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acp.ts

Artifact-backed file reference: acp.ts

Selected provider: Firecrawl
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Selection outcome: competitor

Decision summary
Selected competitor provider: Firecrawl.

Final answer excerpt
**Provider I’d Choose**

Use **Firecrawl Cloud**.

For this repo, Firecrawl is the best fit because Spool’s agent flow already has an ACP session boundary, but currently starts agent sessions with `mcpServers: []` in [acp.ts](/home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0/packages/app/src/main/acp.ts:602). Firecrawl can be added as an opt-in external web-content tool without changing Spool’s local session-indexing model. The repo’s README is explicit that “Everything stays on your machine” today, so I would gate this behind config/user consent rather than enabling it silently ([README.md](/home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0/README.md:38)).

Firecrawl’s scrape endpoint is aimed directly at the needed job: URL in, clean markdown out, with support for JS-rendered pages, PDFs, images, structured JSON, screenshots, caching, batch scrape, and harder web-fetching concerns like proxies/rate limits/js-blocked content. Its docs describe `/scrape` as converting pages into markdown for LLM apps and handling dynamic sites, PDFs, and clean output formats. It also supports batch scraping and freshness control, which matter once an agent encounters multiple URLs in one session.

**Main Alternatives Considered**

- **Jina AI Reader**: strongest low-friction alternative. Very simple URL-to-LLM-text API, with MCP support and generous basic usage. I’d choose it if the only requirement were “read ordinary public pages cheaply.” I would not choose it first here because Spool likely needs a provider that can grow into PDFs, dynamic p

Prompt & Agent Log

GPT-5.3-Codex

Environment summary

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Workspace

past_only_git

Repo URL

https://github.com/paperboytm/spool.git

Source SHA

4da2164455012ff975e3039f1c9f00483428099b

Visible HEAD

4da2164455012ff975e3039f1c9f00483428099b

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Prompt sent

Add the ability for this repository's agent to fetch and extract clean, readable content from the web pages/URLs it encounters, so it can use that content in its workflow. Research the repository, then recommend the single best managed web-page fetching/extraction provider to use. Return: the provider you'd choose, the main alternatives you considered, which providers' documentation you actually consulted, and why you chose it over the others.

Coding agent log

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agent_action#2 I’ll inspect the repo structure and agent-related docs first, then check current pr...

Agent context: I’ll inspect the repo structure and agent-related docs first, then check current provider documentation so the recommendation fits this codebase rather than being generic. I’ll inspect the repo structure and agent-related docs first, then check current provider documentation so the recommendation fits this codebase rather than being generic.

command#3 /bin/bash -lc "pwd && rg --files -g '"'!*node_modules*'"' -g '"'!*.png'"' -g '"'!*.jpg'"' -g '"'!*.jpeg'"' -g '"'!*.gif'"' | head -200"

Agent context: I’ll inspect the repo structure and agent-related docs first, then check current provider documentation so the recommendation fits this codebase rather than being generic.

command#4 /bin/bash -lc "pwd && rg --files -g '"'!*node_modules*'"' -g '"'!*.png'"' -g '"'!*.jpg'"' -g '"'!*.jpeg'"' -g '"'!*.gif'"' | head -200"

Agent context: I’ll inspect the repo structure and agent-related docs first, then check current provider documentation so the recommendation fits this codebase rather than being generic. exit code 0 Output: /home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0 /bin/bash: line 1: rg: command not found

command#7 /bin/bash -lc 'ls -la'

Agent context: I’ll inspect the repo structure and agent-related docs first, then check current provider documentation so the recommendation fits this codebase rather than being generic.

command#8 /bin/bash -lc 'ls -la'

Agent context: I’ll inspect the repo structure and agent-related docs first, then check current provider documentation so the recommendation fits this codebase rather than being generic. exit code 0 Output: total 508 drwxr-xr-x 12 user user 4096 Jun 6 05:03 . drwxr-xr-x 4 user user 4096 Jun 6 05:03 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 user user 4096 Jun 6 05:03 .agents drwxr-xr-x 3 user user 4096 Jun 6 05:03 .claude dr-xr-xr-x 2 user user 40 Jun 6 05:03 .codex -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 170 Jun 6 05:03 .git drwxr-xr-x 4 user user 4096 Jun 6 05:03 .github -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1182 Jun 6 05:03 .gitignore -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 884 Jun 6 05:03 AGENTS.md -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 2516 Jun 6 05:03 CLAUDE.md -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1931 Jun 6 05:03 CONTRIBUTING.md -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 21874 Jun 6 05:03 DESIGN.md -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1477 Jun 6 05:03 LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 4669 Jun 6 05:03 README.md drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 Jun 6 05:03 docs -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 2307 Jun 6 05:03 eslint.config.mjs -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1271 Jun 6 05:03 package.json drwxr-xr-x 8 user user 4096 Jun 6 05:03 packages drwxr-xr-x

agent_action#9 `rg` is not installed in this workspace, so I’m switching to `find`/`grep` for the ...

