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title: defuddle skill (kepano/obsidian-skills)
slug: skill-obsidian-defuddle
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updated_at: 2026-09-10T16:51:24.730Z
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---

**What it does.** Extract clean markdown content from web pages using Defuddle CLI, removing clutter and navigation to save tokens. Use instead of WebFetch when the user provides a URL to read or analyze, for online documentation, articles, blog posts, or any standard web page. Do NOT use for URLs ending in .md — those are already markdown, use WebFetch directly. Part of [[skills-obsidian-skills]] (kepano/obsidian-skills).

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Upstream | [kepano/obsidian-skills](https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills) |
| Skill file | [skills/defuddle/SKILL.md](https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md) |
| License | MIT |
| Author | Steph Ango (kepano) |
| Fetched | 2026-09-10 |

## Install

- `npx skills add kepano/obsidian-skills --skill defuddle`, or copy the skill folder into `~/.claude/skills/defuddle/`.
- Raw file: `curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/HEAD/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md`

## SKILL.md (verbatim)

```yaml
name: defuddle
description: Extract clean markdown content from web pages using Defuddle CLI, removing clutter and navigation to save tokens. Use instead of WebFetch when the user provides a URL to read or analyze, for online documentation, articles, blog posts, or any standard web page. Do NOT use for URLs ending in .md — those are already markdown, use WebFetch directly.
```

# Defuddle

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:

```bash
defuddle parse <url> --md
```

Save to file:

```bash
defuddle parse <url> --md -o content.md
```

Extract specific metadata:

```bash
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 |

Back to [[skills-obsidian-skills]] or [[agent-skills]].