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name: doc-scraper description: Generic web scraper for extracting and organizing Snowflake documentation with intelligent caching and configurable spider depth. Scrapes any section of docs.snowflake.com controlled by --base-path.

Snowflake Documentation Scraper

Scrapes docs.snowflake.com sections to Markdown with SQLite caching (7-day expiration).

Usage

First time setup (auto-installs uv and doc-scraper):

python3 .claude/skills/doc-scraper/scripts/doc_scraper.py

Subsequent runs:

doc-scraper --output-dir=./snowflake-docs
doc-scraper --output-dir=./snowflake-docs --base-path="/en/sql-reference/"
doc-scraper --output-dir=./snowflake-docs --spider-depth=2

Command Options

Option	Default	Description
--output-dir	Required	Output directory for scraped docs
--base-path	/en/migrations/	URL section to scrape
--spider-depth	1	Link depth: 0=seeds, 1=+links, 2=+2nd
--limit	None	Cap URLs (for testing)
--dry-run	-	Preview without writing

Output

output-dir/
├── SKILL.md              # Auto-generated index
├── scraper_config.yaml   # Editable config (auto-created)
├── .cache/               # SQLite cache (auto-managed)
└── en/migrations/*.md    # Scraped pages with frontmatter

Configuration

Auto-created at {output-dir}/scraper_config.yaml:

rate_limiting:
  max_concurrent_threads: 4
spider:
  max_pages: 1000
  allowed_paths: ["/en/"]
scraped_pages:
  expiration_days: 7

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
Too many pages	Lower --spider-depth or edit config
Missing pages	Increase --spider-depth
Cache corruption	Delete {output-dir}/.cache/ (rare)