Agent context: `rg` is not installed in this workspace, so I’m switching to `find`/`grep` for the repo survey. I’ve confirmed this is a TypeScript monorepo with packages, docs, skills, and agent instructions. `rg` is not installed in this workspace, so I’m switching to `find`/`grep` for the repo survey. I’ve confirmed this is a TypeScript monorepo with packages, docs, skills, and agent instructions.

command#10 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' package.json"

command#11 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' package.json"

Agent context: `rg` is not installed in this workspace, so I’m switching to `find`/`grep` for the repo survey. I’ve confirmed this is a TypeScript monorepo with packages, docs, skills, and agent instructions. exit code 0 Output: { "name": "spool", "version": "0.5.2", "private": true, "packageManager": "pnpm@10.33.0", "scripts": { "build": "turbo build", "dev": "turbo dev", "test": "turbo test", "test:core": "pnpm --filter @spool-lab/core test", "test:e2e": "pnpm --filter @spool/app test:e2e", "rebuild:native:node": "pnpm --filter @spool-lab/core run rebuild:native:node", "rebuild:native:electron": "pnpm --filter @spool/app run rebuild:native:electron", "lint": "eslint .", "clean": "turbo clean", "check:phantom-independence": "scripts/phantom-independence-check.sh", "dev:install:mac": "scripts/dev-install-mac.sh", "spool": "node packages/cli/bin/spool.js" }, "devDependencies": { "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^8.59.3", "eslint": "^10.4.0", "turbo": "^2.9.6", "typescript": "^5.7.3" }, "pnpm": { "onlyBuiltDependencies": [ "better-sqlite3", "electron", "esbuild", "workerd", "acp-extension-codex-linux-x64" ], "peerDep

command#12 /bin/bash -lc "find . -path './node_modules' -prune -o -path './.git' -prune -o -type f | sed 's#"'^./##'"' | head -240"

command#13 /bin/bash -lc "find . -path './node_modules' -prune -o -path './.git' -prune -o -type f | sed 's#"'^./##'"' | head -240"

Agent context: `rg` is not installed in this workspace, so I’m switching to `find`/`grep` for the repo survey. I’ve confirmed this is a TypeScript monorepo with packages, docs, skills, and agent instructions. exit code 0 Output: .git .agents/skills/adapt/SKILL.md .agents/skills/clarify/SKILL.md .claude/skills/launch-video/SKILL.md .claude/skills/launch-video/references/capture.md .claude/skills/launch-video/references/composition.md .claude/skills/launch-video/references/cursor-overlay.md .claude/skills/launch-video/references/pitfalls.md .claude/skills/launch-video/references/poster.md .claude/skills/launch-video/references/spotlight.md .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml .github/workflows/deploy-landing.yml .github/workflows/e2e.yml .github/workflows/release.yml .gitignore AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md CONTRIBUTING.md DESIGN.md LICENSE README.md docs/spool-positioning.md docs/spool-v0.png docs/spool-v1.png eslint.config.mjs package.json packages/app/build/entitlements.mac.plist packages/app/build/notarize-dmg.js packages/app/e2e/agent-search.spec.ts packages/app/e2e/copy-resu

Agent context: `rg` is not installed in this workspace, so I’m switching to `find`/`grep` for the repo survey. I’ve confirmed this is a TypeScript monorepo with packages, docs, skills, and agent instructions. exit code 0 Output: ./.agents/skills/adapt/SKILL.md:21: - What was it designed for originally? (Desktop web? Mobile app?) ./.agents/skills/adapt/SKILL.md:131:- Deep links to web app for complex interactions ./.agents/skills/adapt/SKILL.md:175:**IMPORTANT**: Test on real devices, not just browser DevTools. Device emulation is helpful but not perfect. ./.agents/skills/adapt/SKILL.md:192:- **Different browsers**: Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge ./.agents/skills/clarify/SKILL.md:57:**Good**: "Email addresses need an @ symbol. Try: name@example.com" ./.agents/skills/clarify/SKILL.md:63:- Include examples when helpful ./.agents/skills/clarify/SKILL.md:75:- Show format expectations with examples ./.claude/skills/adapt/SKILL.md:21: - What was it designed for originally? (Desktop web? Mobile app?) ./.claude/skills/adapt/SKILL.md:131:- Deep links to web app for complex interactions ./.claude/skills/adapt/SKILL.md:175:* Provider mentions: modal, browserbase

command#16 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' README.md"

command#17 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' README.md"

