rea-search
Search realestate.com.au property listings by constructing search and listing URLs. Use when searching for Australian properties to buy, rent, or sold via realestate.com.au. Supports building filtered search URLs (suburb, price, bedrooms, property type, multiple suburbs) and individual listing URLs.
Why use this skill?
Integrate realestate.com.au searching into OpenClaw. Generate filtered search URLs for properties, suburb profiles, and sold listings with this skill.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/jakelin/rea-searchWhat This Skill Does
The rea-search skill provides a structured method for OpenClaw agents to interact with Australia's leading property platform, realestate.com.au. Rather than relying on fragile web scraping which is often blocked by anti-bot measures, this skill enables the AI to dynamically construct precise URLs for searching properties to buy, rent, or view sold history. It allows for advanced filtering including property types (houses, apartments, land), bedroom counts, and custom price ranges. Additionally, it supports generating URLs for specific suburb profiles and individual property listings, giving the agent the power to navigate the Australian real estate market with high granularity.
Installation
To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw command-line interface:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/jakelin/rea-search
Ensure you have the latest version of the OpenClaw runtime installed to support the URL construction logic required by this utility.
Use Cases
This skill is designed for prospective property buyers, real estate investors, and market analysts. Use it to:
- Generate custom search URLs for a user looking for specific property types across multiple suburbs.
- Track sold prices by constructing URLs for historical data in a specific area.
- Provide quick links to detailed suburb profiles for buyers performing market research.
- Programmatically generate listing URLs when the agent retrieves property IDs from external datasets.
Example Prompts
- "Find me houses with at least 3 bedrooms in Malvern, VIC under 2 million dollars and show me the search link."
- "Search for townhouses or units in both Armadale and Malvern, 3144, and provide the URL for the first results page."
- "Show me the sold property data for houses in the 3144 postcode to help me understand recent market trends."
Tips & Limitations
Due to realestate.com.au's robust anti-bot defenses, direct web_fetch requests on their platform will likely trigger 429 rate-limiting errors. The recommended workflow is to use the skill to build the search URL, then provide this link to the user to open in their local browser. For automated data discovery, use the DDG site search workaround provided in the technical documentation. Always be mindful that listing availability is transient and deep links may expire if a listing is removed. For the best results, ensure your location formatting follows the suburb, state postcode pattern exactly as defined in the documentation.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-jakelin-rea-search": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: external-api
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