Can I specify the output directory for extracted articles?

Yes, the script allows you to specify a custom output directory using the --output flag, otherwise it defaults to an ./output folder.

Which news platforms are supported by this skill?

The skill currently supports WeChat Official Accounts, Toutiao (ByteDance), Netease News (163), Sohu News, and Tencent News.

Does it extract images and multimedia content?

Yes, it extracts text paragraphs, image URLs, and video links, preserving the order of the original article in the structured output.

What are the technical requirements for this skill?

It requires a Python environment. The skill recommends using 'uv' for dependency management, but also supports standard pip installations for libraries like curl_cffi and parsel.

What output formats does the News Extractor provide?

It provides two formats simultaneously: a structured JSON file containing metadata and content arrays, and a clean Markdown file ready for editors or static site generators.

News Extractor

Name: News Extractor
Author: NanmiCoder

byNanmiCoder

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Web Scraping & Data Collection

Extracts structured content from popular Chinese news platforms and converts it into JSON and Markdown formats.

About

The News Extractor skill empowers Claude to scrape and parse articles from major Chinese media outlets including WeChat Official Accounts, Toutiao, Netease, Sohu, and Tencent News. It automatically identifies the source platform from a given URL, processes complex web structures, and generates clean, structured data. This skill is particularly useful for developers and researchers who need to archive content, build knowledge bases, or perform data analysis on news articles without manual copy-pasting.

Key Features

Comprehensive extraction of titles, authors, timestamps, and media
Support for WeChat Official Accounts, Toutiao, Netease, Sohu, and Tencent
Dual-format output: structured JSON for data and Markdown for reading
Automatic platform detection for major Chinese news sites
Robust scraping logic using browser emulation and retry mechanisms
23 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Converting web-based news articles into clean Markdown for documentation
Archiving WeChat Official Account articles for personal knowledge bases
Collecting news data for sentiment analysis or AI model training

About

Key Features

Comprehensive extraction of titles, authors, timestamps, and media
Support for WeChat Official Accounts, Toutiao, Netease, Sohu, and Tencent
Dual-format output: structured JSON for data and Markdown for reading
Automatic platform detection for major Chinese news sites
Robust scraping logic using browser emulation and retry mechanisms
23 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Converting web-based news articles into clean Markdown for documentation
Archiving WeChat Official Account articles for personal knowledge bases
Collecting news data for sentiment analysis or AI model training