scrape
The scrape skill provides an interface to the Bright Data CLI for extracting web content as markdown, HTML, JSON, or screenshots. It manages URL fetching, handles geo-targeting, and includes verification steps to ensure content quality and detect block pages.
Is scrape safe to install?
Review the source first: our audit of scrape's source files found 9 shell commands, 0 external URLs, file reads and writes (high risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill executes shell commands via the Bright Data CLI and writes output files to the local filesystem.
How we audit skills: our security review methodology.
Who is this skill for?
Developers and data analysts using the Bright Data platform to extract web content.
What can you do with it?
- Fetch single web pages as markdown, HTML, or JSON.
- Capture visual snapshots of websites.
- Perform geo-targeted web scraping.
- Process lists of URLs using parallel execution.
- Extract content from paginated website listings.
How good is this skill?
Quality score: 5/10. The skill documentation is clear, provides specific command examples, and includes a robust verification and escalation process.
What does the skill file contain?
# Bright Data — Scrape
Get clean content (markdown, HTML, JSON, screenshot) from one or more URLs via the Bright Data CLI. This skill owns the "fetch raw or lightly-structured content" job. For platform-specific structured data (Amazon, LinkedIn, TikTok, etc.), **stop and use `data-feeds` instead** — you'll get clean JSON without selector logic.
## Setup gate (run first)
Before any scrape, verify the CLI is installed and authenticated:
```bash
if ! command -v bdata >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "bdata CLI not installed — see bright-data-best-practices/references/cli-setup.md"
elif ! bdata...Frequently asked questions
When should I use this skill instead of data-feeds?
Use this skill for general web scraping. Use data-feeds for structured data from specific platforms like Amazon, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or Reddit.
How does the skill handle blocked requests?
The skill verifies output for block page signatures like 'Access Denied' or 'captcha'. On failure, it suggests retrying with a different country code or escalating to the browser-based scraping tool.
What are the prerequisites for using this skill?
The skill requires the Bright Data CLI to be installed and authenticated via the bdata login command.
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