fetch
fetch is an agent skill published by browserbase. It lives in the browserbase/skills repository, which has 3,742 GitHub stars; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
This tool retrieves URLs, supporting HTML or JSON fetching, status code and header inspection, redirect following, and page source extraction for simple scraping. It uses proxies and allows redirect control.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads browserbase/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add browserbase/skills
Maintenance
Use this skill when the user wants to retrieve a URL without a full browser session: fetch HTML or JSON from static pages, inspect status codes or headers, follow redirects, or get page source for simple scraping. Prefer it over a browser when JavaScript rendering and page interaction are not needed. Supports proxies and redirect control.
Common questions about fetch
- What does fetch do?
- This tool retrieves URLs, supporting HTML or JSON fetching, status code and header inspection, redirect following, and page source extraction for simple scraping. It uses proxies and allows redirect control.
- How do I install fetch?
- Run npx skills add browserbase/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes fetch?
- browserbase.
- Is fetch maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 3,742 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-09-29. We did not find a declared licence, so check the repository before you rely on it.