Web Scraping Python
Helps with web development, web scraping, Python as part of developing backend services and APIs workflows.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add web-scraping-python npx -- -y @trustedskills/web-scraping-python
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"web-scraping-python": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/web-scraping-python"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill allows an AI agent to extract data from websites using Python. It can parse HTML and XML content, identify specific elements based on their tags or attributes, and return the extracted information in a structured format like CSV or JSON. This enables automated collection of publicly available data for analysis or other purposes.
When to use it
- Gathering product pricing information from e-commerce sites to track price changes over time.
- Collecting news articles related to a specific topic and summarizing them.
- Extracting contact details (names, email addresses) from company websites.
- Building datasets of real estate listings by scraping property data from online portals.
Key capabilities
- HTML parsing
- XML parsing
- Data extraction based on tags and attributes
- Structured output (CSV/JSON)
Example prompts
- "Scrape the titles and prices of all products listed on example.com/products."
- "Extract all email addresses from companywebsite.org."
- "Get a CSV file containing the names and descriptions of all restaurants in New York City from yelp.com."
Tips & gotchas
This skill requires a basic understanding of HTML structure. Be mindful of website terms of service and robots.txt to avoid overloading servers or violating usage policies.
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