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Install in OpenClaw
/install defuddle
Description
Extract and clean readable article content, metadata, and markdown from URLs or HTML for research, note taking, and web scraping.
Usage Guidance
Safe for normal article-cleaning use. Before processing private pages or copied HTML, confirm whether your agent will use the external defuddle.md service, a local Defuddle CLI, or another parser.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The purpose is coherent: extract readable article text, Markdown, and metadata from user-provided URLs, HTML, or page text.
Instruction Scope
The invocation wording is broad for URL/HTML cleanup and related research workflows, but the described actions remain limited to parsing and returning cleaned content.
Install Mechanism
The artifact has no executable code or install script, but its reference mentions a Defuddle web endpoint and CLI without declaring a specific packaged implementation.
Credentials
Network fetching or use of an external Defuddle service is proportionate for URL-to-article conversion, but users should avoid sending private HTML unless they know where it is processed.
Persistence & Privilege
The artifacts do not request credentials, privileged paths, local profile/session access, background workers, or persistent storage.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install defuddle - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/defuddle - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release of Defuddle Web Cleaner skill.
- Extracts main article content from web pages, removing ads, navigation bars, sidebars, and other clutter.
- Supports input as URL, raw HTML, or web page text.
- Outputs clean Markdown content or structured JSON with metadata (title, author, site, description, published date, content).
- Useful for web scraping, research workflows, note-taking, and converting web articles for Obsidian or LLM processing.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is defuddle-web-cleaner?
Extract and clean readable article content, metadata, and markdown from URLs or HTML for research, note taking, and web scraping. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 1816 downloads so far.
How do I install defuddle-web-cleaner?
Run "/install defuddle" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is defuddle-web-cleaner free?
Yes, defuddle-web-cleaner is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does defuddle-web-cleaner support?
defuddle-web-cleaner is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created defuddle-web-cleaner?
It is built and maintained by extrastu (@extrastu); the current version is v1.0.0.
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