Defuddle

You know that moment when you're trying to read an article but the page is drowning in popups, sidebars, and newsletter prompts? This pulls the actual content out of any URL and gives you clean Markdown with metadata like title, author, and word count. The workflow is smart: it extracts everything, shows you a summary, asks where to save it once, then remembers your preference. Files get proper frontmatter and sensible names. It's basically Readability as a CLI tool that plays nice with Claude's file handling. Works great for blogs and news sites, though it'll struggle with JavaScript-heavy pages that need full browser rendering. If you're clipping articles or building a research library, this beats copying and pasting by hand.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add joeseesun/defuddle-skill --skill defuddle --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Defuddle - Web Content Extraction

Extract main article content from web pages, removing ads, sidebars, navigation, and other clutter. Output clean Markdown with metadata.

Prerequisites

Before first use, check if defuddle is installed:

command -v defuddle >/dev/null 2>&1 || npm install -g defuddle jsdom

Default Workflow

When user provides a URL, follow this workflow:

Step 1: Extract content as Markdown + JSON metadata

Always use both -m and -j flags to get markdown content with full metadata:

defuddle parse "<url>" -m -j

Step 2: Present a summary to the user

Show the user:

Title: from JSON title field
Author: from JSON author field
Source: domain
Word count: from JSON wordCount field
A brief preview (first 2-3 sentences)

Step 3: Ask where to save

If this is the first time using defuddle in this conversation, ask the user:

"Save to which directory? (e.g. ~/Documents, ~/Desktop, or a custom path)"

Remember the user's chosen directory for subsequent uses in the same conversation.

Step 4: Save as Markdown file

Write the file with frontmatter + full content:

SKILL.md on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/joeseesun/defuddle-skill
Category: Frontend Development
First seen: May 16, 2026