/bilibili-cli

name: bilibili-cli
description: CLI skill for Bilibili (哔哩哔哩, B站) with token-efficient YAML output for AI agents to browse videos, users, search, trending, dynamics, favorites, and interactions from the terminal
author: jackwener
version: "0.6.2"
tags:
  - bilibili
  - 哔哩哔哩
  - b站
  - video
  - social-media
  - cli

bilibili-cli Skill

A CLI tool for interacting with Bilibili (哔哩哔哩). Use it to fetch video info, search content, browse user profiles, and perform interactions like liking or triple-clicking.

Agent Defaults

When you need machine-readable output:

1. Prefer `--yaml` first because it is usually more token-efficient than pretty JSON. 2. Use `--json` only when downstream tooling strictly requires JSON. 3. Keep result sets small with `--max`, `--page`, or `--offset`. 4. Prefer specific commands over broad ones. Example: use `bili user-videos 946974 --max 3 --yaml` instead of fetching large timelines. 5. When summarizing a video, fetch subtitles first. Subtitles usually contain the video's core content and are the best primary source for summaries. 6. Only fall back to `--ai`, comments, or audio extraction when subtitles are unavailable or clearly insufficient.

Prerequisites

# Install (requires Python 3.10+)
uv tool install bilibili-cli
# Or: pipx install bilibili-cli

# If you need audio extraction support (requires PyAV)
uv tool install "bilibili-cli[audio]"
# Or: pipx install "bilibili-cli[audio]"

# Upgrade to latest (recommended to avoid API errors)
uv tool upgrade bilibili-cli
# Or: pipx upgrade bilibili-cli

Authentication

Most read commands work without login. Subtitles, favorites/following/watch-later/history, feed, and interactions require login.

bili status                    # Check if logged in (exit 0 = yes, 1 = no)
bili login                     # QR code login (if not authenticated)

Authentication auto-detects local browser cookies (Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Brave). If cookies are found and valid, no manual login needed. Credentials are saved to `~/.bilibili-cli/credential.json`.

Command Reference

Video

# Get video details (accepts BV ID or full URL)
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY
bili video https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ABcsztEcY

# Options
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY --subtitle            # Show subtitles (plain text)
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY --subtitle-timeline   # Show subtitles with timestamps
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY -st --subtitle-format srt  # Export as SRT format
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY --ai            # Show B站 AI summary
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY --comments      # Show top comments
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY --related       # Show related videos
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY --yaml          # Token-efficient YAML output
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY --json          # Structured JSON envelope

User

# Look up user profile (by UID or username)
bili user 946974
bili user "影视飓风"

# List user's videos
bili user-videos 946974 --max 20
bili user-videos "影视飓风" --yaml

Search

# Search users (default)
bili search "关键词"

# Search videos
bili search "关键词" --type video

# Pagination and limit
bili search "关键词" --type video --max 5
bili search "关键词" --page 2

Discovery

bili hot                       # Trending/popular videos
bili hot --page 2 --max 10     # Page 2, limit 10
bili rank                      # Site-wide ranking (3-day)
bili rank --day 7 --max 30     # 7-day ranking, top 30
bili feed                      # Dynamic timeline (requires login)
bili feed --offset 1234567890  # Next page via returned cursor
bili my-dynamics               # My posted dynamics (requires login)
bili dynamic-post "hello"      # Publish text dynamic (requires write credential)
bili dynamic-delete 123456789  # Delete one dynamic (requires write credential)

Collections (require login)

bili favorites                 # List favorite folders
bili favorites <ID> --page 2   # Videos in a folder
bili following                 # Following list
bili watch-later               # Watch later list
bili history                   # Watch history

Audio Extraction

Requires `bilibili-cli[audio]` extra (PyAV). Install with `uv tool install "bilibili-cli[audio]"`.

# Download audio and split into ASR-ready WAV segments (25s each, 16kHz mono)
bili audio BV1ABcsztEcY                 # Split to /tmp/bilibili-cli/{title}/
bili audio BV1ABcsztEcY --segment 60    # 60s per segment
bili audio BV1ABcsztEcY --no-split      # Full m4a file, no splitting
bili audio BV1ABcsztEcY -o ~/data/      # Custom output directory

Interactions (require login)

bili like BV1ABcsztEcY         # Like a video
bili like BV1ABcsztEcY --undo  # Unlike
bili coin BV1ABcsztEcY         # Give 1 coin
bili coin BV1ABcsztEcY -n 2    # Give 2 coins
bili triple BV1ABcsztEcY       # 一键三连 (like + coin + favorite)
bili unfollow 946974           # Unfollow by UID

Account

bili status                    # Quick login check
bili status --yaml             # Structured auth status
bili whoami                    # Detailed profile info
bili whoami --yaml              # Profile as YAML
bili whoami --json              # Profile as JSON
bili login                     # QR code login
bili logout                    # Clear credentials

Structured Output

Major query commands support both `--yaml` and `--json` for machine-readable output. Prefer YAML for agent use:

bili status --yaml                                # Quick structured auth check
bili video BV1ABcsztEcY --yaml                       # Preferred for AI agents
bili hot --max 5 --yaml                             # Smaller, token-efficient payload
bili user 946974 --json | jq -r '.data.user.name'   # JSON when jq is needed

When stdout is not a TTY, `bilibili-cli` defaults to YAML automatically. Use `OUTPUT=yaml|json|rich|auto` to override the default output mode. All machine-readable output uses the envelope documented in [SC