Knowledge & Research · By Steph Ango (Kepano / Obsidian)

Defuddle

Turn messy web pages into clean notes — no ads, no clutter, just the content you need.

What it is

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.

What it 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

Use it when

  • You're researching a topic and need to save articles without all the junk
  • You want to capture blog posts or docs for your notes or knowledge base
  • You're analyzing content from multiple sources and need clean text to work with

Add this skill to your AI

Copy the source URL and ask your AI to add it. Most coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf — will fetch and install it for you.

Try this prompt:

Add this skill to my project: https://github.com/kepano/obsidian-skills/tree/main/skills/defuddle
Made bySteph Ango (Kepano / Obsidian)
CategoryKnowledge & Research