Extract readable content from URLs — articles, YouTube videos, podcasts, and web pages.
When to Use
Use this skill when users:
- Share a URL and want a summary or key points
- Ask to "read", "summarize", or "extract" a web page
- Paste a YouTube link and want transcript/content
- Want to understand an article without visiting it
How to Summarize
Use the telclaude summarize CLI command via Bash:
# Basic usage — extract content from URL
telclaude summarize "https://example.com/article"
telclaude summarize "https://example.com/article" --max-chars 4000
Get markdown-formatted outputtelclaude summarize "https://example.com/article" --format markdown
Custom timeout (default: 30000ms)telclaude summarize "https://example.com/article" --timeout 60000
## Output Format
The command outputs structured metadata followed by the extracted content:
Title: Article Title Here Site: example.com Words: 1234 Transcript: youtube-captions (only for video/audio content) Note: Content was truncated (only if content exceeded max-chars)
[Extracted text content here]
## Supported Content Types
- **Articles/blog posts**: HTML extraction via readability
- **YouTube videos**: Automatic caption/transcript extraction
- **Podcasts**: Audio transcript when available
- **General web pages**: Best-effort content extraction
## Options
| Flag | Description | Default |
|------|-------------|---------|
| `--max-chars <n>` | Maximum characters to extract | 8000 |
| `--format <fmt>` | Output format: `text` or `markdown` | text |
| `--timeout <ms>` | Request timeout in milliseconds | 30000 |
## Rate Limits
- 30 requests per hour per user
- 100 requests per day per user
## Tips
- For long articles, use `--max-chars 16000` to get more content
- Use `--format markdown` when the user wants formatted output with headings/links
- YouTube URLs automatically extract captions — no special flags needed
- If extraction fails, the URL may require JavaScript rendering (not currently supported)