baoyu-url-to-markdown

Fetch any URL and convert to markdown using baoyu-fetch CLI (Chrome CDP with site-specific adapters). Built-in adapters for X/Twi…

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What it does

  • Q1 — Media (header "Media"): "How to handle images and videos in pages?"
  • "Ask each time (Recommended)" — Prompt after each save
  • "Always download" — Download to local imgs/ and videos/
  • "Never download" — Keep remote URLs
  • Q2 — Output (header "Output"): "Default output directory?"
  • "url-to-markdown (Recommended)" — Save to ./url-to-markdown/{domain}/{slug}.md
  • User may pick "Other" and type a custom path

Requirements & configuration

  • | downloadmedia: 1 | --download-media | Requires --output to be set |
  • | --download-media | Download images/videos to local imgs/ and videos/, rewrite markdown links. Requires --output |

Configuration: HOMEBAOYU_CHROME_PROFILE_DIR

Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23

Fetch any URL and convert to markdown using baoyu-fetch CLI (Chrome CDP with site-specific adapters). Built-in adapters for X/Twitter, YouTube transcripts, Hacker News threads, and generic pages via Defuddle. Handles login/CAPTCHA via interaction wait modes. Use when user wants to save a webpage as markdown.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills

baoyu-url-to-markdown FAQ

What does the baoyu-url-to-markdown skill do?

Fetch any URL and convert to markdown using baoyu-fetch CLI (Chrome CDP with site-specific adapters). Built-in adapters for X/Twitter, YouTube transcripts, Hacker News threads, and generic pages via Defuddle. Handles login/CAPTCHA via interaction wait modes. Use when user wants to save a webpage as markdown. Q1 — Media (header "Media"): "How to handle images and videos in pages?" "Ask each time (Recommended)" — Prompt after each save

What does baoyu-url-to-markdown require?

| downloadmedia: 1 | --download-media | Requires --output to be set | | --download-media | Download images/videos to local imgs/ and videos/, rewrite markdown links. Requires --output | Configuration keys: HOME, BAOYU_CHROME_PROFILE_DIR.

How do I install baoyu-url-to-markdown?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills --skill baoyu-url-to-markdown --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/jimliu/baoyu-skills.

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