Does this skill work on sites with paywalls?

Article Extractor primarily extracts publicly accessible HTML content. It may fail or extract limited content from websites that require a login or an active subscription.

How does it handle non-English articles?

The 'trafilatura' method is particularly effective at handling multiple languages and diverse site structures across the web.

Can I use this to extract data from multiple URLs at once?

Yes, you can ask Claude to use the skill iteratively to extract and save content from a list of provided URLs.

What tools need to be installed for the best results?

For the highest accuracy, it is recommended to have 'reader-cli' (Mozilla Readability) or the Python package 'trafilatura' installed, though a basic fallback script is included.

Article Extractor

Name: Article Extractor
Author: Weiwei-Mao

byWeiwei-Mao

Web Scraping & Data Collection

Extracts clean, readable text from URLs by stripping away ads, navigation menus, and web clutter.

About

Article Extractor is a specialized Claude Code skill designed to streamline the process of gathering information from the web. It intelligently identifies the core content of blog posts, news articles, and tutorials, discarding distractions like newsletter popups, sidebars, and cookie notices. By leveraging industry-standard tools like Mozilla's Readability and Trafilatura, it ensures high-quality text extraction that is perfect for research, offline reading, or feeding clean data into AI workflows. Whether you need to archive a tutorial or summarize a long-form essay, this skill automates the cleanup and saving process.

Key Features

Formatted text output optimized for readability and AI analysis
Multi-tool support including Mozilla Readability and Trafilatura
Smart filename generation using extracted article titles
0 GitHub stars
Automated removal of ads, scripts, and navigation clutter
Fallback Python-based extraction for environments without dependencies

Use Cases

Downloading distraction-free versions of long-form articles for offline use
Converting online blog posts into local text files for documentation
Extracting clean content for AI summarization and research tasks

About

Key Features

Formatted text output optimized for readability and AI analysis
Multi-tool support including Mozilla Readability and Trafilatura
Smart filename generation using extracted article titles
0 GitHub stars
Automated removal of ads, scripts, and navigation clutter
Fallback Python-based extraction for environments without dependencies

Use Cases

Downloading distraction-free versions of long-form articles for offline use
Converting online blog posts into local text files for documentation
Extracting clean content for AI summarization and research tasks