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defuddle
Extracts clean Markdown from web pages using the Defuddle CLI, stripping navigation and ads. Useful for clipping web content into an Obsidian vault, but it is a general web-to-markdown tool, not Obsidian-specific.
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--- name: defuddle description: Extract clean Markdown from HTML pages with Defuddle CLI. --- # 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. 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 |Read the full source on GitHub (opens external page)