How to Add Craigslist Search to Claude Code

Claude Code is great for automating tasks, but it can’t browse classified listings out of the box. If you need to find a used monitor, check apartment prices, or look up local gigs, you have to leave your terminal and search manually. Adding Craigslist Search through AgentPatch fixes that.

Why This Matters

Developers and freelancers use Craigslist for all sorts of things — finding cheap office furniture, scoring a used GPU, or looking for short-term housing near a new gig. Normally you’d tab over to a browser, search, scroll through results, then come back to your terminal. That’s a context switch.

With Craigslist Search available as a tool, Claude Code can search listings directly during a conversation. Ask it to find a used standing desk in your area and it handles the search, parses the results, and gives you structured data — titles, prices, and links — without you opening a browser.

Setup

The AgentPatch CLI is designed for AI agents to use via shell access. Install it, and your agent can discover and invoke any tool on the marketplace.

Install (zero dependencies, Python 3.10+):

pip install agentpatch

Set your API key:

export AGENTPATCH_API_KEY=your_api_key

Example commands your agent will use:

ap search "web search"
ap run google-search --input '{"query": "test"}'

Get your API key from the AgentPatch dashboard.

Install the AgentPatch skill — it teaches Claude Code when to use AgentPatch and how to use the CLI:

/plugin marketplace add fullthom/agentpatch-claude-skill
/plugin install agentpatch@agentpatch

MCP Server (Alternative)

If you prefer raw MCP tool access instead of the skill:

claude mcp add -s user --transport http agentpatch https://agentpatch.ai/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual key from the AgentPatch dashboard.

Example

You’re setting up a home office and want to find a used monitor:

“Search Craigslist in the SF Bay Area for a 4K monitor under $200”

Claude Code searches Craigslist directly:

Searching Craigslist sfbay for "4k monitor"...

Found 18 listings. Here are the top results under $200:

1. Dell U2720Q 4K USB-C Monitor - $175 (sunnyvale)
2. LG 27UK850 4K Monitor w/ HDR - $150 (san jose south)
3. Samsung 28" 4K UHD Monitor - $120 (palo alto)

All listings include direct links. Want me to check any of these in detail?

Claude Code searched, filtered by your price range, and presented structured results — all without leaving the terminal.

Wrapping Up

Adding AgentPatch to Claude Code gives it access to Craigslist Search during any session. The same config also provides Google Search, Amazon Search, email, maps, and everything else on the marketplace. Visit agentpatch.ai to explore what’s available.

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