Agent-Reach: Giving AI Agents a Pair of Eyes Over the Entire Internet
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One-Sentence Summary
A single command lets an AI Agent search and read 10+ platforms including Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Bilibili, and Xiaohongshu, with no API Key required, using pure web scraping.
Core Concept
Agent-Reach solves the "information silo" problem of AI Agents. Although an LLM has training data of its own, it cannot obtain:
- Real-time discussions on social media
- User-generated content on specific platforms
- Unstructured internet information
Through a headless browser + RSS feeds + public APIs, Agent-Reach lets an Agent directly "see" the internet.
Supported Platforms (10+)
| Platform | Method | API Required? |
|---|---|---|
| X / Twitter | Search tweets, read user timelines | ❌ Free |
| Search subreddits, read posts + comments | ❌ Free JSON API | |
| YouTube | Search videos, read subtitles | ❌ yt-dlp |
| Bilibili | Search videos, read danmaku comments | ❌ Free |
| Xiaohongshu (RED) | Search notes | ❌ Free |
| Hacker News | Search posts + comments | ❌ Firebase API |
| GitHub | Search Issues / PRs | ❌ Public |
| arXiv | Paper search | ❌ Free API |
| Wikipedia | Encyclopedia search | ❌ Free API |
| General web pages | Fetch and read any URL | ❌ Free |
Installation and Usage
pip install agent-reach
Python API
from agent_reach import search
# Search X/Twitter
results = search("AI agent security", platforms=["x"])
# Multi-Platform Parallel Search
results = search("Bitcoin", platforms=["x", "reddit", "bilibili", "xiaohongshu"])
CLI
agent-reach search "DeepSeek V4" --platforms x,reddit,hn
Technical Architecture
User Query → Platform Router → Parallel Fetching
├── X: Nitter/RSS Mirror
├── Reddit: JSON API (.json)
├── YouTube: yt-dlp subtitles
├── Bilibili: API + headless browser
├── Xiaohongshu: headless browser
└── Others: feedparser / requests
Differences from last30days-skill
| Dimension | Agent-Reach | last30days-skill |
|---|---|---|
| Positioning | General-purpose web search tool | Cross-platform deep research engine |
| Output | Raw search results | AI-synthesized summary + scores |
| Number of platforms | 10+ | 14+ |
| Scoring mechanism | None | Ranked by community engagement |
| Installation | pip install | clawhub / npx skills |
| Best for | Agent tool invocation | Proactive user research |
💡 The two are complementary: Agent-Reach serves as the Agent's tool layer, while last30days-skill serves as the user's research entry point.
Value to Us
| Scenario | Application |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong stock research | Search Chinese-language discussions about listed companies on Xiaohongshu / Bilibili |
| Public sentiment monitoring | Automated multi-platform searches for brand / company names |
| Competitors | Monitor competitors' activity on social media |
Tech stack: Python · feedparser · yt-dlp · loguru · rich License: MIT | Repo: Panniantong/agent-reach
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