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Search, download, and extract frames or sheets from GIF sources via CLI.
Overall risk appears low to moderate: the materials describe an open-source CLI/TUI tool for searching and downloading GIFs, with no obvious malicious privilege requests. Main points to watch are outbound connections to Tenor/Giphy, local downloads, optional/required API keys, and a source mismatch between the tool name and the referenced GitHub repository.
The README explicitly references GIPHY_API_KEY and an optional TENOR_API_KEY. These are standard third-party service credentials, so there is a normal risk of misconfiguration, leakage, or quota abuse, but no request for highly sensitive system-level secrets is shown.
The tool states it searches GIF providers such as Tenor and Giphy and can preview, fetch URLs, and download assets. That means user queries and related requests are sent to those external services. The materials do not show unknown or unrelated endpoints, so this is a standard outbound-network caution rather than a stronger red flag.
The README presents it as a CLI/TUI tool that performs search, preview, download, still extraction, and sheet generation, and can reveal the downloaded file in Finder. This implies normal local process execution and use of local system capabilities, with no evidence of privileges beyond the stated functionality.
The materials indicate it can read local GIF files for still/sheet extraction and save downloads to ~/Downloads. This is local file access consistent with its function. There is no indication of broad access to unrelated directories or excessive data permissions.
Positive factors include an open-source GitHub origin and very high apparent community adoption. However, the referenced repository (openclaw/openclaw) does not clearly match the tool name gifgrep, the license is unspecified, and maintenance status is unknown, so the repository-to-tool mapping should be verified before trusting installation.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
Please install the "gifgrep" skill from askskill: 1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/openclaw/main/skills/gifgrep/SKILL.md 2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/gifgrep/SKILL.md 3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready
Use gifgrep to search for GIFs related to “app onboarding tutorial”, list the top 10 results by relevance, and download the 3 best ones for tech product promotion.
A ranked list of candidate GIFs plus downloaded files suitable for product promotion.
Use gifgrep to download a “loading animation” GIF and export one still image every 10 frames for design reference.
The target GIF is downloaded and a set of interval-based still frames is generated.
Use gifgrep to fetch a “funny reaction” GIF and export it as a sprite sheet with key frames for quick review.
A GIF file and a key-frame sprite sheet for easy preview and selection.
Use gifgrep to search GIF providers (Tenor/Giphy), browse in a TUI, download results, and extract stills or sheets.
GIF-Grab (gifgrep workflow)
Quick start
gifgrep cats --max 5gifgrep cats --format url | head -n 5gifgrep search --json cats | jq '.[0].url'gifgrep tui "office handshake"gifgrep cats --download --max 1 --format urlTUI + previews
gifgrep tui "query"--thumbs (Kitty/Ghostty only; still frame)Download + reveal
--download saves to ~/Downloads--reveal shows the last download in FinderStills + sheets
gifgrep still ./clip.gif --at 1.5s -o still.pnggifgrep sheet ./clip.gif --frames 9 --cols 3 -o sheet.png--frames (count), --cols (grid width), --padding (spacing).Providers
--source auto|tenor|giphyGIPHY_API_KEY required for --source giphyTENOR_API_KEY optional (Tenor demo key used if unset)Output
--json prints an array of results (id, title, url, preview_url, tags, width, height)--format for pipe-friendly fields (e.g., url)GIF asset hygiene
Content-Type: image/gif, and is actually animated (multiple frames or loop metadata; e.g. inspect with file, identify, or a small script).Environment tweaks
GIFGREP_SOFTWARE_ANIM=1 to force software animationGIFGREP_CELL_ASPECT=0.5 to tweak preview geometryGenerate shareable code or text diffs for review and collaboration.
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