Panniantong /
Agent-Reach
Setup layer that lets AI agents read the web, YouTube, GitHub, Reddit and more
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- Python
- Updated 2 days ago
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- Browser & computer use
AI coding agents can edit code, but they often fail when asked to read the web. YouTube transcripts, Twitter search, Reddit threads and Xiaohongshu posts each need a different tool, login or workaround. Setting all of that up by hand takes a while.
Agent Reach is a capability layer, not a scraper of its own. For each platform it keeps an ordered list of backends, such as twitter-cli first and OpenCLI second. It tests them, picks the first one that really works, and installs it. The agent then calls those upstream tools directly, guided by a SKILL.md file that the project registers.
If a platform blocks a tool, the project moves to the next backend, so users don't have to change anything. The README gives one example: yt-dlp was blocked by Bilibili and was replaced with bili-cli. The agent-reach doctor command reports which channels work and which backend each one uses.
What it does
Ordered backends per platform
Each channel has a preferred tool and fallbacks. The project probes them for real, not just checks that a command exists, and picks the first that works.
Zero-config channels
Web pages (Jina Reader), YouTube subtitles and search (yt-dlp), RSS (feedparser), GitHub (gh CLI), Bilibili search and V2EX work without setup. Exa web search connects over MCP without a key.
Login-based platforms
Twitter/X, Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Xiaohongshu, LinkedIn and others unlock after setup. You tell the agent to configure them and it guides you through it.
Doctor command
agent-reach doctorshows the state of each channel, which backend is active, and how to fix anything that is broken.Safe install defaults
agent-reach installonly checks the environment by default. Changing the system needs--system, and--dry-runpreviews every action. Cookies stay in a local config file.
What you could build
- Ask your agent to summarize a YouTube tutorial from its subtitles.
- Search Twitter/X or Reddit for what people say about a product or a bug.
- Have an agent read any web page as clean text instead of raw HTML.
- Search Bilibili or Xiaohongshu and summarize the results.
- Subscribe an agent to RSS feeds and report new items.
Get started
Paste the install prompt into your agent, which then reads the install guide and sets things up. Afterward, run agent-reach doctor to see which channels work. For a safe preview first, use agent-reach install --env=auto --dry-run.
agent-reach install --env=auto --dry-runagent-reach install --env=auto --systemagent-reach doctorCommands are copied from the project's README. Read it on GitHub for the full setup.
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