// Visit a webpage and extract its content as markdown, or fetch images. Use for reading articles, documentation, or any web page content. Handles both HTML pages (via Jina Reader) and image URLs (downloads and saves locally).
Web search using Jina Search API. Returns search results with titles, URLs, and descriptions. Use for finding documentation, facts, current information, or any web content. Lightweight, no browser required.
Query previous pi sessions to retrieve context, decisions, code changes, or other information. Use when you need to look up what happened in a parent session or any other session file.
| name | visit-webpage |
| description | Visit a webpage and extract its content as markdown, or fetch images. Use for reading articles, documentation, or any web page content. Handles both HTML pages (via Jina Reader) and image URLs (downloads and saves locally). |
Fetch and extract readable content from web pages as markdown, or download images. Handles JavaScript-rendered content via Jina Reader service.
Optionally get a Jina API key for higher rate limits:
~/.profile or ~/.zprofile for zsh):
export JINA_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
Without an API key, the service works with rate limits.
{baseDir}/visit.py <url>
# Read an article (returns markdown)
{baseDir}/visit.py https://example.com/article
# Fetch documentation
{baseDir}/visit.py https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html
# Download an image (auto-detected by content-type)
{baseDir}/visit.py https://example.com/image.png
# Then use read tool to view: read /tmp/visit-image-xxx.png
For HTML pages: Returns markdown content to stdout.
For images: Downloads the image to a temp file and prints the path. Use the read tool to view it. Supports PNG, JPEG, GIF, and WebP formats.
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