# Agent Reach **Agent Reach is a CLI that lets an AI agent read and search across a dozen-plus internet platforms (Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, LinkedIn, RSS, and more) without API fees or per-platform setup.** Python, MIT. The problem it removes: agents can't reach web content on their own, and wiring up each platform means juggling paywalls, API auth, rate limits, and blocks. Agent Reach does that plumbing once so [[Claude Code]], [[OpenClaw]], [[Cursor.com|Cursor]], and [[Windsurf]] can just ask for the content. ## How it works - **Skills over upstream tools.** It installs system deps (Node.js, `gh`, mcporter), registers per-platform "skills," and wires up MCP. The agent then calls the real upstream CLIs directly (`yt-dlp`, `twitter-cli`, `bili-cli`, `rdt-cli`, Jina Reader, feedparser) with no wrapper layer in between. - **Multi-backend routing.** Each platform has a primary and a fallback access method; if one breaks, it switches automatically. - **Health checks.** `agent-reach doctor` reports the status of every channel. - **Free by design.** Open-source tools plus free services like Exa for semantic search. Optional residential proxy (~$1/month) for restricted regions. - **Local credentials.** Cookies and tokens stay on your machine; nothing is transmitted. ## Install You hand your agent the install doc and let it set itself up: > "Help me install Agent Reach: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Panniantong/agent-reach/main/docs/install.md" The agent handles the Python package, system tools, and config discovery. ## Integrations [[Model Context Protocol (MCP)]] for Exa search and third-party MCPs (LinkedIn, XiaoHongShu); upstream tools yt-dlp, twitter-cli, bili-cli, rdt-cli, OpenCLI, Jina Reader, feedparser; 12+ content sources spanning social, video, RSS, and search. It sits next to scraping tools like [[Scrapling]], but its angle is breadth of platforms with free, swappable backends rather than one hardened scraper. ## References - https://github.com/Panniantong/Agent-Reach ## Related - [[AI Agents]] - [[Model Context Protocol (MCP)]] - [[Scrapling]] - [[OpenClaw]] - [[Claude Code]] - [[Cursor.com]] - [[Windsurf]]