link-reader

link-reader is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from runesleo/x-reader. It costs 76 tokens per session (1,577 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A link-reading workflow for explaining the original content behind video, audio, social-media, article, and other web links. It reads the source itself rather than relying only on search previews or reposts.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect articles, posts, threads, videos, podcasts, and related attachments, then summarize their claims, missing information, and relevant judgments.
Why use it?
It reduces the risk of explaining an incomplete or distorted version of a link. It separates what the source states from opinions and adds advice only when the request calls for it.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to inspect articles, posts, threads, videos, podcasts, and related attachments, then summarize their claims, missing information, and relevant judgments.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/runesleo/x-reader/link-reader
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add runesleo/x-reader --skill link-reader
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/runesleo/x-reader

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for link-reader

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/runesleo/x-reader/link-reader/github.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/skills/runesleo/x-reader/link-reader)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/runesleo/x-reader/link-reader"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/runesleo/x-reader/link-reader/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>

Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

agentmods 80×15 button for link-reader

Your own site · 80×15
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/runesleo/x-reader/link-reader"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/runesleo/x-reader/link-reader.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>
Per session 76 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,577 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00076 $0.01577
Opus 5.5 $0.00030 $0.00631
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00015 $0.00315
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00158

Measured 2d ago against content hash f29d5f02056c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

link-reader scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/check_reading_coverage.py, tests/test_reading_coverage.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/link-reader/SKILL.md · 120 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 120 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Read the source first, then interpret it. Search snippets, preview cards, repost captions, and model paraphrases are not substitutes for the original.

This skill is the workflow layer on top of the repo’s x-reader skill (CLI/MCP fetch) and, when needed, the video skill (transcription). Install both when possible:

npx skills add runesleo/x-reader --skill x-reader --skill link-reader -g -y

Goal

  1. Explain the source — what it actually says, in plain language.
  2. Separate fact from opinion — author claims vs verifiable facts; verify key numbers when practical.
  3. Make it useful — only add project-specific or action advice when the user’s question or context makes it relevant. No filler sections.

Dropping a link is not a request to file a ticket, queue content, or run unrelated pipelines. Interpretation is the default outcome.

Default reading scope

When the user says “read this” / “what does this say” / sends a bare URL:

  • Read the main post or article and material attachments (images, video, audio).
  • For threads: parent context, continuations, quotes, and replies that change facts or conclusions — not only the top post.
  • Follow outbound links that the post relies on (one hop; do not recurse endlessly).
  • If comments or quotes are missing, empty, or blocked, say so with counts or platform limits — do not pretend full thread coverage from a high-vote sample.

Book lists / “digest this book”: read legally accessible chapters, author pages, and reliable reviews; output principles and limits of evidence, not a reading list alone. Do not claim full-book coverage without the text; do not bypass paywalls.

Tool routing (x-reader only)

Use one primary fetch path; reuse evidence you already fetched in the same turn.

Need Tool
Any supported URL x-reader CLI: "$XR_BIN" "URL" --json (bootstrap from skills/x-reader/SKILL.md)
Batch URLs "$XR_BIN" url1 url2 --json or MCP read_batch
Platform / readiness "$XR_BIN" doctor or MCP detect_platform
Attached video/audio matters After text/metadata fetch, use skills/video/SKILL.md (subtitles → Whisper)
Structured analysis after read Optional skills/analyzer/SKILL.md

Read the full file on GitHub · 120 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 120 lines · 76 tokens per session scan A f29d5f02056c

Subscribe to this mod's changes

link-reader is a skill published in the GitHub repository runesleo/x-reader (978 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 76 tokens to every session and 1,577 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-24.