@tiny-fish/cli 0.52.4 → 0.52.5-next.436
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- package/dist/lib/skill-install.js +7 -8
- package/dist/lib/skill-vendor.d.ts +2 -0
- package/dist/lib/skill-vendor.js +8 -3
- package/package.json +1 -1
- package/skill/.source-commit +1 -1
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-authenticated/SKILL.md +135 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-automation/SKILL.md +122 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-automation/references/anti-bot.md +92 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-automation/references/goals.md +149 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-automation/references/structured-output.md +106 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-browser/SKILL.md +104 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-monitor/SKILL.md +70 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-research/SKILL.md +211 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-research/references/fan-out.md +79 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-research/references/fetching.md +81 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-research/references/searching.md +93 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-research/references/synthesis.md +61 -0
- package/skill/pi/tinyfish-web/SKILL.md +161 -0
- package/skill/tinyfish-authenticated/SKILL.md +0 -5
- package/skill/tinyfish-automation/SKILL.md +2 -2
- package/skill/tinyfish-browser/SKILL.md +0 -4
- package/skill/tinyfish-research/SKILL.md +18 -20
- package/skill/tinyfish-web/SKILL.md +9 -55
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import { captureStdio, capturedOutput, replay } from './cli-install.js';
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import { OPENCLAW, openclawSkillInstallArgs } from './connect-clients.js';
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import { ConnectInterruptedError, ConnectStepError, probeSupportVariant, throwIfInterrupted, } from './connect-runtime.js';
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import { WEB_SKILL_NAMES } from './constants.js';
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import { installedPackageDir, installRoot } from './install-root.js';
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import { ALL_HARNESSES, harnessSpec } from './harness/harness-spec.js';
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import { clearSkillLockEntry, writeWebSkill } from './skill-vendor.js';
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import { clearSkillLockEntry, skillSourceDir, writeWebSkill } from './skill-vendor.js';
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export function installWebSkill(client, { verbose }) {
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const complete = [dir, skillSourceDir(dir, 'pi')].every((sourceDir) => WEB_SKILL_NAMES.every((name) => fs.existsSync(path.join(sourceDir, name, 'SKILL.md'))));
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/** Rewrite the vendored skills where connect recorded installs; true iff bytes changed. */
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// One entry per `tinyfish connect <client>`, persisted by PF-3169.
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name: tinyfish-authenticated
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description: "Automate websites the user is logged into, using TinyFish Browser Context Profiles and Vault credentials. Use when a task needs a signed-in session — internal dashboards, SaaS apps, admin panels, account pages — or when a run hits a login wall, or when the user mentions a saved profile."
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# Authenticated Automation
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Most useful web work happens behind a login. TinyFish handles that two ways, and they compose:
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| **Browser Context Profile** | Saved cookies, local storage, and session storage from a real sign-in. The run starts already authenticated | `use_profile: true` |
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**Prefer a Browser Context Profile.** Reusing a saved session is faster, costs fewer steps, and avoids
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## Naming trap
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**Browser Context Profiles are not Browser Profiles.**
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- **Browser Context Profile** — saved session state. `use_profile` / `profile_id`.
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- **Browser Profile** — the runtime mode, `browser_profile: "lite" | "stealth"`.
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## Using a profile
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- `use_profile: true` alone uses the user's **default** profile.
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## Choosing a profile
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Over-fetching is the most common waste. The agent returning "everything about the product" costs steps
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119
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and floods your context.
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120
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+
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121
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```
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122
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+
Extract ONLY the following from the pricing table:
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123
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- plan_name: string
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124
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- monthly_price: number (no currency symbol)
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125
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+
- feature_count: integer
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126
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+
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127
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+
Do not extract feature descriptions or marketing copy.
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128
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Return as JSON array.
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129
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```
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130
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+
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131
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+
`ONLY` and an explicit exclusion line both pull their weight here.
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132
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+
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133
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## Costs
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+
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135
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Steps are the billing unit: $0.016 per step. Goals that wander cost more than goals that don't.
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136
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+
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137
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- **Start the run on the right page.** Passing a homepage `url` and asking the agent to find the
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138
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pricing page spends steps navigating. Pass the pricing URL — use `search` first if you don't know it.
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139
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+
- **Don't automate what you can fetch.** Reading is free.
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140
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+
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141
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+
## Checklist
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142
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+
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143
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+
- [ ] Objective states what "done" means
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144
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- [ ] Fields named explicitly, with types
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145
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+
- [ ] Output structure specified, or `output_schema` supplied
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146
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+
- [ ] Guardrails for anything destructive or irreversible on the page
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147
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+
- [ ] Edge cases: missing values, banners, empty states, pagination
|
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148
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+
- [ ] Starting `url` is as close to the target as possible
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149
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- [ ] No credentials anywhere in the goal text
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