Dribbble + Pinterest Search

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name: design-platform-search description: Run public design search flows on Dribbble, Pinterest, and Behance without login, and extract normalized result fields such as title, search-page cover image, author, source URL, and publish time when available. Use when Codex needs a reusable method for public inspiration retrieval across major design platforms, especially when the collection strategy should stay lightweight and search-page-first.

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Public Design Search

Use public search pages as the primary source of truth and keep the workflow login-free.

Workflow

1. Choose search tags. - Prefer English tags for these three platforms unless a platform clearly supports another language. - Load references/tag-taxonomy.md for generic tag-selection guidance and example category/tag patterns. - Keep tag choice independent from platform-specific extraction logic.

2. Build public search URLs. - Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/search/ - Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=&rs=typed - Behance: https://www.behance.net/search/projects?search=

3. Collect candidate cards from the search page. - Prefer browser automation over raw HTTP for all three platforms. - Normalize search-card fields first: title, source_url, cover_image_url, summary, author_name when exposed, and raw_metrics when exposed.

4. Backfill sparingly. - Default: keep the search-page cover_image_url. - Use detail pages primarily for publish_time. - Only backfill author_name when the search card exposes nothing and the request budget allows it. - On constrained servers or proxy-heavy environments, disable Pinterest detail backfill entirely and rely on search-page results.

5. Return a normalized public-only record. - Keep unstable fields nullable. - Record the input tag or matched tag set when useful. - Do not fabricate authors, publish times, or engagement metrics.

Extraction Priorities

title: search-card title first, then safe public meta/title fallback.

cover_image_url: search-page image first; only do light URL upgrades when the site uses obvious small fixed-size variants.

author_name: search-card author first; leave Unknown if public search does not expose it reliably.

publish_time: detail-page public metadata when available; otherwise null.

summary: normalized title or short public snippet.

Platform-specific rules live in:

references/platform-methods.md

references/tag-taxonomy.md

Network Guidance

Pinterest and Behance may require VPN or proxy access in restricted regions.

Browser traffic may work best through SOCKS5 while image download or pHash download may need an HTTP proxy.

Verify network reachability before changing selectors.

If a platform is reachable only through unstable proxies, reduce detail backfill before changing the tag set.

Guardrails

Public pages only. No login-only APIs, cookies, or authenticated sessions.

Prefer search-page fields over detail scraping whenever they are good enough.

Do not chase high-resolution cover images unless the search-page image is clearly unusable.

Treat missing metrics as normal.

Expect DOM drift and anti-bot behavior.

These three platforms are effectively English-first in most reusable workflows.

Output Shape

Normalize results into a shape close to:

{
  "title": "",
  "platform": "dribbble|pinterest|behance",
  "source_url": "",
  "cover_image_url": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "publish_time": null,
  "keyword": "",
  "matched_tags": []
}