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Lookout

The web from your machine.

Lookout is a local-first web instrument for agents and apps: search, fetch, extract, cache with citeable excerpts — no required API key, tiny default install, same API on SDK · CLI · MCP.

Primary competitive anchor: wigolo (learn multi-surface + honesty; do not require multi-GB browser/model warmup).

Product docs

Doc

Purpose

docs/POSITIONING.md

Strategic positioning

docs/COMPETITIVE.md

Peer anchors and wedge

docs/EVIDENCE_CONTRACT.md

Evidence = result contract

docs/TOOL_SURFACE.md

Few clear tools policy

docs/PRODUCT_INDEPENDENCE.md

This repo is SSOT

docs/IPPB.md

Independent public product bar

docs/PUBLISH.md

npm/git publish status

Related MCP server: wigolo

Agent skill surface

See skills/lookout/SKILL.md.

Why Lookout (vs multi-GB “local web” stacks)

Typical agent web path

Lookout

Paid search API keys

Default public adapters, $0/query

Multi-GB browser + model warmup

Tiny default — HTML search/fetch/extract

Opaque snippets

Cite spans + extract route + warnings

One mega-tool

Clear tools: search · fetch · extract · cache (+ advanced crawl)

Primary competitive anchor: wigolo — learn multi-surface honesty; do not require heavy browser/model installs on the default path.

Evidence is a result contract (spans, routes, warnings) — not a tool named evidence_first.

Install (30 seconds)

npm install -g @sylphx/lookout
# brand bin
lookout doctor
lookout search "model context protocol"

Claude Code:

claude mcp add lookout -- npx @sylphx/lookout

Install (dev)

git clone https://github.com/SylphxAI/lookout.git
cd lookout
bun install
./bin/lookout tools
./bin/lookout extract   # via engine with -- see CLI
# CLI
./bin/lookout doctor
./bin/lookout tools
./bin/lookout search "local-first agents"
./bin/lookout fetch https://example.com
./bin/lookout extract https://example.com
./bin/lookout cache stats
./bin/lookout crawl https://example.com --depth 0 --pages 2

# MCP (stdio)
bun src/mcp.ts
# or: ./bin/lookout mcp

SDK

import { Lookout } from '@sylphx/lookout'

const lookout = Lookout.create()
const search = await lookout.search('model context protocol')
const page = await lookout.fetch('https://example.com')
const extracted = await lookout.extract({ url: 'https://example.com' })

Tools (clear, not merged)

Tool

Job

web_search

Public adapters (DuckDuckGo HTML + Wikipedia + npm registry + HN Algolia), rank fusion, query-term boost, host filters

web_fetch

SSRF-safe HTTP(S) fetch, redirects, size limits, cite spans

web_extract

Title, description, JSON-LD, tables, spans from HTML/URL

web_cache (advanced)

Local disk cache query/stats/clear/prune (LOOKOUT_CACHE_DIR, optional max age)

web_crawl (advanced)

Same-origin, depth-limited crawl (not a full-site crawler)

web_research (advanced)

Search then fetch/extract top pages with citeable excerpts

Environment

Var

Purpose

LOOKOUT_CACHE_DIR

Cache directory (default ~/.cache/lookout)

LOOKOUT_CACHE_MAX_AGE_MS

Optional max age for search/fetch cache hits

LOOKOUT_LIVE=1

Enable optional live network tests

LOOKOUT_USER_AGENT

Optional User-Agent override for fetch

LOOKOUT_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS

Optional fetch timeout (ms)

LOOKOUT_FETCH_MAX_BYTES

Optional max response body bytes

Safety

  • Private IPv4/IPv6, localhost, link-local metadata hosts denied

  • Only http/https

  • Redirect cap + response size cap

Family

Citra · Iris · Cue · Prism · Spine · Lookout

Company portfolio knowledge (docs only — not a product monorepo): This repository is product SSOT. Sibling agent tools are separate repositories and are not vendored here.

License

MIT

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