bb-browser-openclaw
Turn any website into a CLI command. 36 platforms, 103 commands — Twitter, Reddit, GitHub, YouTube, Zhihu, Bilibili, Weibo, and more. Uses OpenClaw's browser directly, no extra extension needed.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/a1437707640-ui/bb-browser-openclawWhat This Skill Does
bb-browser-openclaw transforms the web into a programmable CLI environment for your terminal. By integrating with OpenClaw's internal browser, it bypasses the need for complex browser extensions or persistent background daemons. This skill provides access to over 103 specialized adapters across 36 major platforms, including social media (Twitter, Reddit, Weibo), developer platforms (GitHub, HackerNews, StackOverflow), and financial sites (Xueqiu, EastMoney). It allows users to execute one-liner commands to fetch structured data directly from the web, which can then be processed, filtered via jq, or piped into other terminal workflows. By leveraging your existing login state within the OpenClaw browser, the skill maintains session continuity for restricted content.
Installation
To integrate this skill, use the ClawHub command within your OpenClaw environment:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/a1437707640-ui/bb-browser-openclaw
After installation, ensure you initialize the community adapters by running bb-browser site update. This ensures your skill is synchronized with the latest platform definitions provided by the community.
Use Cases
- Market Intelligence: Quickly monitor top-trending stocks or sentiment on financial platforms without manual navigation.
- Content Aggregation: Extract Reddit threads, HackerNews top stories, or Twitter searches into structured JSON formats for further data analysis.
- Developer Productivity: Fetch GitHub repository details, issues, or StackOverflow answers directly from your terminal while coding.
- Automated Research: Use the tool as part of a larger script to pull real-time data from news sites like 36kr or academic repositories like arXiv.
Example Prompts
- "OpenClaw, use bb-browser to fetch the top 5 trending discussions from HackerNews and format them as a JSON list using jq."
- "Can you search Twitter for the latest mentions of 'OpenClaw' and show me the tweet content?"
- "Please get the current stock data for SH600519 using the xueqiu adapter and filter out only the name and percentage change."
Tips & Limitations
- Mandatory Flag: Always include
--openclaw. Omitting this will result in failure unless you have legacy extensions installed. - Handling Login: If a site requires authentication, simply open the target URL using
openclaw browser open <url>, log in manually, and then retry your CLI command. The skill automatically inherits your active session cookies. - Filtering: Master the
--jqflag to reduce data noise and extract specific fields, which is essential for integrating these results into larger automated pipelines or shell scripts.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-a1437707640-ui-bb-browser-openclaw": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, external-api