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WeChat Article Fetcher
by
ChengWeiJiang
· GitHub ↗
· v1.0.0
· MIT-0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install wechat-article-fetcher
Description
抓取微信公众号文章内容。当用户发送微信公众号文章链接（mp.weixin.qq.com）时自动触发，将文章内容提取为可读文本。无需API密钥。
Usage Guidance
This skill will forward any WeChat article URL a user provides to a third-party scraper at down.mptext.top and return the scraped text. Before installing, consider: (1) Privacy: the external service will receive the full URL and the scraped content — this may expose private articles or URL tokens. (2) Trust: the service's ownership and data-handling practices are unknown (no homepage/source). (3) Availability and correctness: scraped content, images, and formatting may be unreliable. If you need this capability, prefer a transparent alternative: host your own scraper, require explicit user consent before sending links, or ask the skill author for source code and a privacy policy. Avoid using the skill for sensitive or private links until you can verify the third-party service's trustworthiness.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: wechat-article-fetcher
Version: 1.0.0
The skill instructs the agent to send user-provided WeChat URLs to an external third-party API (down.mptext.top) to fetch article content. While this is a functional method for bypassing WeChat's anti-scraping measures, it introduces a data privacy risk by exfiltrating user-provided links to an unverified domain and relies on untrusted external content. No evidence of intentional credential theft or system compromise was found in SKILL.md.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The skill's stated purpose (fetch WeChat articles and convert to readable text) matches the SKILL.md instructions. However the instructions rely entirely on a third-party HTTP API (down.mptext.top) rather than fetching directly from the origin; that dependency is not declared in the metadata or description.
Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions tell the agent to URL-encode the user-provided mp.weixin.qq.com link and call https://down.mptext.top/api/public/v1/download?... . This directs entire user-supplied URLs (and therefore full article content or any URL-embedded tokens) to an external service, creating a clear data-exfiltration and privacy risk. The instructions also auto-trigger when a message contains an mp.weixin.qq.com link, so forwarding can happen without explicit user consent.
Install Mechanism
No install spec or code is present (instruction-only skill), so nothing is written to disk and there is no package-install risk.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables or credentials (proportionate). However, it implicitly requires network access to a third-party domain (down.mptext.top) which is not listed in metadata; that external dependency has privacy and trust implications even though no secrets are requested.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false, the skill is user-invocable and can be invoked autonomously (default). It does not request persistent privileges or modify system/agent configuration.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install wechat-article-fetcher - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/wechat-article-fetcher - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
初始版本：支持抓取微信公众号文章内容，无需API密钥
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is WeChat Article Fetcher?
抓取微信公众号文章内容。当用户发送微信公众号文章链接（mp.weixin.qq.com）时自动触发，将文章内容提取为可读文本。无需API密钥。 It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 1000 downloads so far.
How do I install WeChat Article Fetcher?
Run "/install wechat-article-fetcher" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is WeChat Article Fetcher free?
Yes, WeChat Article Fetcher is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does WeChat Article Fetcher support?
WeChat Article Fetcher is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created WeChat Article Fetcher?
It is built and maintained by ChengWeiJiang (@hlgate); the current version is v1.0.0.
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