| name | fetchmd |
| description | Convert web pages to markdown using r.jina.ai API. Use when user wants to fetch a URL and save as markdown, extract content from web pages, or convert HTML to markdown. Triggered by phrases like "fetch url", "convert to markdown", "scrape webpage", or any request involving fetching web content. |
Fetchmd Skill
Use the fetchmd CLI tool to convert web pages to markdown.
Setup
Ensure the user has a config file at ~/.config/fetchmd/config.json with their Jina API key:
{"auth_key": "your-jina-api-key"}
If config is missing, inform the user and ask them to create it.
Basic Usage
fetchmd <URL> <output_file>
Options
| Option | Description | Values |
|---|
--format | Output format | markdown (default), html, text, content, pageshot, screenshot, vlm, readerlm-v2 |
--retain-images | Image retention | all (default), none, alt, all_p, alt_p |
--retain-links | Link retention | all (default), none, text, gpt-oss |
--target-selector | CSS selector for target element | - |
--remove-selector | CSS selectors to remove (comma-separated) | - |
--wait-for-selector | CSS selector to wait for before returning | - |
--timeout | Request timeout in seconds (max 180) | 30 (default) |
--no-cache | Ignore cache | flag |
Examples
Fetch a simple page:
fetchmd https://example.com page.md
Extract specific content with CSS selector:
fetchmd https://example.com article.md --target-selector "main article"
Fetch as HTML instead of markdown:
fetchmd https://example.com output.html --format html
Wait for dynamic content (SPA):
fetchmd https://example.com page.md --wait-for-selector ".content-loaded"
Remove unwanted elements:
fetchmd https://example.com clean.md --remove-selector "nav, footer, .ads"
