Markdown new

Skill CenMeow/markdown-new-skill/markdown-new

Convert public web pages into clean Markdown with markdown.new for AI workflows. Use when tasks require URL-to-Markdown conversion for summarization, RAG ingestion, extraction, archiving, or token reduction, including selecting conversion method (auto/ai/browser), enabling image retention, and handling rate limits or conversion failures.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add CenMeow/markdown-new-skill --skill markdown-new

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SKILL.md

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Markdown.new

Use this skill to convert public URLs into LLM-ready Markdown via markdown.new.

Path Resolution (Critical)

Resolve relative paths like scripts/... and references/... from the skill directory, not workspace root.
If current directory is unknown, use an absolute script path.

python3 ~/.codex/skills/markdown-new/scripts/markdown_new_fetch.py 'https://example.com'

cd ~/.codex/skills/markdown-new
python3 scripts/markdown_new_fetch.py 'https://example.com'

Avoid this pattern from an arbitrary workspace root:

python3 scripts/markdown_new_fetch.py 'https://example.com'

Workflow

Validate the input URL is public http or https.
Run scripts/markdown_new_fetch.py with --method auto first.
Re-run with --method browser if output misses JS-rendered content.
Enable --retain-images only when image links are required.
Capture response metadata (x-markdown-tokens, x-rate-limit-remaining, and JSON metadata when present) for downstream planning.

Quick Start

Commands below assume current directory is the skill root (~/.codex/skills/markdown-new).

python3 scripts/markdown_new_fetch.py 'https://example.com' > page.md

python3 scripts/markdown_new_fetch.py 'https://example.com' --method browser --retain-images --output page.md

python3 scripts/markdown_new_fetch.py 'https://example.com' --deliver-md

Method Selection

auto: default. Let markdown.new use its fastest successful pipeline.
ai: force Workers AI HTML-to-Markdown conversion.
browser: force headless browser rendering for JS-heavy pages.

Use auto first, then retry with browser only when needed.

Delivery Mode

Use --deliver-md to force file output in .md format.
In delivery mode, content is wrapped as:
- <url>
- ...markdown...
- </url>
If --output is omitted, the script auto-generates a filename from the URL.

API Modes

Prefix mode:
- https://markdown.new/https://example.com?method=browser&retain_images=true
POST mode:
- POST https://markdown.new/
- JSON body: {"url":"https://example.com","method":"auto","retain_images":false}

Prefer POST mode for automation and explicit parameters.

Limits And Safety

Treat 429 as rate limiting (documented limit: 500 requests/day/IP).
Convert only publicly accessible pages.
Respect robots.txt, terms of service, and copyright constraints.
Do not treat markdown.new output as guaranteed complete for every page; verify critical extractions.

References

references/markdown-new-api.md

What ships with it: 5 files

543.1 KB alongside SKILL.md, 1 of them executable