# profile-website-bot-detection

Profiles target sites for bot detection vendors using Kernel browsers in stealth and normal modes. Helpful when diagnosing scraping blocks and challenge types.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 381 installs · ★ 13
- Author: kernel
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/kernel/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/kernel-cli/skills/profile-website-bot-detection/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/profile-website-bot-detection

## What it does

This skill inspects target web pages to uncover anti-bot providers, specific defense products, and active challenge screens. It provisions two browser sessions through the Kernel CLI: one standard instance and one stealth instance.

Both sessions navigate to the target address, write CDP analysis reports, and structure the output into JSON files. To isolate browser fingerprinting from network reputation, the stealth session disables its default proxy with `--disable-default-proxy`. The scripts exit immediately if `KERNEL_API_KEY`, Bash, `jq`, or Node.js 22+ are missing from your environment.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kernel/skills --skill profile-website-bot-detection -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/profile-website-bot-detection/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/profile-website-bot-detection/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kernel/skills --skill profile-website-bot-detection -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/profile-website-bot-detection/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kernel/skills --skill profile-website-bot-detection -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/profile-website-bot-detection/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install kernel/skills profile-website-bot-detection
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/profile-website-bot-detection/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kernel/skills --skill profile-website-bot-detection -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/kernel/skills --path plugins/kernel-cli/skills/profile-website-bot-detection
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/profile-website-bot-detection/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add kernel/skills --skill profile-website-bot-detection -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/kernel/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/kernel-cli/skills/profile-website-bot-detection/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- identify anti-bot vendors and protection products on a website
- compare blocking behavior between normal and stealth browser sessions
- detect active verification challenges before scraping
- isolate fingerprint mitigation from proxy routing during bot tests

## Example prompts
- Profile `https://example.com` to identify active bot detection vendors using Kernel.
- Run a comparative stealth analysis against `https://example.com`.
- Inspect bot challenge types for the site in `TARGET_URL`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: profile-website-bot-detection
description: Profile a website for bot detection vendors using stealth vs non-stealth Kernel browsers. Use when analyzing bot detection on a website, comparing stealth effectiveness, identifying anti-bot vendors and products, or detecting challenge types.
---

# Profile Website for Bot Detection Vendors

Analyzes a target website to identify bot detection vendors, their specific products, and challenge types. Supports comparative analysis between stealth and non-stealth browser modes.

## Prerequisites

- Kernel CLI installed and authenticated
- Bash, Node.js 22+, and `jq` installed
- `KERNEL_API_KEY` exported for the analysis script; never print it or ask the user to paste it into chat

## Comparative Workflow (Recommended)

Compare bot detection behavior between stealth and non-stealth browsers while controlling the network path. Run Steps 1-7 in the same Bash process so the cleanup trap remains armed. Do not run Step 2 as a standalone non-interactive shell: its EXIT trap will delete the sessions when that shell returns.

### Step 1: Prepare the Analyzer

Install dependencies before creating billable browser sessions:

```bash
cd scripts
npm install  # first run only
export TARGET_URL='https://example.com'
test -n "${KERNEL_API_KEY:-}" || { echo "KERNEL_API_KEY is not set" >&2; exit 1; }
```

### Step 2: Create Both Browser Types and Arm Cleanup

Use JSON output to capture exact session IDs. The EXIT trap cleans up the first session if the second creation or a later analysis fails.

```bash
set -euo pipefail
STEALTH_ID=
NORMAL_ID=

cleanup() {
  local ids=()
  [[ -n "${STEALTH_ID:-}" ]] && ids+=("$STEALTH_ID")
  [[ -n "${NORMAL_ID:-}" ]] && ids+=("$NORMAL_ID")
  if ((${#ids[@]})); then
    kernel browsers delete "${ids[@]}" || true
  fi
}
trap cleanup EXIT
trap 'exit 130' INT
trap 'exit 143' TERM

STEALTH_ID=$(kernel browsers create --stealth --viewport 1920x1080@25 --timeout 300 --output json | jq -er '.session_id')
NORMAL_ID=$(kernel browsers create --viewport 1920x1080@25 --timeout 300 --output json | jq -er '.session_id')

# Isolate browser stealth behavior: route the stealth session directly, like the normal session.
kernel browsers update "$STEALTH_ID" --disable-default-proxy >/dev/null
```

A stealth session otherwise uses Kernel's default stealth proxy, while a normal session connects directly. Without the update, the result measures **stealth plus proxy** versus **normal plus direct**, not stealth alone. Apply `--disable-default-proxy` only to the stealth session; the API rejects it for non-stealth sessions.

Choose one network design before navigating:

- **Browser-mode comparison (recommended):** Keep the update above so both sessions connect directly.
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