back to curl with WeChat User-Agent:
curl -s -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14) AppleWebKit/537.36 MicroMessenger/8.0.50.2701 WeChat/arm64" "<URL>"
Notes
- The UA string must contain
MicroMessenger — this is the only required token
- Simple HTTP requests (curl, WebFetch, Jina Reader) without the WeChat UA cannot bypass the CAPTCHA
- WeChat may change their detection logic; if this stops working, update the UA string to match a recent WeChat Android version
