Retrieve archived web pages from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
npx skills add https://github.com/MagicWifiMoney/openclaw-starter-kit --skill wayback
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: wayback Source: https://github.com/MagicWifiMoney/openclaw-starter-kit/tree/main/skills-custom/extras/wayback Command: npx skills add https://github.com/MagicWifiMoney/openclaw-starter-kit --skill wayback
Provides a straightforward way to find and retrieve historical snapshots of web pages from the Internet Archive so users can inspect past content, recover deleted pages, or compare changes over time.
Use the wayback skill to find the closest archived snapshot of example.com on 2020-01-01 and return its extracted readable text.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
You can retrieve an archived web page by querying the Wayback Machine CDX API with a target URL to list available snapshots, then fetching the raw archived HTML closest to your desired date and extracting readable text.
Yes, the CDX API lists historical snapshots with timestamps, and you can locate the snapshot closest to your target date for point-in-time retrieval to check past website versions or verify content.
To recover deleted content, query the Wayback Machine for past snapshots of the URL, retrieve the raw archived HTML from a date when the page was active, and extract the readable text.
The CDX API lists snapshots with metadata like timestamps and status codes, but fetching the archived page retrieves raw HTML which is then truncated into readable text for practical consumption.
Limitations include truncation of very large archived pages into readable text, basic error handling for missing snapshots, and reliance on the Wayback Machine's available historical coverage for the target URL.
Yes, you can list multiple snapshots from different dates using the CDX API, fetch the extracted readable text from each archived HTML page, and compare the historical content for editorial or competitive audits.
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