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/install wget-tool
Description
Download files from the web via HTTP/HTTPS/FTP with resume support, recursive mirroring, rate limiting, and progress feedback.
README (SKILL.md)
WGet Tool — Web File Downloader
Download files from HTTP/HTTPS/FTP servers with resume support, recursive downloading, bandwidth limiting, and robust error handling. Ideal for batch downloads, website mirroring, and automated data acquisition.
Quick Start
# Download a single file
wget-tool https://example.com/file.zip
# Download with a different filename
wget-tool https://example.com/file.zip -O output.zip
Usage
wget-tool URL [OPTIONS]
Options:
-O, --output FILE Save to specific filename
-c, --continue Resume partial download
-q, --quiet Suppress progress output
--limit-rate RATE Limit download speed (e.g., 100k, 1M)
-r, --recursive Download recursively
-l, --level N Maximum recursion depth
--timeout SEC Connection timeout in seconds
--retries N Number of retries on failure (default: 3)
--header HEADER Add custom HTTP header
--user-agent UA Custom User-Agent string
-P, --directory-prefix DIR Save files under directory
--json Output as JSON with download metadata
Examples
# Resume an interrupted download
wget-tool https://example.com/large-file.iso -c
# Download with speed limit
wget-tool https://example.com/video.mp4 --limit-rate 500k
# Recursively download a website (depth 2)
wget-tool -r -l 2 https://docs.example.com/
# Custom headers and user-agent
wget-tool https://api.example.com/data.json \
--header "Authorization: Bearer token123" \
--user-agent "MyScript/1.0"
# Download with retries and timeout
wget-tool https://unreliable-server.com/file.dat --timeout 10 --retries 5
# Machine-readable output
wget-tool https://example.com/file.zip --json
Features
- HTTP/HTTPS/FTP — supports major protocols
- Resume support — continue interrupted downloads with -c
- Recursive mirroring — download entire site trees
- Bandwidth limiting — avoid saturating connections
- Retry logic — configurable retries and timeouts
- Custom headers — authentication, API tokens, referrers
- JSON output — metadata for pipeline integration
- Progress feedback — speed, ETA, and percentage
Usage Guidance
Review this skill before installing. If you use it, do not assume the documented wget-style options work unless the implementation is fixed, and only download from trusted URLs into safe directories.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The stated purpose is a wget-like downloader, but the included script only performs a basic urllib download and does not implement many advertised controls such as resume, recursion, rate limiting, headers, retries, timeout, or JSON output.
Instruction Scope
The instructions describe user-directed downloads, including arbitrary URLs, output paths, recursive mirroring, and custom headers. That is aligned with a downloader, but users should control sources and destinations.
Install Mechanism
The skill has no install spec and declares no required binaries, while SKILL.md tells the agent to run a `wget-tool` command. The provided script is not clearly wired to that command, creating entrypoint/provenance ambiguity.
Credentials
Network downloads and local file writes are proportionate for this purpose, but the artifacts do not describe path restrictions or overwrite safeguards.
Persistence & Privilege
No persistence, background behavior, or privilege escalation is shown. The documentation does mention optional authentication/API-token headers, so credentials should be handled carefully.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install wget-tool - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/wget-tool - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Wget Tool?
Download files from the web via HTTP/HTTPS/FTP with resume support, recursive mirroring, rate limiting, and progress feedback. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 77 downloads so far.
How do I install Wget Tool?
Run "/install wget-tool" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Wget Tool free?
Yes, Wget Tool is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Wget Tool support?
Wget Tool is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Wget Tool?
It is built and maintained by BIN (@dinghaibin); the current version is v1.0.0.
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