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Defuddle

by breferrari

Defuddle is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by breferrari in obsidian-mind.

4.5K stars518 forkson breferrari/obsidian-mindAdded 2026/08/16+3% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/03
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Install Defuddle
Copy Defuddle into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/breferrari/obsidian-mind/tree/main/.claude/skills/defuddle ~/.claude/skills/defuddle

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only โ€” not the rest of the repository โ€” into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/breferrari/obsidian-mind.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skillโ€™s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
.claude/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md in breferrari/obsidian-mind
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/defuddle
Collection
One of 8 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation โ€” 1523 skills

What Defuddle does

Defuddle extracts clean markdown content from web pages using the Defuddle CLI, removing navigation and clutter to reduce token usage. Use it when a URL is provided to read or analyze online documentation, articles, or blog posts.

Defuddle is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Defuddle comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, claude-code, codex-cli, gemini-cli and knowledge-management.

Documentation

README

Defuddle

Use Defuddle CLI to extract clean readable content from web pages. Prefer over WebFetch for standard web pages โ€” it removes navigation, ads, and clutter, reducing token usage.

If not installed: npm install -g defuddle

Usage

Always use --md for markdown output:

defuddle parse <url> --md

Save to file:

defuddle parse <url> --md -o content.md

Extract specific metadata:

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

Frequently asked about Defuddle

  • What else does breferrari publish alongside Defuddle?

    Defuddle is one of 8 skills that DirSkills catalogs from breferrari/obsidian-mind, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Excalidraw Diagram Generator, JSON Canvas and Mermaid Visualizer. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Defuddle does, and is maintained by breferrari in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the breferrari/obsidian-mind page.

  • How does Defuddle compare to other Automation skills?

    Defuddle ranks #306 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Defuddle against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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