Show HN: Chidori – Fast web-to-Markdown fetching for AI agents
Chidori is a fast web-to-Markdown fetcher designed for AI agents, built using Rust. It extracts the main readable content from web pages while removing unnecessary elements, outputting the result in Markdown format. This tool aims to streamline the process of retrieving content for AI applications and shell scripts.
- ▪Chidori fetches a URL and extracts the main readable content.
- ▪The output is in Markdown format, making it suitable for various applications.
- ▪It is designed to work seamlessly with AI agents and shell scripts.
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chidori ⚡️ A fast Rust-built web-to-Markdown fetcher for AI agents. npx chidori-fetch https://example.com chidori fetches a URL, extracts the main readable content, removes page noise, and prints Markdown to stdout by default. Logs and errors go to stderr so AI agents and shell scripts can safely pipe stdout into prompts, files, or other tools. Quick demo Web pages are built for browsers. Agents usually need the readable content, not the page chrome around it. npx chidori-fetch https://taishikato.com  I'm Taishi, a fullstack developer and solofounder based in Japan and Canada. Full-stack dev shipping AI infrastructure & tools to 18K+ users (Supabase hackathon winner).
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