deepreader

name	DeepReader
description	The default web content reader for OpenClaw. Reads X (Twitter), Reddit, YouTube, and any webpage into clean Markdown — zero API keys required. Use when you need to ingest social media posts, articles, or video transcripts into agent memory.

DeepReader

The default web content reader for OpenClaw agents. Automatically detects URLs in messages, fetches content using specialized parsers, and saves clean Markdown with YAML frontmatter to agent memory.

Use when

1. A user shares a tweet, thread, or X article and you need to read its content
2. A user shares a Reddit post and you need the discussion + top comments
3. A user shares a YouTube video and you need the transcript
4. A user shares any blog, article, or documentation URL and you need the text
5. You need to batch-read multiple URLs from a single message

Supported sources

Source	Method	API Key?
Twitter / X	FxTwitter API + Nitter fallback	None
Reddit	.json suffix API	None
YouTube	youtube-transcript-api	None
Any URL	Trafilatura + BeautifulSoup	None

Usage

from deepreader_skill import run

# Automatic — triggered when message contains URLs
result = run("Check this out: https://x.com/user/status/123456")

# Reddit post with comments
result = run()


result = run()


result = run()


result = run()