parallel-web-extract
URL content extraction. Use for fetching any URL - webpages, articles, PDFs, JavaScript-heavy sites. Token-efficient: runs in forked context. Prefer over built-in WebFetch.
By parallel-web · 12,333 installs
npx skills add parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills --skill parallel-web-extract
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URL Extraction
Extract content from: $ARGUMENTS
Command
Choose a short, descriptive filename based on the URL or content (e.g., vespa docs , react hooks api ). Use lowercase with hyphens, no spaces. Substitute it into the command inline — $FILENAME is a placeholder, not a shell variable.
Concrete example:
Note: o always saves JSON. The extension must be .json .
Options if needed:
objective "focus area" to focus extraction on a specific goal (also silences the "neither objective nor search queries" warning that V1 emits when neither is set)
q "keyword" (repeatable) to prioritize keywords in excerpts
full content to include the complete page body (for long articles, PDFs, or when excerpts may not capture what you need)
full content max chars N to cap full content size per result
no excerpts to strip excerpts when you only want full content
Handling failed extractions
If the response has an errors field, an empty results array, or a 404/timeout for the URL, do NOT fabricate content. Tell the user the extraction failed, surface the upstream status, and suggest:
Verifying the URL (the page may have moved)
Retrying with full content if excerpts came back empty but the page exists
Using parallel cli search to locate the current URL if the page was renamed
Response format
Return content as:
[Page Title](URL)
Then the extracted content verbatim, with these rules:
Keep content verbatim do not paraphrase or summarize
Parse lists exhaustively extract EVERY numbered/bulleted item
Strip only obvious noise: nav menus, footers, ads
Preserve all facts, names, numbers, dates, quotes
After the response, mention the output file path ( /tmp/$FILENAME.json ) so the user knows it's available for follow up questions.
Setup
If parallel cli is not found, install and authenticate:
If parallel cli extract returns 403 , tell the user balance is likely required. Offer to run parallel cli balance get , and if needed ask for explicit confirmation before running parallel cli balance add <amount cents . Then retry the original extract command.