webpeel/webpeel

v0.14.0 Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 3mo MCP Developer Tools

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Topics

ai-agent ai-agents browser-automation claude-code codex content-extraction

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cursor firecrawl-alternative mcp mcp-server model-context-protocol llm screenshot structured-data token-efficiency typescript web-crawler web-data web-scraping web-search

Summary

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Adds YouTube transcript extraction, domain extractors for Twitter/X, Reddit, GitHub, and Hacker News, plus an LLM‑free quick answer feature.

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🚀 The biggest release yet

7 major features, 18 MCP tools, 927 tests.

New Features

🎬 YouTube Transcripts — Extract full video transcripts from any YouTube URL. No API key needed
🐦 Domain Extractors — Structured data from Twitter/X, Reddit, GitHub, and Hacker News via native APIs
❓ LLM-Free Quick Answer — Ask questions about any page using BM25. No LLM key needed. -q "what's the pricing?"
📖 Reader Mode — Browser Reader Mode for AI agents. Strips nav, ads, cookies, sidebars. --readable
📊 Auto-Extract — Detect page types and extract structured JSON (pricing, products, contacts, articles)
🔬 Deep Fetch Intelligence — BM25 relevance scoring, cross-source dedup, comparison mode
🔄 URL Watch — Persistent monitoring with webhook notifications

Polish

CLI help grouped by category with examples
Smart error messages with actionable suggestions
MCP tool descriptions rewritten for clarity
README restructured for scannability (516 → 441 lines)
Consistent JSON output with metadata

Stats

18 MCP tools (was 13)
927 tests (was 673)
7 new core modules
9,205 lines added

npx webpeel "https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
npx webpeel "https://openai.com/pricing" -q "how much does GPT-4 cost?"
npx webpeel "https://nytimes.com/article" --readable

Full changelog: https://github.com/webpeel/webpeel/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

Full Changelog: https://github.com/webpeel/webpeel/compare/v0.12.0...v0.14.0

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About webpeel/webpeel

Smart web fetcher for AI agents with auto-escalation from HTTP to headless browser to stealth mode. Includes 9 MCP tools: fetch, search, crawl, map, extract, batch, screenshot, jobs, and agent. Achieved 100% success rate on a 30-URL benchmark.

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