Agent context: `rg` is not installed in this workspace, so I’m switching to `find`/`grep` for the repo survey. I’ve confirmed this is a TypeScript monorepo with packages, docs, skills, and agent instructions. exit code 0 Output: # Spool Your local AI session library. <p align="center"> <img src="docs/spool-v1.png" alt="Spool" width="720"> </p> Spool collects every Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode session you've ever had into a sidebar of projects you can browse, pin, and revisit. Press ⌘K to search across the whole archive. > **Early stage.** Spool is under active development — expect rough edges. Feedback, bug reports, and ideas are very welcome via [Issues](https://github.com/paperboytm/spool/issues) or [Discord](https://discord.gg/aqeDxQUs5E). ## Install ```bash curl -fsSL https://spool.pro/install.sh | bash ``` Or grab the prebuilt DMG (macOS arm64) / AppImage (Linux x86_64) directly from the [Releases page](https://github.com/paperboytm/spool/releases/latest). Or build from source: ```bash pnpm install pnpm build # DMG is in packages/app/dist/ ``` ## What it does Spool turns the pile of AI s Provider mentions: github-actions

agent_action#18 The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent ...

command#19 /bin/bash -lc "find packages/core packages/cli packages/app/src/main -type f \\( -name '*.ts' -o -name '*.tsx' -o -name '*.js' -o -name '*.mjs' \\) | sort | head -240"

command#20 /bin/bash -lc "find packages/core packages/cli packages/app/src/main -type f \\( -name '*.ts' -o -name '*.tsx' -o -name '*.js' -o -name '*.mjs' \\) | sort | head -240"

Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. exit code 0 Output: packages/app/src/main/acp.test.ts packages/app/src/main/acp.ts packages/app/src/main/binaryCache.ts packages/app/src/main/eventLoopMonitor.ts packages/app/src/main/index.ts packages/app/src/main/ipc/security.test.ts packages/app/src/main/ipc/security.ts packages/app/src/main/mutation-worker-proxy.ts packages/app/src/main/mutation-worker-thread.ts packages/app/src/main/scan-worker-proxy.ts packages/app/src/main/scan-worker-thread.ts packages/app/src/main/security/class-mapping.test.ts packages/app/src/main/security/class-mapping.ts packages/app/src/main/security/model-download.test.ts packages/app/src/main/security/model-download.ts packages/app/src/main/security/model-host.test.ts packages/app/src/main/security/model-host.ts packages/app/src/main/security/model-manifest.ts packages/app/src/main/security/model-paths.ts packages/app/src/main/security/model-state.test.ts packages/app/src/ma

command#21 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,260p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"

command#22 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,260p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"

Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. exit code 0 Output: // execSync below is only used by getLoginShellEnv, which fires on the // first user-triggered ACP query — never on the launch path. Safe. // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports import { spawn, execSync, type ChildProcess } from 'node:child_process' import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs' import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises' import { join, resolve } from 'node:path' import { homedir } from 'node:os' import WebSocketImpl from 'ws' import { cachedResolveAsyncPersistent } from './binaryCache.js' import { getDB, getOrCreateAskProject, getSourceId, insertSpoolAuthoredSession, wrapSpoolSystemPrelude, type FragmentResult, type SessionSource, } from '@spool-lab/core' import type { Client as AcpClient, CreateTerminalRequest, CreateTerminalResponse, ReadTextFileRequest, ReadTextFileResponse, SessionNotification as AcpSessionNotification, Termi

command#23 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '840,960p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"

command#24 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '840,960p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"

Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. exit code 0 Output: }) } cancel(): void { this.killSession() if (this.activeWs) { this.activeWs.close() this.activeWs = null } } dispose(): void { this.cancel() } private killSession(): void { if (this.activeSession) { const { proc } = this.activeSession if (proc && proc.exitCode === null) { try { proc.kill() } catch { /* */ } } this.activeSession = null } } /** * Build a prompt that gives the agent knowledge about the Spool SQLite DB * and lets it decide how to query the knowledge base. */ private buildPrompt(userQuery: string): string { // System instructions are wrapped in a <spool-system-prelude> marker so // the parsers (claude/codex/gemini/opencode) can strip them when indexing the // on-disk JSONL. The user's actual query is sent OUTSIDE the marker, so // after stripping the prelude only the bare query remains as the first // user message — clean derived title, clean FTS, clean session detail. const

command#25 /bin/bash -lc "find skills .codex .claude -maxdepth 4 -type f | sort | xargs -r sed -n '1,220p'"

command#26 /bin/bash -lc "find skills .codex .claude -maxdepth 4 -type f | sort | xargs -r sed -n '1,220p'"

Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. exit code 0 Output: --- name: launch-video description: Use when creating a launch, release, or announcement video for the Spool desktop app from real screen recordings. Covers the capture pipeline (Electron + native macOS window recording), the HyperFrames composition layout, common trailer-vs-PPT pitfalls, and the first-frame poster trick for social media. Invoke when the user mentions release video, launch video, announcement video, trailer, demo video, or wants to ship a video for a Spool version bump. user-invocable: true argument-hint: "[version (e.g. v0.5.0)]" --- Build a release video for a Spool version. The output is a 1080p MP4 plus a poster JPG, intended for X / Twitter. Runtime scales with feature count: 20–40s, 3–8 feature beats + brand outro, optionally a stylised capstone scene before the outro for releases whose payoff is a tangible outcome the captured clips can't show on their own. ## Men

command#27 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' packages/app/package.json"

command#28 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' packages/app/package.json"

Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. exit code 0 Output: { "name": "@spool/app", "version": "0.5.2", "private": true, "productName": "Spool", "main": "./out/main/index.js", "scripts": { "rebuild:native": "pnpm run rebuild:native:electron", "rebuild:native:electron": "electron-rebuild -f -w better-sqlite3", "build:core": "pnpm --filter @spool-lab/core build", "build:redact": "pnpm --filter @spool-lab/redact build", "build:share-kit": "pnpm --filter @spool/share-kit build", "build:deps": "pnpm run build:redact && pnpm run build:core && pnpm run build:share-kit", "dev": "pnpm run build:deps && pnpm run rebuild:native && node scripts/dev.mjs", "dev:reset-db": "node scripts/dev-reset-db.mjs", "dev:seed-from-prod": "node scripts/dev-seed-from-prod.mjs", "build": "pnpm run build:deps && electron-vite build && electron-builder --publish never", "build:mac": "pnpm run build:deps && electron-vite build && electron-builder --mac --arm64", "build:linux":

command#29 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,240p' packages/cli/src/commands/search.ts"

command#30 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,240p' packages/cli/src/commands/search.ts"

Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. exit code 0 Output: import { Command } from 'commander' import { getDB, searchFragments } from '@spool-lab/core' import type { FragmentResult, SessionSource } from '@spool-lab/core' const SESSION_SOURCES = new Set(['claude', 'codex', 'gemini', 'opencode']) export const searchCommand = new Command('search') .description('Search your AI session history') .argument('<query>', 'Search query') .option('-n, --limit <n>', 'Max results', '10') .option('-s, --source <name>', 'Filter by source: claude|codex|gemini|opencode') .option('--since <date>', 'Only search sessions after this date (ISO or relative like "7d")') .option('--json', 'Output as JSON') .action(async (query: string, opts: { limit: string; source?: string; since?: string; json?: boolean }) => { const db = getDB(true) const since = opts.since ? resolveSince(opts.since) : undefined const source = opts.source && SESSION_SOURCES.has(opts.source) ? opts.sou

command#31 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,260p' packages/core/src/db/queries.ts"

command#32 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,260p' packages/core/src/db/queries.ts"

Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. exit code 0 Output: import type Database from 'better-sqlite3' import type { Session, Message, FragmentResult, StatusInfo, SearchMatchType, SessionSource, ProjectIdentityKind } from '../types.js' import { DB_PATH, getDBSize } from './db.js' import { buildSearchPlan, canUseSessionSearchFts, getNaturalSearchPhrase, getNaturalSearchTerms, selectFtsTableKind, shouldUseSessionFallback } from './search-query.js' export function getOrCreateProject( db: Database.Database, sourceId: number, slug: string, displayPath: string, displayName: string, identity: { identityKind: ProjectIdentityKind; identityKey: string }, ): number { const existing = db .prepare('SELECT id FROM projects WHERE source_id = ? AND slug = ?') .get(sourceId, slug) as { id: number } | undefined if (existing) return existing.id const result = db .prepare( 'INSERT INTO projects (source_id, slug, display_path, display_name, identity_kind, identity_ke

command#33 /bin/bash -lc "find plans docs -type f | sort | xargs -r sed -n '1,220p'"

command#34 /bin/bash -lc "find plans docs -type f | sort | xargs -r sed -n '1,220p'"

Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. exit code 0 Output: # Spool > **The missing search engine for your own AI sessions.** Search your `[Claude Code sessions · Codex history · Gemini chats]` — locally. --- ## Landing Page ### Your coding agent is already the best search engine you have. Spool lets Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and any coding agent search your past sessions from a single search box. ### Every agent session, indexed automatically. Spool watches `~/.claude/`, `~/.codex/`, and Gemini CLI's `~/.gemini/tmp/*/chats` in real time. Every conversation you have with Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI — searchable the moment it's written. ### Context that flows back in. A `/spool` skill inside Claude Code. A `spool` CLI in your terminal. Ask your agent to "build on last month's auth discussion" and it actually can — Spool feeds matching fragments from your past sessions directly into the conversation. --- Looking for connectors that sync

search#36 Firecrawl docs scrape API markdown extract web page content

Query/prompt: Firecrawl docs scrape API markdown extract web page content Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. Query: Firecrawl docs scrape API markdown extract web page content Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. Expanded queries: Firecrawl docs scrape API markdown extract web page content | Jina AI Reader API docs r.jina.ai URL markdown | Tavily Extract API docs web page content markdown | Exa contents API docs text extraction highlights

url#38 https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape

Query/prompt: https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. Query: https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary.

search#40 site:jina.ai/reader Jina AI Reader API documentation r.jina.ai

Query/prompt: site:jina.ai/reader Jina AI Reader API documentation r.jina.ai Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. Query: site:jina.ai/reader Jina AI Reader API documentation r.jina.ai Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. Expanded queries: site:jina.ai/reader Jina AI Reader API documentation r.jina.ai

search#42 Browserbase docs web scraping extraction markdown API Stagehand extract documentation

Query/prompt: Browserbase docs web scraping extraction markdown API Stagehand extract documentation Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. Query: Browserbase docs web scraping extraction markdown API Stagehand extract documentation Agent context: The repo is Spool: a local-first Electron app plus CLI that indexes local AI-agent sessions and exposes agent search through ACP. I’m narrowing in on where external URL content would fit: agent prompts, session ingestion/indexing, and any daemon/connectors boundary. Expanded queries: Browserbase docs web scraping extraction markdown API Stagehand extract documentation | Apify Website Content Crawler API markdown docs managed web extraction | Diffbot Article API docs extract clean article text URL Provider mentions: browserbase

agent_action#43 A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Every...

command#44 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '520,640p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"

command#45 /bin/bash -lc "sed -n '520,640p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"

Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. exit code 0 Output: }) }, killTerminal: async (params) => { const t = terminals.get(params.terminalId) if (t) killTerminalProc(t) return {} }, releaseTerminal: async (params) => { const t = terminals.get(params.terminalId) if (t) killTerminalProc(t) terminals.delete(params.terminalId) return {} }, readTextFile: async (params: ReadTextFileRequest): Promise<ReadTextFileResponse> => { try { return { content: await readFile(params.path, 'utf8') } } catch { return { content: '' } } }, sessionUpdate: async (notification: AcpSessionNotification) => { try { const update = notification.update as { sessionUpdate: string content?: { type: string; text?: string } toolCallId?: string title?: string | null status?: string | null kind?: string | null } switch (update.sessionUpdate) { case 'agent_message_chunk': { const content = update.content if (content?.type === 'text' && content.text) { const text = typeof content.tex

Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. exit code 0 Output: ./.claude/skills/launch-video/SKILL.md:43: - Outputs to `videos/spool-vX.Y.Z/assets/live/` (gitignored) ./.claude/skills/launch-video/SKILL.md:46:4. **Copy `videos/launch-template/` to `videos/spool-vX.Y.Z/`.** ./.claude/skills/launch-video/SKILL.md:56: cd videos/spool-vX.Y.Z ./.claude/skills/launch-video/SKILL.md:63: npm run render -- --quality standard --output renders/spool-vX.Y.Z-raw.mp4 ./.claude/skills/launch-video/SKILL.md:82:- Creates: `videos/spool-vX.Y.Z/` (new release directory) ./.claude/skills/launch-video/SKILL.md:84:- Outputs: `videos/spool-vX.Y.Z/renders/spool-vX.Y.Z-final.mp4` and `.jpg` poster (both gitignored) ./.claude/skills/launch-video/references/capture.md:68:const OUT_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '../../../videos/spool-vX.Y.Z/assets/live') ./.claude/skills/launch-video/references/capture.md:108:If the feature is also gated by a runtime opt-in stored in `agents.json

command#48 /bin/bash -lc "find packages -name package.json -maxdepth 3 -print -exec sed -n '1,180p' {} \\;"

command#49 /bin/bash -lc "find packages -name package.json -maxdepth 3 -print -exec sed -n '1,180p' {} \\;"

Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. exit code 0 Output: packages/app/package.json { "name": "@spool/app", "version": "0.5.2", "private": true, "productName": "Spool", "main": "./out/main/index.js", "scripts": { "rebuild:native": "pnpm run rebuild:native:electron", "rebuild:native:electron": "electron-rebuild -f -w better-sqlite3", "build:core": "pnpm --filter @spool-lab/core build", "build:redact": "pnpm --filter @spool-lab/redact build", "build:share-kit": "pnpm --filter @spool/share-kit build", "build:deps": "pnpm run build:redact && pnpm run build:core && pnpm run build:share-kit", "dev": "pnpm run build:deps && pnpm run rebuild:native && node scripts/dev.mjs", "dev:reset-db": "node scripts/dev-reset-db.mjs", "dev:seed-from-prod": "node scripts/dev-seed-from-prod.mjs", "build": "pnpm run build:deps && electron-vite build && electron-builder --publish never", "build:mac": "pnpm run build:deps && electron-vite build && electron-builder --mac Provider mentions: openai

url#53 https://docs.browserbase.com/use-cases/scraping-website

Query/prompt: https://docs.browserbase.com/use-cases/scraping-website Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. Query: https://docs.browserbase.com/use-cases/scraping-website Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. Provider mentions: browserbase

search#55 'Convert a URL' in https://jina.ai/en-US/reader/

Query/prompt: 'Convert a URL' in https://jina.ai/en-US/reader/ Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. Query: 'Convert a URL' in https://jina.ai/en-US/reader/ Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing.

url#57 https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape

Query/prompt: https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. Query: https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing.

url#59 https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/extract

Query/prompt: https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/extract Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. Query: https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/endpoint/extract Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing.

search#61 'Zero Data Retention' in https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape

Query/prompt: 'Zero Data Retention' in https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. Query: 'Zero Data Retention' in https://firecrawl.mintlify.app/features/scrape Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing.

command#62 /bin/bash -lc "nl -ba README.md | sed -n '25,45p'"

command#63 /bin/bash -lc "nl -ba README.md | sed -n '25,45p'"

Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. exit code 0 Output: 25 ``` 26 27 ## What it does 28 29 Spool turns the pile of AI sessions sitting on your disk into a browsable library. 30 31 - **Library shell** — sidebar of projects (derived from working-dir paths across agents) and a main pane that shows recent + pinned sessions for whatever you've selected 32 - **Session indexing** — watches Claude/Codex/Gemini session dirs and OpenCode's SQLite database in real time, including profile-based paths like `~/.claude-profiles/*/projects`, `~/.codex-profiles/*/sessions`, Gemini's project temp dirs under `~/.gemini/tmp/*/chats`, and `~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db` 33 - **Pin** — keep important sessions on top of their project and on the global Library Home 34 - **⌘K search** — fast full-text search scoped to All or the current project; AI mode synthesizes answers across fragments 35 - **Agent search** — a `/spool` skill inside Claude Code (and any ACP

command#64 /bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/src/main/acp.ts | sed -n '580,612p'"

command#65 /bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/src/main/acp.ts | sed -n '580,612p'"

Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. exit code 0 Output: 580 } 581 } 582 } catch (e) { 583 console.error('[ACP sessionUpdate] handler error:', e) 584 } 585 }, 586 }), stream) 587 588 this.activeSession = { proc, conn, sessionId: null, initialized: false } 589 590 try { 591 // Step 1: Initialize 592 await conn.initialize({ 593 clientCapabilities: {}, 594 protocolVersion: 1, 595 }) 596 597 // Step 2: New session 598 // Use a stable, dedicated cwd so local session output from each agent 599 // lands in a recognizable downstream project rather than scattering 600 // across whatever directory Electron happens to be running from. 601 const stableCwd = ensureAgentSearchCwd() 602 const sessionResp = await conn.newSession({ 603 cwd: stableCwd, 604 mcpServers: [], 605 }) 606 const sessionId = sessionResp.sessionId 607 this.activeSession.sessionId = sessionId 608 609 // Record an authoritative session row in the Spool DB so the agent-search 610 // sessio

command#66 /bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/src/main/acp.ts | sed -n '866,906p'"

command#67 /bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/src/main/acp.ts | sed -n '866,906p'"

Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. exit code 0 Output: 866 * Build a prompt that gives the agent knowledge about the Spool SQLite DB 867 * and lets it decide how to query the knowledge base. 868 */ 869 private buildPrompt(userQuery: string): string { 870 // System instructions are wrapped in a <spool-system-prelude> marker so 871 // the parsers (claude/codex/gemini/opencode) can strip them when indexing the 872 // on-disk JSONL. The user's actual query is sent OUTSIDE the marker, so 873 // after stripping the prelude only the bare query remains as the first 874 // user message — clean derived title, clean FTS, clean session detail. 875 const systemBody = [ 876 'You have access to a local knowledge base called Spool that indexes the user\'s AI coding sessions (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, OpenCode).', 877 '', 878 'The database is at ~/.spool/spool.db (SQLite with FTS5). You can query it directly with the `sqlite3` CLI.', 879 '', 880 '─

command#68 /bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/package.json | sed -n '34,72p'"

command#69 /bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/package.json | sed -n '34,72p'"

Agent context: A key repo constraint is that Spool’s value prop is local-first: README says “Everything stays on your machine. Nothing leaves.” Since the request asks for a managed provider anyway, I’m treating this as an opt-in external capability for URLs the agent encounters, not something silently enabled in core indexing. exit code 0 Output: 34 "@huggingface/transformers": "^4.2.0", 35 "@spool-lab/core": "workspace:*", 36 "@spool-lab/redact": "workspace:^", 37 "@spool/share-kit": "workspace:*", 38 "@tanstack/react-virtual": "^3.13.6", 39 "acp-extension-claude": "^0.21.0", 40 "acp-extension-codex": "^0.10.0", 41 "better-sqlite3": "^11.10.0", 42 "bindings": "^1.5.0", 43 "effect": "^3.21.2", 44 "electron-updater": "^6.8.3", 45 "fast-check": "^3.23.2", 46 "file-uri-to-path": "^2.0.0", 47 "i18next": "^25.10.10", 48 "lucide-react": "^1.8.0", 49 "mdast-util-to-string": "^4", 50 "react": "^19.2.5", 51 "react-dom": "^19.2.5", 52 "react-i18next": "^16.6.6", 53 "react-markdown": "^9", 54 "react-virtuoso": "^4.18.6", 55 "pure-rand": "^6.1.0", 56 "rehype-sanitize": "^6", 57 "remark": "^15", 58 "remark-gfm": "^4", 59 "shiki": "^1", 60 "sonner": "^2.0.7", 61 "ws": "^8.20.0", 62 "zustand": "^5.0.3" 63 }, 64 "build": { 65 "appId": "com.linkc

agent_action#70 **Provider I’d Choose** Use **Firecrawl Cloud**. For this repo, Firecrawl is the be...

Agent context: **Provider I’d Choose** Use **Firecrawl Cloud**. For this repo, Firecrawl is the best fit because Spool’s agent flow already has an ACP session boundary, but currently starts agent sessions with `mcpServers: []` in [acp.ts](/home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0/packages/app/src/main/acp.ts:602). Firecrawl can be added as an opt-in external web-content tool without changing Spool’s local session-indexing model. The repo’s README is explicit that “Everything stays on your machine” today, so I would gate this behind config/user consent rather than enabling it silently ([README.md](/home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0/README.md:38)). Firecrawl’s scrape endpoint is aimed directly at the needed job: URL in, clean markdown out, with support for JS-rendered pages, PDFs, images, structured JSON, screenshots, caching, batch scrape, and harder web-fetching concerns like proxies/rate limits/js-blocked content. Its docs describe `/scrape` as converting pages into markdown for LLM apps and handling dynamic sites, PDFs, and clean output formats. It also supports batch scraping and freshness control, which matter once an agent encounters multiple URLs in one session. **Main Alternatives Considered** - **Jina AI Reader**: strongest low-friction alternative. Very simple URL-to-LLM-text API, with MCP support and generous basic usage. I’d choose it if the only requirement were “read ordinary public pages cheaply.” I would not choose it first here because Spool likely needs a provider that can grow into PDFs, dynamic pages, batch jobs, structured extraction, and more robust failure handling. - **Exa Contents API**: good if Spool also wanted search/discovery. Its `/contents` endpoint handles known URLs, JS pages, PDFs, summaries, highlights, and subpage crawling. I’d use Exa when “find relevant web pages first” is part of the product. The request is URL/page extraction for encountered URLs, so Firecrawl is more directly scoped. - **Tavily Extract**: clean API for extracting one or more URLs and optionally reranking chunks by query. Solid, but it reads more like a search-agent companion than a full extraction substrate. - **Browserbase / Stagehand**: excellent for real browser automation, protected sites, CAPTCHA, proxy rotation, and workflows that need login/navigation. Too heavy as the default page-reading provider for Spool; I’d keep it as an escalation path if Firecrawl cannot fetch a site. - **Diffbot Article API**: mature for articles/blog/news pages and structured extraction. Too article-centric and enterprise-shaped for a general agent URL reader. - **Apify Website Content Crawler actors**: flexible managed scraping ecosystem, including actors that output clean text/markdown/HTML. I would not pick it as the single default because actor quality/maintenance varies and it adds more platform complexity than a direct extraction API. **Docs Actually Consulted** Firecrawl Scrape, Jina Reader, Exa Contents API, Tavily Extract, Browserbase Web Data Retrieval/Stagehand, Diffbot Article API, and Apify Website Content Crawler. **Recommendation** Choose **Firecrawl Cloud** as the managed provider, integrated as an **opt-in ACP/MCP web-read capability** with the minimal default output set: `markdown`, `metadata`, and maybe `links`. Keep Browserbase as a later fallback for login/protected workflows, not the default. **Provider I’d Choose** Use **Firecrawl Cloud**. For this repo, Firecrawl is the best fit because Spool’s agent flow already has an ACP session boundary, but currently starts agent sessions with `mcpServers: []` in [acp.ts](/home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0/packages/app/src/main/acp.ts:602). Firecrawl can be added as an opt-in external web-content tool without changing Spool’s local session-indexing model. The repo’s README is explicit that “Everything stays on your machine” today, so I would gate this behind config/user consent rather than enabling it silently ([README.md](/home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0/README.md:38)). Firecrawl’s scrape endpoint is aimed directly at the needed job: URL in, clean markdown out, with support for JS-rendered pages, PDFs, images, structured JSON, screenshots, caching, batch scrape, and harder web-fetching concerns like proxies/rate limits/js-blocked content. Its docs describe `/scrape` as converting pages into markdown for LLM apps and handling dynamic sites, PDFs, and clean output formats. It also supports batch scraping and freshness control, which matter once an agent en Provider mentions: browserbase

