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…
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.
Maintain baoyu-url-to-markdown?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/jimliu-baoyu-skills-baoyu-url-to-markdown?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/jimliu-baoyu-skills-baoyu-url-to-markdown The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.