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Recover deleted web pages

When a page 404s or has been changed, it looks through web archives for how it used to be.

Good for: People who want to see what a web page used to say

What you can do once it's installed

Just say the “You say to AI” line, with your own details swapped in.

Find a vanished article

You say to AI

The link to this blog post doesn't work anymore. Can you find the original in an archive?

What AI does

  1. 1.Checks the Wayback Machine first
  2. 2.Tries archive.today if there's nothing there
  3. 3.Lists the archive dates and links it found

What you get

Archived links to the original, with the dates they were captured.

See how a page has changed

You say to AI

Show me the different versions of this shop's returns policy page over the past two years.

What AI does

  1. 1.Uses the archive's API to list dates when the page content changed
  2. 2.Picks out the versions that actually differ
  3. 3.Compares how the wording changed

What you get

A timeline of versions and the main changes.

Want the original instructions? SKILL.md on UseOSINT/Skills

How to install

Which AI tool do you use?

  1. 1. Open the Terminal app on your computer, paste the line below and press Enter

    npx skills add UseOSINT/Skills@read-deleted-pages -g

    With no tool name, the command looks for the AI tools on your computer and asks where to install. If it says npx is missing or too old, install the latest Node.js (22 or newer) first.

    First time using the terminal?
    • How to open it: on a Mac, press ⌘ + Space and search “Terminal”. On Windows, search “PowerShell” in the Start menu. In Cursor, Trae or VS Code, use the menu Terminal → New Terminal.
    • Windows says “running scripts is disabled”: change npx at the start of the command to npx.cmd and try again.
    • If a list pops up: move with the arrow keys, press Space to tick the tools you want, then press Enter.
    • How to tell it worked: you'll see a success message. Reopen your AI tool and ask “What Skills do you have now?” to check.

    Don't feel like opening a terminal?

    Tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Trae can run commands themselves. Send them this:

    Please run this command in my terminal and tell me how it went: npx skills add UseOSINT/Skills@read-deleted-pages -g

  2. 2. Reopen your AI tool

    New Skills only get picked up after a restart.

  3. 3. Just say what you want

    Say it the way the examples do. To call it by name, say “Use read-deleted-pages to help me…”.

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