# defuddle

Plans Defuddle extraction and retains already available local source files. No network cleaning ships with it — just the plan and the capture.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 433 installs · ★ 15830
- Author: AgriciDaniel
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian/tree/HEAD/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agricidaniel-defuddle

## What it does

The skill runs in two modes. First, an inert plan for an HTTPS link: it takes the address, drops credentials, fragments and non-public hosts, then reports the normalized host, required network egress, redirect policy and `execute: false`. Second, a capture of an existing local HTML or Markdown file into the selected vault's `inbox/`.

No network request happens here. The reason is concrete: the Defuddle CLI follows redirects and enables asynchronous extraction, so even parsing a local HTML file can pull in third-party resources. Consent for the initial URL does not prove every eventual destination stays approved. A `configured` state means an executable was found without a bundled behavioral verifier — running it just because it turned up is the wrong move.

Capture goes through `scripts/claude-obsidian.py`: `capture plan` first, then `capture apply` with a pinned timestamp and operation ID, and `--approved-plan-sha256` plus `--apply` for the write. Bytes land in create-only `.raw/captured/` storage, and a repeated identical payload is a no-op. Cleaning HTML, verifying source metadata and synthesizing pages are separate operations.

## Requirements
- Works with: Obsidian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill defuddle -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/defuddle/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill defuddle -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill defuddle -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian defuddle
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill defuddle -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --path skills/defuddle
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian --skill defuddle -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-obsidian/tree/HEAD/skills/defuddle/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- strip page clutter and get readable Markdown from a web page
- build an extraction plan for a URL without a network request
- retain a local HTML or Markdown file in the vault as raw bytes
- prepare a web source for later wiki ingestion
- check which hosts and redirects an extraction would require

## Example prompts
- defuddle, clean this URL and show me the extraction plan
- turn this web page into readable Markdown
- retain the local file `$VAULT/inbox/source.md` in the vault

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: defuddle
description: Plan optional Defuddle extraction and retain already available local source files through reviewed filesystem capture. Use for defuddle, clean this URL, strip page clutter, readable Markdown from a web page, or preparing a web source for later wiki ingestion. Network extraction remains unavailable until an enforcing adapter is verified.
---

# Defuddle

Treat Defuddle as an optional external extractor. This package supports inert
URL plans and filesystem capture; it does not ship an enforcing network cleaner.
Cleaning, raw capture, and wiki ingestion are separate operations.

Resolve the installed product root from this skill's own location, never from
the selected vault or process working directory:

```bash
PRODUCT_ROOT=/absolute/path/to/installed/claude-obsidian
CORE="$PRODUCT_ROOT/scripts/claude-obsidian.py"
test -f "$CORE"
```

Every `../wiki/references/` link in this file resolves the same way, relative
to this skill's own directory under `$PRODUCT_ROOT`, never relative to the
selected vault's `wiki/` directory.
Upstream flags may be checked in a separately installed `kepano/obsidian-skills`
reference, but do not override this package's privacy and transaction boundary.

## Inert URL plan

Accept HTTPS URLs only. Reject credentials, fragments, controls, sensitive query
parameters, and non-public hosts or IP addresses. Never interpolate a URL into a
shell string. Use one argv element when constructing a plan:

```bash
python3 "$CORE" capture external-plan url "HTTPS_URL"
python3 "$CORE" contracts --verify --capability defuddle --vault "$VAULT"
```

The plan executes no network request. Report the normalized host, required
network egress, redirect policy, optional dependency, and `execute: false`.
An `available` state means no executable was found. A `configured` state means
an executable was discovered without a bundled behavioral verifier. Identify
the manual executable and its reported reason; never run it merely because it
was found. Never relabel `configured` as `verified`.

## Why execution stops here

The upstream CLI inspected at commit
[`556d74e8c8fd68c49912d4b11a4ae9ec04d7b2b5`](https://github.com/kepano/defuddle/tree/556d74e8c8fd68c49912d4b11a4ae9ec04d7b2b5)
(checked 2026-10-17) follows redirects and enables asynchronous extraction.
Even parsing a local HTML file can request additional resources or third-party
fallbacks. Inspecting argv or obtaining consent for the initial URL cannot
prove that every eventual destination remains approved.
````
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