opencli-explorer

The opencli-explorer skill is designed to guide users through the complete process of building an OpenCLI adapter from scratch by systematically discovering and integrating web APIs. It addresses the common challenge of extracting structured data from modern websites, especially those that rely on dynamic loading, authentication, or hidden endpoints. Instead of relying on static inspection, this skill enforces a browser-driven exploration workflow to uncover real API behavior, ensuring that adapters are based on accurate, reproducible network interactions.

Its core capabilities include a structured four-step workflow: API discovery, authentication strategy selection, adapter implementation, and testing. The skill provides a browser-based exploration method using DevTools-like commands to inspect elements, capture network requests, simulate user interactions, and validate API responses. It also outlines multiple API discovery techniques such as JSON endpoint probing, global state inspection, and interaction-triggered loading. Additionally, it helps users determine the appropriate authentication approach, including public access, cookie-based sessions, or token-based headers, ensuring compatibility with different platform security models.

This skill is particularly useful for developers building CLI tools for websites, automation engineers working on web scraping or API integration, and contributors developing adapters for OpenCLI ecosystems. It supports both one-off CLI generation and scalable multi-command adapter development. Whether targeting a new platform, reverse-engineering undocumented APIs, or preparing a production-ready adapter for contribution, opencli-explorer provides a practical and methodical framework for achieving reliable results.