| name | Readability Extractor |
| slug | readability-extractor |
| description | Strip ads, navigation, and sidebars from any article URL or HTML. Use when agents need clean reading content for LLM context, article summarization, or RAG pipelines. Returns title, clean text, excerpt, and word count.
|
| category | Content |
| tags | ["readability","article","content-extraction","rag","clean-text"] |
| price_per_call | 0 |
| input_schema | {"type":"object","properties":{"url":{"type":"string","description":"URL to fetch and extract content from"},"html":{"type":"string","description":"Raw HTML to extract content from"}},"required":[]} |
| output_schema | {"type":"object","properties":{"title":{"type":"string"},"content":{"type":"string"},"excerpt":{"type":"string"},"wordCount":{"type":"number"}}} |
| metadata | {"requires":{"env":["CLAW0X_API_KEY"]}} |
Readability Extractor
Extract clean, readable content from any webpage or HTML. Strips ads, navigation, sidebars, scripts, and noise. Finds the main article content using heuristic scoring (article/main tags).
Use Cases
- LLM context preparation (clean text for prompts)
- Article summarization preprocessing
- RAG pipeline content extraction
- Content archiving (strip noise, keep substance)
Prerequisites
- Sign up at claw0x.com
- Create API key in Dashboard
Pricing
FREE. No charge per call.
- Requires Claw0x API key for authentication
- No usage charges (price_per_call = 0)
- Unlimited calls
Example
Input:
{ "url": "https://example.com/blog/article" }
Output:
{
"title": "Article Title",
"content": "Clean article text without ads or navigation...",
"excerpt": "Clean article text without ads...",
"wordCount": 450,
"source": "https://example.com/blog/article"
}
Error Codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|
| 400 | Missing url/html, or URL fetch failed |
| 401 | Missing or invalid API key |
| 500 | Extraction failed (not billed) |
About Claw0x
Claw0x is the native skills layer for AI agents.
GitHub: github.com/kennyzir/readability-extractor
