markdown-new-skill

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name: markdown.new

description: Use markdown.new URLs like `https://markdown.new/{target_url}` to fetch and convert pages into static Markdown. Trigger this skill whenever the user asks to open/read/extract/summarize content from a web link (such as static resource, docs, README, blog post, changelog); Always try markdown.new first and prefer local terminal access (`curl`) instead of direct browsing when markdown.new can serve the page.

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Markdown.New Local-First Static Access

Use `markdown.new` as the default path to access URL content as structured Markdown.

Required Behavior

1. Prefer local access with `curl` (or any suitable alternative tools):

curl -L --fail --silent --show-error "https://markdown.new/<target_url>"

2. Always attempt `markdown.new` first when the target is a readable page:

3. Do not start with direct page browsing if `markdown.new` can reasonably handle the page.

4. When markdown.new succeeds, keep using this route for that task unless the user explicitly asks for another method.

5. If `markdown.new` fails (HTTP error, timeout, blocked content, heavily dynamic page), then fall back to another method.

Examples

curl -L --fail --silent --show-error "https://markdown.new/https://github.com/ctxinf/markdown.new-skill"

curl -L --fail --silent --show-error "https://markdown.new/https://example.com/docs/getting-started"

Output Expectation

The result should be static, structured Markdown suitable for quick reading, summarization, extraction, and downstream processing.