| name | article-read |
| description | Fetch URL or PDF as clean Markdown for reading, citation, or archive (读). Modes convert (default), summarize, save, preview. Routes CN platforms, GitHub, PDF, proxy cascade, MCP fallback. Use for 读链接, 抓取正文, 提取文章; not article drafts, topic learning workspace, or codebase audit. |
Article Read
Role: 读 — URL / PDF → Markdown for reading, citation, or archive. Scripts under scripts/; policy under references/.
Hard rules
- Quote URLs in shell.
- Repo text (non-PDF) → editor Read tool.
- Never invent body on fetch failure.
- Paywall/login wall → reject; see
references/cascade.md.
- One mode per run unless user sequences (e.g. convert then summarize).
Modes
| Mode | User signals | Read |
|---|
| convert (default) | 读一下, 抓取, fetch URL | references/workflow.md |
| summarize | 摘要, 总结 + URL | references/summarize.md |
| save | 保存, save to file | references/output.md § save |
| preview | 预览, 太长 | references/output.md § length |
Workflow (convert)
- Intake —
references/workflow.md (classify input).
- Route —
references/router.md → domain refs if needed.
- Fetch:
READ_ROOT="<path-to>/article-read"
bash "${READ_ROOT}/scripts/read.sh" "https://…"
- Deliver — wrapper in
references/output.md.
- On failure —
references/vet.md + references/mcp-fallback.md.
Script surface
| Script | Purpose |
|---|
scripts/read.sh | Main fetch |
scripts/save.sh | stdin → ~/Downloads/{slug}.md |
scripts/pdf-extract.sh | Local PDF text |
scripts/feishu-fetch.py | Feishu Open API (needs creds) |
scripts/github-blob-to-raw.py | GitHub blob → raw URL |
scripts/lib/common.sh | Shared (sourced by read.sh) |
Deps: scripts/requirements.txt (requests for Feishu).
Validation
After editing scripts:
bash -n article-read/scripts/read.sh
bash -n article-read/scripts/save.sh
bash -n article-read/scripts/pdf-extract.sh
bash -n article-read/scripts/lib/common.sh
Smoke: bash article-read/scripts/read.sh "https://example.com" (expect fetch attempt or documented fallback).
Boundaries
| Use | Use instead |
|---|
| Single URL/PDF → MD | Multi-query writing research → article-write gather |
Citation / topic-learn sources/ | Systematic topic mastery workspace → topic-learn |
| Optional summarize after fetch | Article drafting → article-write; codebase audit → codebase-audit |
| Repo text (non-PDF) → editor Read tool | Multi-platform排版导出 |
References
references/workflow.md — intake, modes, commands
references/router.md — decision tree
references/cascade.md — proxy tiers, paywalls
references/domain-cn.md — 微信、飞书
references/domain-stealth.md — JS / 反爬域名
references/domain-github-pdf.md — GitHub、PDF
references/mcp-fallback.md
references/output.md
references/summarize.md
references/vet.md
references/topic-sources.md