Clean web content extraction

Use Defuddle CLI to extract clean markdown content from web pages, removing clutter and saving tokens.

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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. risk: unknown source: "https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills" date_added: "2026-03-21"

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.

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 |

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