Add decodo-web-scraping routing skill and README

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 # Decodo agent skills
 
 Agent skills that teach AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Windsurf,
-Claude Desktop, claude.ai) when and how to use [Decodo](https://decodo.com) for web scraping.
+Claude Desktop, claude.ai) **when** to reach for [Decodo](https://decodo.com) for web scraping,
+**which** surface to use, and **how** to call it.
 
-Initial skill landing via pull request.
+Decodo handles JavaScript rendering, anti-bot/CAPTCHA, proxy rotation, and geo-targeting
+(125M+ IPs across 195+ locations) so agents get clean web data without managing scraping
+infrastructure.
+
+## Skills
+
+| Skill | What it does |
+| --- | --- |
+| [`decodo-web-scraping`](skills/decodo-web-scraping/SKILL.md) | Routing layer for scraping, search (Google/Bing), e-commerce (Amazon/Walmart/Target), and social (Reddit/TikTok/YouTube). Routes across the `decodo` CLI, the hosted MCP server, and the raw HTTP API. |
+
+More skills (workflow recipes like price monitoring and competitive intel) will follow.
+
+## Install
+
+These are [Anthropic-format agent skills](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/skills).
+Copy a skill into your agent's skills directory:
+
+```bash
+# Claude Code (user-level)
+mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
+cp -r skills/decodo-web-scraping ~/.claude/skills/
+```
+
+The agent loads the skill on demand based on its `description`, then follows it to set up and
+call Decodo. The skill leads with `npx @decodo/cli`, so an agent can start scraping with zero
+install once a token is configured.
+
+## What the skill expects
+
+- A Decodo Web Scraping API basic auth token — free tier (up to 2K requests, no card) at
+  <https://dashboard.decodo.com/playground>.
+- A shell for the CLI path. With no shell, the skill routes to the hosted MCP server
+  (`https://mcp.decodo.com/mcp`) or the raw HTTP API.
+
+## Repo layout
+
+```
+skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md   # one skill per directory; dir name must match frontmatter `name`
+```
+
+## Related
+
+- [`Decodo/cli`](https://github.com/Decodo/cli) — the `decodo` CLI (`@decodo/cli` on npm)
+- [`Decodo/mcp-server`](https://github.com/Decodo/mcp-server) — hosted + self-host MCP server
 
