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## The task

> Using the Claude in Chrome plugin, extract the full content of the Udacity nanodegree at
> `https://www.udacity.com/enrollment/{{nd_id}}` into `{{out_folder}}/transcripts/`.
>
> Pull the content from the classroom GraphQL API rather than scraping concept pages, keep **full video transcripts**, verify every concept came back, and write one `.txt` per course.

---

## Why this approach

The classroom is a Next.js SPA. Clicking through concepts one at a time would mean ~300+ page
navigations at ~5s each. Instead, the app's own content API returns whole lessons in one request:

```
POST https://learn.udacity.com/api/classroom-content/v1/graphql
```

It requires an `authorization` header (a JWT). Rather than reading that token out — don't, and the
tool output filter blocks it anyway — patch `window.fetch` to stash it in a page variable and make
all subsequent calls from inside the page.

---

## Step-by-step

### 1. Set up the browser

```
Skill: claude-in-chrome
```

Load every tool in ONE ToolSearch call:

```
select:mcp__claude-in-chrome__tabs_context_mcp,mcp__claude-in-chrome__navigate,
mcp__claude-in-chrome__computer,mcp__claude-in-chrome__read_page,
mcp__claude-in-chrome__tabs_create_mcp,mcp__claude-in-chrome__tabs_close_mcp,
mcp__claude-in-chrome__get_page_text,mcp__claude-in-chrome__javascript_tool,
mcp__claude-in-chrome__find,mcp__claude-in-chrome__list_connected_browsers,
mcp__claude-in-chrome__select_browser,mcp__claude-in-chrome__browser_batch
```

Then `list_connected_browsers` → **ask the user which browser** via AskUserQuestion (required, even
when only one is connected) → `select_browser` → `tabs_context_mcp {createIfEmpty: true}`.

### 2. Confirm login and get the course list

Navigate to `https://www.udacity.com/enrollment/{{nd_id}}`. If it renders the curriculum, the session
is already authenticated.

The accordions are collapsed and their content is hidden from `innerText`, so expand them first:

```js
const btns = [...document.querySelectorAll('button[aria-expanded]')];
// the course toggles are the run of buttons whose ancestor card contains a learn.udacity.com link
btns.forEach(b => { if (b.getAttribute('aria-expanded') === 'false') b.click(); });
```

Collect the part keys:

```js
[...new Set([...document.querySelectorAll('a[href*="learn.udacity.com"]')]
  .map(a => a.getAttribute('href').split('/parts/')[1]?.split('/')[0]))].join(',')
```

### 3. Capture the auth header

Navigate to any lesson: `https://learn.udacity.com/nanodegrees/{{nd_id}}/parts/<PART>/lessons/<LESSON>`

Note the `version` in the resulting URL (e.g. `6.0.30`) — you need it for the tree query.

Install the interceptor and a GraphQL helper:

```js
window.__AUTH = null;
const of = window.fetch;
window.fetch = function (...a) {
  try {
    const u = (typeof a[0] === 'string') ? a[0] : a[0].url;
    if (/classroom-content/.test(u) && a[1] && a[1].headers) {
      const h = a[1].headers;
      window.__AUTH = h.authorization || h.Authorization || null;
    }
  } catch (e) {}
  return of.apply(this, a);
};
window.__sleep = ms => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, ms));
'ok'
```

The app only calls that endpoint on **SPA navigation**, so trigger one — `find` the "Next" button and
click it. Then verify with `window.__AUTH ? 'captured' : 'none'`. **Never print the token itself.**

### 4. Fetch the program tree

```js
window.__GQLR = async (q, v) => {
  for (let a = 0; a < 10; a++) {
    try {
      const r = await fetch('/api/classroom-content/v1/graphql', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', authorization: window.__AUTH },
        body: JSON.stringify({ query: q, variables: v || {} })
      });
      if (r.ok) { const j = await r.json(); if (j && j.data) return j; }
      await window.__sleep(2000 + a * 1000);
    } catch (e) { await window.__sleep(2000 + a * 1000); }
  }
  return null;
};

const q = `{ nanodegree(key:"{{nd_id}}", version:"<VERSION>"){
  id key title summary
  parts { id key title summary part_type
    modules { id key title
      lessons { id key title summary
        concepts { id key title } } } } } }`;
window.__TREE = (await window.__GQLR(q)).data.nanodegree;
window.__TREE.parts.map(p => p.key + ' | ' + p.title).join('\n')
```

### 5. Fetch every concept's atoms

```js
window.__CQ = `query C($id:Int){ node(id:$id){ id key title
  ... on Concept { atoms { __typename
    ... on TextAtom { title text }
    ... on VideoAtom { title video { transcript duration } }
    ... on RadioQuizAtom { title }
    ... on CheckboxQuizAtom { title } } } } }`;

window.__clean = t => String(t || '')
  .replace(/<v [^>]*>/g, '').replace(/<\/v>/g, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();

**Run it fire-and-forget**, because `javascript_tool` times out at 45s:

