Collector mode

Use an AI agent to collect structured web data as JSON and CSV.

Collector mode is a mode of the interactive session for data collection tasks. Instead of generating an API client from a HAR, it runs a Claude-powered collector that uses web search and fetch tools, writes collected items, and exports structured artifacts.

When to use it

You want a dataset, not a reusable API client.
The task is research or aggregation across multiple web pages.
JSON/CSV output is more useful than generated request code.

How to run it

Direct:

reverse-api-engineer collector \
  --prompt "collect companies hiring browser automation engineers"

Interactive:

reverse-api-engineer
# press Shift+Tab until the prompt shows collector
> collect companies hiring browser automation engineers

Collector mode uses the collector_model config key and writes output under:

./collected/{folder_name}/

Typical files include items.jsonl, data.json, data.csv, and README.md, depending on what the collector finds.