About defuddle
A skill for using Defuddle CLI to extract readable content from web pages. It supports Markdown, HTML, and JSON output, as well as extraction of selected metadata properties.
Key features
- 01Extract readable page content
- 02Output Markdown, HTML, or JSON
- 03Save Markdown content to a file
- 04Retrieve selected metadata
Use cases
- 01Extract article text from a web page
- 02Save page content as Markdown
- 03Retrieve a page title or description
- 04Reduce navigation and ad clutter in extracted text
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/defuddlein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEDefuddle
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.
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 |
Comments
Markdown supported