web-to-markdown

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Use ONLY when the user explicitly says: 'use the skill web-to-markdown ...' (or 'use a skill web-to-markdown ...'). Converts webpage URLs to clean Markdown by calling the local web2md CLI (Puppeteer + Readability), suitable for JS-rendered pages.

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Sourcedavila7/claude-code-templates

Added on2026-02-04

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add davila7/claude-code-templates web-to-markdown

SKILL.md Content

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web-to-markdown

Convert web pages to clean Markdown by driving a locally installed browser (via

web2md

).

Hard trigger gate (must enforce)

This skill MUST NOT be used unless the user explicitly wrote exactly a phrase like:

```
use the skill web-to-markdown ...
```
```
use a skill web-to-markdown ...
```

If the user did not explicitly request this skill by name, stop and ask them to re-issue the request including:

use the skill web-to-markdown

.

What this skill does

Handles JS-rendered pages (Puppeteer → user Chrome).
Works best with Chromium-family browsers (Chrome/Chromium/Brave/Edge) via
```
puppeteer-core
```
.
Extracts main content (Readability).
Converts to Markdown (Turndown) with cleaned links and optional YAML frontmatter.

Non-goals

Do not use Playwright or other browser automation stacks; the mechanism is
```
web2md
```
.

Inputs you should collect (ask only if missing)

```
url
```
(or a list of URLs)
Output preference:
- Print to stdout (
```
--print
```
  ), OR
- Save to a file (
```
--out ./file.md
```
  ), OR
- Save to a directory (
```
--out ./some-dir/
```
  to auto-name by page title)
Optional rendering controls for tricky pages:
- ```
--chrome-path <path>
```
  (if Chrome auto-detection fails)
- ```
--interactive
```
  (show Chrome and pause so the user can complete human checks/login, then press Enter)
- ```
--wait-until load|domcontentloaded|networkidle0|networkidle2
```
- ```
--wait-for '<css selector>'
```
- ```
--wait-ms <milliseconds>
```
- ```
--headful
```
  (debug)
- ```
--no-sandbox
```
  (sometimes required in containers/CI)
- ```
--user-data-dir <dir>
```
  (login/session; use a dedicated profile directory)

Workflow

Confirm the user explicitly invoked the skill (
```
use the skill web-to-markdown
```
).
Validate URL(s) start with
```
http://
```
or
```
https://
```
.
Ensure
```
web2md
```
is installed:
- Run:
```
command -v web2md
```
- If missing, instruct the user to install it:
  - If available via npm:
    npm install -g web2md
  - If from source: Clone the repository, then run
    npm install && npm run build && npm link
Convert:
- Single URL → file:
  - web2md '<url>' --out ./page.md
- Single URL → auto-named file in directory:
  - mkdir -p ./out && web2md '<url>' --out ./out/
- Human verification / login walls (interactive):
  - mkdir -p ./out && web2md '<url>' --interactive --user-data-dir ./tmp/web2md-profile --out ./out/
  - Then: complete the check in the browser window and press Enter in the terminal to continue.
- Print to stdout:
  - web2md '<url>' --print
- Multiple URLs (batch):
  - Create output dir (e.g.
    ./out/
    ) then run one
    web2md
    command per URL using
    --out ./out/
Validate output:
- If writing files, verify they exist and are non-empty (e.g.
```
ls -la <path>
```
  and
```
wc -c <path>
```
  ).
Return:
- The saved file path(s), or the Markdown (stdout mode).

Defaults (recommended)

For most pages:
```
--wait-until networkidle2
```
For heavy apps: start with
```
--wait-until domcontentloaded --wait-ms 2000
```
, then add
```
--wait-for 'main'
```
(or another stable selector) if needed.

web-to-markdown

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content

web-to-markdown

Hard trigger gate (must enforce)

What this skill does

Non-goals

Inputs you should collect (ask only if missing)

Workflow

Defaults (recommended)