defuddle
🤖 AI Summary
Defuddle extracts clean, readable text from web pages by stripping navigation, ads, and clutter, reducing token usage compared to WebFetch. It’s ideal for developers who need concise, content-focused output from standard web pages.
How to Install
Claude Code:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills.git && cp obsidian-skills/skills/defuddle ~/.claude/skills/defuddle -rDefuddle
Use Defuddle CLI to extract clean readable content from web pages. Prefer over WebFetch for standard web pages — it removes navigation, ads, and clutter, reducing token usage.
When to Use
- Use when the user provides a normal webpage URL to read, summarize, or analyze.
- Prefer it over noisy page-fetch approaches when token efficiency matters.
- Use for docs, articles, blog posts, and similar public web content.
If not installed: npm install -g defuddle
Usage
Always use --md for markdown output:
defuddle parse <url> --md
Save to file:
defuddle parse <url> --md -o content.md
Extract specific metadata:
defuddle parse <url> -p title
defuddle parse <url> -p description
defuddle parse <url> -p domain
Output formats
| Flag | Format |
|---|---|
--md |
Markdown (default choice) |
--json |
JSON with both HTML and markdown |
| (none) | HTML |
-p <name> |
Specific metadata property |
Limitations
- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
- Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.
Details
| Category | Content → writing |
| Source | kepano/obsidian-skills |
| SKILL.md | View on GitHub → |
| Repo Stars | ★ 37.4K |
| Est. per Skill | ~7.5K (shared across 5 skills from this repo) |
| Difficulty | Intermediate |
| Risk Level | Safe |
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