panews-web-viewer

name	panews-web-viewer
description	Read public PANews website pages as Markdown. Use for homepage, article-page, and column-page reads.
metadata	{"author":"Seven Du","version":"2026.03.25"}

This skill is for reading rendered PANews web pages as Markdown, including the homepage, article pages, and column pages. Use it when the user wants page content in a Markdown-friendly format with page metadata, rather than structured API fields or filtered search results.

It is best suited for single-page retrieval from PANews URLs. The skill should preserve the rendered page structure and metadata, and it should not be used for broad crawling, creator workflows, or API-style data discovery.

Read www.panewslab.com pages as Markdown via Accept: text/markdown. Responses include a YAML frontmatter block with page metadata (title, description, image).

Runtime behavior: this skill performs direct HTTP GET requests to https://www.panewslab.com with Accept: text/markdown and returns the rendered Markdown response. It does not require local scripts, creator credentials, or broad site crawling.

Common User Phrases

• "Read this article as Markdown."
• "Open this column page and give me the rendered content."

When to Use

• The user provides or implies a PANews web URL
• The task is to read the rendered article page, homepage, or column page as Markdown
• The caller wants the page content, not the underlying JSON API shape

Do Not Use When

• The task is structured search, rankings, or filtered API retrieval
• The task requires creator authentication or write access
• The user asks for JSON fields rather than page Markdown

Supported Languages

Locale	Prefix
Simplified Chinese	/zh
Traditional Chinese	/zh-hant
English	/en
Japanese	/ja
Korean	/ko

Standard Workflow

PANews Web Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Confirm this is a website-page task, not an API task
- [ ] Step 2: Choose the locale prefix
- [ ] Step 3: Fetch with Accept: text/markdown
- [ ] Step 4: Preserve frontmatter metadata in the response

Standard Request Template

1. Start from https://www.panewslab.com
2. Build a page URL using one of the supported locale prefixes:
   /zh, /zh-hant, /en, /ja, /ko
3. If the caller provides a PANews path without a locale prefix, prepend the prefix from `--lang`, or default to `/zh`
4. Send an HTTP GET request with:
   Accept: text/markdown
5. Return the Markdown body as-is, including YAML frontmatter metadata
6. If the response is 404, report the page as unavailable

Rules

• Use a direct HTTP request with Accept: text/markdown
• Always include the locale prefix in the URL
• Route to panews if the user asks for structured search or filterable API data

Examples

https://www.panewslab.com/en
https://www.panewslab.com/en/ARTICLE_ID
https://www.panewslab.com/zh-hant/columns/COLUMN_ID

Failure Handling

• If the page returns 404, report it as unavailable rather than trying to synthesize content from API endpoints
• If the caller gives a path without a locale prefix, add the prefix from --lang or default to zh