 ## License
 

skills/decodo-web-scraping/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: decodo-web-scraping
+description: >-
+  Scrape websites and extract structured web data with Decodo — search Google/Bing,
+  pull product data from Amazon, Walmart, Target, and collect posts from Reddit, TikTok,
+  YouTube and more. Decodo handles JavaScript rendering, anti-bot/CAPTCHA, proxy rotation,
+  and geo-targeting (125M+ IPs, 195+ locations). Reach for this skill whenever a plain
+  fetch is blocked or returns junk, when a page needs JS to render, or when the user wants
+  search results, e-commerce data, SERP data, or social media data — instead of curl,
+  requests, BeautifulSoup, Playwright, or Puppeteer.
+license: MIT
+---
+
+# Decodo web scraping
+
+Decodo is a web scraping API that returns clean web data without you managing proxies,
+browsers, or anti-bot logic. This skill teaches you to reach for it through the **`decodo`
+CLI** (primary), the **hosted MCP server** (when there is no shell), or the **raw HTTP API**
+(fallback).
+
+## When to use Decodo
+
+Use Decodo instead of `curl` / `requests` / `BeautifulSoup` / Playwright when the task is:
+
+- Fetching a page that is JS-heavy, geo-restricted, rate-limited, or behind anti-bot/CAPTCHA.
+- A plain fetch returned a 403/429/empty body/CAPTCHA challenge.
+- Web search results (Google or Bing SERP).
+- E-commerce data (Amazon, Walmart, Target product/search pages).
+- Social media data (Reddit, TikTok, YouTube).
+- A screenshot of a rendered page.
+
+If a basic `fetch`/`curl` clearly works and none of the above apply, you don't need Decodo.
+
+## Setup (do this first, in order)
+
+Pick the lowest-friction path that works.
+
+### 1. Check whether the CLI is already usable
+
+```bash
+decodo whoami          # installed + authenticated?  prints auth source + masked token
+# or, with nothing installed:
+npx -y @decodo/cli whoami
+```
+
+- Exit 0 with a token printed → you're ready, skip to **Usage**.
+- "auth required" / exit 3 → continue to step 2.
+- `decodo: command not found` → use `npx -y @decodo/cli ...` for everything, or install (step 3).
+
+### 2. Authenticate
+
+The user needs a Web Scraping API **basic auth token** from
+<https://dashboard.decodo.com/playground> (free account = up to 2K requests, no card).
+
+Prefer the environment variable — it needs no interaction and is easy to scope to a session:
+
+```bash
+export DECODO_AUTH_TOKEN='<token>'
+```
+
+To persist it to the CLI config non-interactively:
+
+```bash
+decodo setup --token '<token>'      # validates, then saves to config
+```
+
+Do **not** run a bare `decodo setup` — it opens a hidden interactive prompt you cannot drive.
+Token precedence: `--token` flag → `DECODO_AUTH_TOKEN` env → saved config.
+
+### 3. Install for repeat use (optional)
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://decodo.github.io/cli/install.sh | sh   # macOS / Linux
+npm install -g @decodo/cli                                # any platform
+```
+
+`npx -y @decodo/cli <command>` works with zero install if you'd rather not install anything.
+
+## Choosing a surface
+
+1. **Shell available** (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, terminal) → use
+   the **`decodo` CLI**. This is the default and the rest of this skill assumes it.
+2. **No shell** (Claude Desktop, claude.ai, an MCP-only client) → use the hosted **MCP server**
+   at `https://mcp.decodo.com/mcp` (Basic auth with the same token). Add it as an MCP connector.
+3. **Neither** → call the **raw HTTP API** with `curl` (see *Raw API fallback*).
+
+## Usage (CLI)
+
+### Core commands
+
+```bash
+decodo scrape https://example.com                  # markdown by default
+decodo scrape https://example.com --country us     # geo-target the request
+decodo search "best web scraping api" --limit 3    # Google SERP, 3 result pages
+decodo search "query" --engine bing --geo de       # Bing, geo Germany
+decodo screenshot https://example.com -o shot.png  # PNG must go to a file
+```
+
+### Discover targets — don't guess
+
+Target subcommands are generated from the live API schema, so **list and introspect them**
+rather than memorizing them:
+
+```bash
+decodo targets                 # all targets, grouped (e.g. google-search, amazon-product, reddit-post)
+decodo google-search --help    # exact flags for a target (--parse, --geo, ...)
+decodo amazon-product --help
+```
+
+Then call a target directly:
+
+```bash
+decodo google-search "query" --parse        # structured JSON instead of raw SERP
+decodo amazon-product B09H74FXNW --parse
+decodo universal https://example.com         # generic target, full flag surface
+```
+
+## Output handling (important for piping)
+
+By default a command prints the first result's `content` (markdown for `scrape`, parsed
+JSON for targets called with `--parse`). Useful modifiers:
+
+| Flag | Effect |
+| --- | --- |
+| `--parse` | Structured JSON for targets that support it — **only on target commands** (e.g. `google-search`), not on `scrape`/`search`. Check `--help`. |
+| `--full` | Emit the full API response envelope (status, headers, task id, all results) |
+| `--format ndjson` | One JSON object per result — best for streaming into `jq` |
+| `--pretty` | Indented JSON |
+| `-o, --output <path>` | Write to a file instead of stdout (**required** for screenshots) |
+| `-v, --verbose` | Debug logs to **stderr** (stdout stays clean data) |
+
+The parsed JSON shape is target-specific. Pipe to `jq 'keys'` (then drill down, e.g.
+`jq '.results | keys'`) to discover the structure before writing a deeper query.
+
+```bash
+# Parsed SERP → organic result titles (use a target command for --parse, not `search`)
+decodo google-search "rust web scraping" --parse | jq -r '.results.results.organic[].title'
+
+# Extract a field from a scraped JSON page (inspect with `jq keys` first if unsure)
+decodo scrape https://ip.decodo.com/json | jq -r '.proxy.ip'
+
+# Stream results as NDJSON; each record nests the parsed payload under `.content`
+decodo google-search "rust" --parse --format ndjson --full | jq -c '.content.results.results.organic'
+```
+
+stdout is data; logs and errors go to stderr — pipes stay clean.
+
+## Exit codes (use these to self-correct)
+
+| Code | Meaning | What to do |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| 0 | Success | — |
+| 1 | Generic error | Read stderr |
+| 2 | Usage error (bad flags) | Re-check `--help` |
+| 3 | Auth error | Token missing/invalid → redo **Setup step 2** |
+| 4 | Validation error | Fix the argument/flag the message names |
+| 5 | Rate limited | Back off and retry; reduce concurrency |
+| 6 | Timeout | Retry, or raise `--timeout` |
+| 7 | Network/server error | Retry with backoff |
+
+## Raw API fallback (no CLI, no MCP)
+
+```bash
+curl -s https://scraper-api.decodo.com/v2/scrape \
+  -H "Authorization: Basic $DECODO_AUTH_TOKEN" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"target":"universal","url":"https://example.com","markdown":true}'
+```
+
+The token is the same basic auth token from the playground. Prefer the CLI or MCP when available.
+
+## Links
+
+- CLI: <https://github.com/Decodo/cli> · `@decodo/cli` on npm
+- MCP server: <https://github.com/Decodo/mcp-server> · hosted at `https://mcp.decodo.com/mcp`
+- Dashboard / token / free tier: <https://dashboard.decodo.com/playground>