```js
window.__JOB = { done: false };
(async () => {
  for (const pi of [0,1,2,3,4,5]) { window['__P'+pi] = await window.__fetchPart(pi); }
  window.__JOB.done = true;
})();
'started'
```

Poll with `JSON.stringify(window.__PROG) + ' done=' + window.__JOB.done`. Budget roughly
**0.6s per concept** (~3–4 min for 330 concepts).

### 6. Verify completeness — do not skip this

```js
const chk = s => {
  const b = s.split(/\n## Concept /).slice(1);
  return b.length + ' concepts, empty=' +
    b.filter(x => !x.split('\n').slice(1).join('').trim()).length +
    ', failed=' + (s.match(/FETCH_FAILED/g) || []).length;
};
[0,1,2,3,4,5].map(i => 'P' + i + ': ' + chk(window['__P'+i])).join('\n')
```

Every part must report `empty=0, failed=0` and a concept count matching the tree. Re-fetch any part
that doesn't.

### 7. Get the text to disk

The trick: **`get_page_text` with a large `max_chars` persists oversized output to a file** and puts
only a 2 KB preview in context. So render the text into the DOM and read it back.

```js
window.__render = s => {
  document.body.innerHTML = '<article><pre id="dump"></pre></article>';
  document.getElementById('dump').textContent = s;
  return s.length;
};
window.__render([window.__P0, window.__P1, window.__P2].join('\n\n'))
```

Then `get_page_text {tabId, max_chars: 600000}`. Batch a couple of courses per dump; keep each dump
comfortably over ~50 KB so it persists rather than landing inline.

Split the persisted JSON into per-course files:

```python
import json, sys, re, os
src, out = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
d = json.load(open(src))
t = "".join(b.get("text", "") for b in d if isinstance(b, dict))
t = t[t.find("===== COURSE:"):]                    # drop the tool preamble
i = t.find("\nTab Context:")                        # drop the trailing tool footer
if i >= 0: t = t[:i]
names = { "cd1859": "01-welcome", ... }             # part key -> filename
for p in re.split(r'(?m)^(?====== COURSE: )', t):
    if not p.strip(): continue
    m = re.match(r'===== COURSE: (.*) $(\S+)$ =====', p)
    fn = names.get(m.group(2), m.group(2))
    open(os.path.join(out, fn + ".txt"), "w").write(p.rstrip() + "\n")
```

Finally sanity-check on disk:

```bash
for f in *.txt; do echo "$f: concepts=$(grep -c '^## Concept ' $f) \
  lessons=$(grep -c '^----- LESSON ' $f) failed=$(grep -c FETCH_FAILED $f)"; done
```

### 8. Clean up

Close the tab with `tabs_close_mcp`.

---

## Output format

```
===== COURSE: <title> (<part key>) =====
SUMMARY: <course blurb>

----- LESSON n: <title> -----
LESSON SUMMARY: <lesson blurb>

## Concept n: <title>
[TEXT - <atom title>] <written content, inline HTML preserved>
[VIDEO - <atom title>] <full transcript>
[ImageAtom] / [RadioQuizAtom] / [CheckboxQuizAtom] / [MatchingQuizAtom]
[ReflectAtom] / [TaskListAtom] / [ValidatedQuizAtom]
```

---

## Gotchas

- **Rate limiting is the main hazard.** A parallel `Promise.all` pass returns `Too Many Requests` as
  plain text (not JSON) and silently produces empty concepts. Go sequential with ~500ms spacing and
  retry with backoff. Always run the step-6 verification.
- **`javascript_tool` times out at 45s** but the JS keeps running in the page. Use fire-and-forget
  jobs plus a polled progress variable. If a runaway job needs stopping, redefine the global helper
  it calls (e.g. make `__GQLR` return `null` while an `__ABORT` flag is set) — the running loop picks
  up the new definition on its next call.
- **`javascript_tool` return values truncate at ~1000 chars.** Never try to page content out through
  it; use the render + `get_page_text` route.
- **`get_page_text` defaults to `max_chars: 50000`** and returns inline below the persistence
  threshold. Pass a large `max_chars` explicitly.
- **`read_page` truncates node text**, so it can't substitute for `get_page_text` here.
- Output containing the words cookie/query-string can trip the tool's data filter. Strip or reshape
  the string rather than fighting it.
- The persisted JSON carries a `Tab Context:` footer and, in a `browser_batch`, a preceding
  `[javascript_tool:...]` block — trim both.
- `window.*` state survives DOM replacement but **not** navigation. Do all fetching before rendering,
  and don't navigate mid-job.
- Video transcripts arrive wrapped in `<v English>…</v>` caption tags — `__clean` strips them.

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`nd_id`
`out_folder`