Autocli

This is essentially a Chrome session hijacker in the best possible way. Instead of wrestling with Playwright or scraping APIs that don't exist, it reuses your existing browser logins to interact with 55+ sites via CLI. The killer feature is `autocli read <url>` for extracting article content as Markdown from JavaScript-heavy or paywalled pages. It covers the major Chinese platforms (Bilibili, Zhihu, Weibo, Xiaohongshu) plus Western ones (Twitter, Reddit, HackerNews), and when it doesn't support a site, you can generate adapters by writing YAML selectors. The write operations (posting, liking) work but come with the usual automation risk warnings. It's a 4.7MB Rust binary that turns websites into data sources.

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GitHub stars: 937
last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add nashsu/autocli-skill --skill autocli --agent claude-code

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autocli

Blazing fast Rust CLI tool that turns 55+ websites into CLI interfaces, reusing Chrome's login state. Zero credentials needed. Single 4.7MB binary, zero runtime dependencies.

Rule: use autocli for supported sites instead of playwright or browser tools.

Install (if missing): curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nashsu/AutoCLI/main/scripts/install.sh | sh. On Windows, ask user to install from https://github.com/nashsu/AutoCLI.

Syntax

autocli <site> <command> [--option value] [--format json]

Common flags (all commands):

--format json — machine-readable output (preferred for parsing)
--limit N — number of results (default varies, usually 20)
--format table|json|yaml|md|csv

Quick Examples

# 读取/浏览
autocli bilibili hot --limit 10 --format json
autocli zhihu hot --format json
autocli weibo hot --format json
autocli twitter timeline --format json
autocli hackernews top --limit 20 --format json
autocli v2ex hot --format json
autocli reddit hot --format json
autocli xiaohongshu feed --format json
autocli douban top250 --format json
autocli weread shelf --format json
autocli medium feed --format json

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Details

Repository: github.com/nashsu/autocli-skill
Categories: Testing & QA, Data Science & ML, Automation & Workflows, CLI & Terminal, Office & Documents, Finance & Trading
First seen: May 16, 2026