What you'll get
Defuddle strips away all the noise from web pages (ads, navigation, sidebars) and gives you just the article or content in a clean, readable format. Perfect for researchers, writers, and anyone who saves articles to read or reference later. You get the substance without the distraction.
Step 1 — Get the skill source URL
The Defuddle skill lives at:
Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent
Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.
Claude Code
Add the agent skill from https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/defuddle to my project.
Cursor
Install this agent skill: https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/defuddle
Codex
Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/defuddle
Gemini CLI
Add the skill at https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/defuddle to my .gemini/skills/ directory.
OpenCode
Install this agent skill from https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/defuddle
Windsurf
Add this skill: https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/defuddle
Step 3 — Try these prompts
Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:
- Researching a topic and need to save articles without all the junk
- Capture blog posts or docs for your notes or knowledge base
- Analyzing content from multiple sources and need clean text to work with
What this skill does
- Removes ads, navigation, and clutter from any web page
- Extracts clean article text in a note-friendly format
- Pulls out key metadata like title, description, and domain
- Saves cleaned content to files for later reference