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.
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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."
category: docs-and-knowledge-mgmt
source_repo: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
source_path: "skills/defuddle/SKILL.md"
source_url: https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md
---
# 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:
```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 |
## 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.
---
**Source:** [`sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills`](https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) → `skills/defuddle/SKILL.md`
**Also appears in:** `sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/plugins/agentic-awesome-skills/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md`, `sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/plugins/agentic-awesome-skills-claude/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md`
