# 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.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-parallel-web-parallel-agent-skills-parallel-web-extract`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [parallel-web](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/parallel-web)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [parallel-web](https://github.com/parallel-web)
- **Source:** https://github.com/parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/parallel-web-extract

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-parallel-web-parallel-agent-skills-parallel-web-extract
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# 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.

```bash
parallel-cli extract "$ARGUMENTS" --json -o "/tmp/$FILENAME.json"
```

Concrete example:

```bash
parallel-cli extract "https://docs.parallel.ai" --json -o "/tmp/parallel-docs.json"
```

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:

```bash
/parallel:parallel-cli-setup
```

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 `. Then retry the original extract command.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [parallel-web](https://github.com/parallel-web)
- **Source:** [parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills](https://github.com/parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-parallel-web-parallel-agent-skills-parallel-web-extract
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/parallel-web
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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