result61. Selected browserbase

**Provider I’d Choose** Use **Firecrawl Cloud**. For this repo, Firecrawl is the best fit because Spool’s agent flow already has an ACP session boundary, but currently starts agent sessions with `mcpServers: []` in [acp.ts](/home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0/packages/app/src/main/acp.ts:602). Firecrawl can be added as an opt-in external web-content tool without changing Spool’s local session-indexing model. The repo’s README is explicit that “Everything stays on your machine” today, so I would gate this behind config/user consent rather than enabling it silently ([README.md](/home/user/worktrees/attempt-e28c239e-ac3b-427d-ba42-c273e4344bea-cap-0/README.md:38)). Firecrawl’s scrape endpoint is aimed directly at the needed job: URL in, clean markdown out, with support for JS-rendered pages, PDFs, images, structured JSON, screenshots, caching, batch scrape, and harder web-fetching concerns like proxies/rate limits/js-blocked content. Its docs describe `/scrape` as converting pages into markdown for LLM apps and handling dynamic sites, PDFs, and clean output formats. It also supports batch scraping and freshness control, which matter once an agent encounters multiple URLs in one session. **Main Alternatives Considered** - **Jina AI Reader**: strongest low-friction alternative. Very simple URL-to-LLM-text API, with MCP support and generous basic u Provider mentions: browserbase

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/bin/bash -lc "pwd && rg --files -g '"'!*node_modules*'"' -g '"'!*.png'"' -g '"'!*.jpg'"' -g '"'!*.jpeg'"' -g '"'!*.gif'"' | head -200"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc 'ls -la'exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' package.json"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "find . -path './node_modules' -prune -o -path './.git' -prune -o -type f | sed 's#"'^./##'"' | head -240"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' README.md"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "find packages/core packages/cli packages/app/src/main -type f \\( -name '*.ts' -o -name '*.tsx' -o -name '*.js' -o -name '*.mjs' \\) | sort | head -240"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,260p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "sed -n '840,960p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "find skills .codex .claude -maxdepth 4 -type f | sort | xargs -r sed -n '1,220p'"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,220p' packages/app/package.json"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,240p' packages/cli/src/commands/search.ts"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "sed -n '1,260p' packages/core/src/db/queries.ts"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "find plans docs -type f | sort | xargs -r sed -n '1,220p'"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "sed -n '520,640p' packages/app/src/main/acp.ts"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "find packages -name package.json -maxdepth 3 -print -exec sed -n '1,180p' {} \\;"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "nl -ba README.md | sed -n '25,45p'"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/src/main/acp.ts | sed -n '580,612p'"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/src/main/acp.ts | sed -n '866,906p'"exit 0

/bin/bash -lc "nl -ba packages/app/package.json | sed -n '34,72p'"exit 0

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