Daily Medium Skill

Fetch Medium Daily Digest emails from Gmail and extract article information with paywall-free links.

Overview

This skill connects to Gmail via IMAP, retrieves the latest Medium Daily Digest email, extracts article URLs, and provides Freedium mirror links to bypass Medium's paywall.

Prerequisites

Environment Variables Required:

• EMAIL_ADDRESS - Gmail address (e.g., [email protected])
• EMAIL_PASSWORD - Gmail App Password (not regular password)

How to get Gmail App Password:

1. Go to Google Account → Security → 2-Step Verification
2. At the bottom, click "App passwords"
3. Select "Mail" and your device
4. Copy the 16-character password

Usage

Basic Usage

from scripts.fetch_medium import fetch_medium_digest

# Fetch today's Medium digest
result = fetch_medium_digest()

if result:
    print(f"Digest: {result['digest_title']}")
    for article in result['articles']:
        print(f"- {article['title']}")
        print(f"  Freedium: {article['freedium_url']}")

With Custom Credentials

result = fetch_medium_digest(
    email_address="[email protected]",
    password="xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx"
)

Output Format

The fetch_medium_digest() function returns:

{
    'digest_date': 'Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000',
    'digest_title': '10 OpenClaw Use Cases for a Personal AI Assistant | Balazs Kocsis',
    'articles': [
        {
            'title': 'Article Title Here',
            'author': 'username',
            'url': 'https://medium.com/@username/article-slug',
            'freedium_url': 'https://freedium-mirror.cfd/https://medium.com/@username/article-slug'
        },
        # ... more articles
    ]
}

Article Summaries

To generate article summaries, fetch the content via Freedium and summarize:

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def summarize_article(freedium_url):
    response = requests.get(freedium_url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
    text = soup.get_text(separator=' ', strip=True)
    # Return first 300 chars as summary
    return text[:300] + "..."

Notes

• Maximum 15 articles returned by default (configurable via max_articles parameter)
• Requires IMAP access enabled in Gmail settings
• Uses Freedium (freedium-mirror.cfd) to bypass Medium's paywall
• Only fetches the most recent Medium Daily Digest email