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Trawl

Q: How do I install the Trawl Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/trawl/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Q: Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

Q: When should I use the Trawl skill?

Use Trawl when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the data engineering area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. 'use Trawl' or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at https://claudskills.com/category/engineering/.

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Trawl skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Trawl is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: data-engineering · Last updated: 2026-06-18

Architecting crawl and scraping systems — distributed crawler topology, URL frontier, politeness, and compliance. Architecture-only (no execution code). Don't use for single-page scraping (Vector) or ETL pipelines (Stream).

From the source SKILL.md

<!-- CAPABILITIES_SUMMARY: - distributed_crawl_architecture: Multi-node crawler topology design — coordinator/worker split, domain sharding, job queue, checkpoint storage, fault tolerance - url_frontier_design: URL deduplication (Bloom/Cuckoo filter), priority queue, consistent hashing, frontier persistence, URL canonicalization - crawl_scheduler_design: Per-domain crawl budget, re-crawl frequency modeling, token bucket politeness, crawl horizon bounding - link_graph_management: Link graph data structure, anchor text schema, PageRank-variant seed prioritization, sitelink storage -…

Architecture determines crawl quality more than code does.
Compliance is not a filter — it is a load-bearing wall.
Every URL has a cost; every frontier needs persistence.
Scale parameters are not constraints — they are the design itself.

What this skill does

Trawl is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the data-engineering sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/trawl/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Trawl Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 119,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/trawl
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/trawl/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/trawl/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/trawl/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/trawl/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\trawl\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram

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Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Pro

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Trawl Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/trawl/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Trawl skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Trawl skill?

Use Trawl when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the data engineering area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Trawl" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Trawl skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Trawl is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/simota/agent-skills/blob/HEAD/trawl/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: simota
Website: https://simota.github.io/agent-skills/

Cite this skill

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APA

simota. (2026). Trawl [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/trawl/

BibTeX

@misc{trawl-2026,
  author    = {simota},
  title     = {Trawl [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/trawl/}
}

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