Skill-route blocked URLs through Gemini
Claude's WebFetch hits 403s on Reddit. A custom skill detects the failure, opens a tmux Gemini session, and pulls the page through it.
- Type: Prompt
- Tags: Coding Agent Hacks, Intermediate, Claude Code
- Updated: 2026-10-01
Prompt
Claude's WebFetch hits 403s on Reddit. A custom skill detects the failure, opens a tmux Gemini session, and pulls the page through it. WebFetch returns 403 on sites like Reddit, stalling research mid-session. Ex-Google engineer YK packaged a workaround as a Claude Code skill: when WebFetch fails on a known-blocked domain, the skill spins up a tmux Gemini session, runs the query, and captures the output. Skills load on demand, so it only costs tokens when actually triggered. Implementation example: # Install Gemini CLI and auth npm install -g @google/gemini-cli gemini # run once to auth with your Google account # Add the skill mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/reddit-fetch curl -o ~/.claude/skills/reddit-fetch/SKILL.md \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ykdojo/claude-code-tips/main/skills/reddit-fetch/SKILL.md
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