Geizhals.at

Search Geizhals.at (Austria) with HTTP-only autocomplete + detail-page parsing (no browser automation). Use when users want quick price checks from Geizhals....

Security Scan

This skill is a small, self-contained HTTP scraper for Geizhals.at whose code and instructions match its description and do not request extra credentials or unrelated system access.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match the implementation: the code queries Geizhals autocomplete (/acs) and fetches detail pages, then extracts price/shop/offer_count and related fields. No unrelated dependencies or credentials are requested.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md and the script direct only HTTP requests to geizhals.at, local caching (optional), parsing of returned HTML, and printing JSON or table output. The instructions do not ask the agent to read unrelated files, access other environment variables, or transmit data to third-party endpoints.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec (instruction-only with included Python script and tests). The skill is executed as a local Python program; no downloads from remote URLs or package installs are performed by an installer.

Credentials

The skill declares no required environment variables or credentials. The only filesystem interaction is optional caching to a user-specified cache directory; no secrets or unrelated config paths are requested.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not attempt to modify other skills or global agent settings. It runs on demand and does not request persistent elevated privileges.

Assessment

This is an unofficial, best-effort scraper for Geizhals.at — review the included Python source before running. It makes direct HTTP requests to geizhals.at (no external endpoints), and optionally writes cache files to a directory you supply. To reduce risk: run the script in an isolated environment (container/VM), avoid running unreviewed third-party code as root, respect Geizhals' terms/robots and rate limits, and verify tests (pytest) if you want extra assurance.

Geizhals-only lookup skill (Austria) using plain HTTP.

Behavior

• Query Geizhals autocomplete endpoint (/acs) for product candidates.
• Fetch top candidate detail pages.
• Extract:
  • min_price_eur
  • shop
  • offer_count
  • price_confidence + price_source
• Return stable JSON records with schema_version.

Constraints

• No browser automation.
• No JS execution.
• Unofficial integration: HTML patterns can change and break extraction.
• Keep request volume low.

Usage

Run commands from the geizhals-at skill directory.

uv first:

uv run scripts/geizhals.py search "iphone 15" --limit 5

JSON output:

uv run scripts/geizhals.py search "mac mini" --limit 5 --json

Debug + explicit cache dir:

uv run scripts/geizhals.py search "bosch akkuschrauber" --limit 5 --json --debug --cache-dir /tmp/geizhals-cache

Fallback without uv:

python3 scripts/geizhals.py search "iphone 15" --limit 5

Output contract

Each result includes:

• schema_version (currently 1.0)
• name
• detail_url
• min_price_eur (nullable)
• shop (nullable)
• offer_count (nullable)
• price_confidence: high|medium|low|unknown
• price_source: embedded_offer_raw_price|meta_product_price|title_ab_price|none
• error (nullable)

Testing

Run parser tests from the skill directory:

uv run --with pytest python -m pytest tests/test_parsers.py

Fallback:

python3 -m pytest tests/test_parsers.py

Fixtures live in tests/fixtures/.

Known limitations

• Results are Geizhals-only by design.
• Some products may miss a shop or exact cheapest offer if page structure changes.
• If Geizhals rate-limits, the script retries with exponential backoff but can still fail.