| name | defuddle |
| description | Save web articles to Obsidian vault using defuddle. Use when Junaid shares a URL (blog post, Substack, article link) and wants it saved/added to his vault, or says "save this", "clip this", "add this to vault". Triggers on any shared link that looks like an article or blog post. |
Defuddle — Web Article Clipper
Save web articles as clean Markdown files into the Obsidian vault's Inbox folder.
Workflow
- Extract article content and metadata:
npx defuddle parse "<URL>" --json --markdown
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Parse the JSON output to get: title, author, published, description, domain, content (markdown).
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Create a note in the Obsidian vault at /Users/junaidrahim/Everything/Inbox/<title>.md with this format:
---
source: <URL>
author: <author>
published: <published date>
domain: <domain>
clipped: <today's date YYYY-MM-DD>
---
<content>
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Sanitize the title for use as filename — remove special characters like /, \, :, |, ?, *, ", <, >.
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Confirm to Junaid with the title and a short summary.
Notes
- Always use
--json --markdown flags to get structured output with markdown content.
- If defuddle fails or returns empty content, fall back to
web_fetch and save the extracted markdown instead.
- Don't ask for confirmation before saving — just do it.
