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nexus-gitss/declip — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

0TypeScriptAudience · vibe coderComplexity · 2/5Setup · moderate

tl;dr

An Obsidian plugin that turns shared article links into readable Markdown notes saved automatically to your vault.

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    What it does
      Extracts article text
      Saves as Markdown note
      Adds frontmatter metadata
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      Obsidian API
      Defuddle
    Use cases
      Share sheet capture
      Command palette fetch
      Read it later archive
    Audience
      Obsidian users
      Note takers
    Limitations
      No paywall bypass
      Weak on JS pages
      Images not downloaded

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Share an article link from your phone and have the full text saved into Obsidian automatically.

VIBE 2

Run a command palette action to fetch and save the article at a URL already in your clipboard.

VIBE 3

Build a personal read-it-later archive of articles as clean Markdown notes with source metadata.

VIBE 4

Route iOS or Android share sheet links into a dedicated Obsidian inbox folder.

what's the stack?

TypeScriptObsidian APIDefuddle

how it stacks up fr

nexus-gitss/declip0xradioac7iv/tempfs52191314/web-agent-proxy-sdk
Stars000
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatemoderate
Complexity2/53/54/5
Audiencevibe coderdeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · moderate time til it works · 30min

Requires building the plugin with npm and manually copying files into the Obsidian plugins folder, plus share sheet configuration on mobile.

in plain english

Defuddle Clipper is a plugin for the note taking app Obsidian. It saves full article content from links you share to your phone or paste in, pulling the readable text out of a web page using a tool called Defuddle and dropping it straight into your Obsidian vault as a note. There are two ways to use it. The first is a watched folder that works automatically. You pick a folder in the plugin settings, with Inbox as the default, and whenever a note is created or edited in that folder containing nothing but a bare URL, such as one sent from the iOS or Android share sheet, the plugin replaces it with the extracted article written out in Markdown. The new note includes frontmatter fields like title, source, author, and published date. The second way is manual, through a command in Obsidian's command palette called Fetch full article from URL. This checks your clipboard for a link first, or asks you to paste one, then saves a new note into a separate save folder, which defaults to Clippings. Setting it up on the sharing side means going into your phone settings. On iOS, under Share Sheet, you create a new Location that points to Obsidian and targets your watched folder as a New Note destination. On Android, sharing to Obsidian creates a note in whatever default location you have configured, so you would point that default at the same watched folder. The plugin has some clear limits worth knowing before relying on it. It cannot get around paywalls, since it only extracts what a server actually sends back, not content hidden behind a login or payment. Pages that are built with JavaScript and render their content in the browser may come back nearly empty, because the plugin has no headless browser to run that JavaScript, only a basic page fetch. Images are linked rather than downloaded into the vault in this version. If an extraction comes back with fewer words than a configured minimum, the plugin leaves the note untouched and shows a notice explaining why, instead of saving a mostly blank file.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1
Walk me through installing the Defuddle Clipper plugin manually into my Obsidian vault's plugins folder.
prompt 2
Help me configure my iOS Share Sheet so links I share go into my Obsidian watched folder as new notes.
prompt 3
Explain why an article I clipped with this plugin came back nearly empty and what I can do about it.
prompt 4
Show me how to change the watched folder and save folder settings for this plugin.
prompt 5
Write a short guide for setting up the Android share target so it points at the same watched folder as iOS.

Frequently asked questions

what is declip fr?

An Obsidian plugin that turns shared article links into readable Markdown notes saved automatically to your vault.

What language is declip written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Obsidian API, Defuddle.

How hard is declip to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is declip for?

Mainly vibe coder.

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