Fetch URL Extension

Adds a fetch_url tool that fetches a URL and returns the main readable content. By default, it extracts the primary content and converts it to Markdown. You can request raw HTML or extracted HTML if needed. Metadata (title, author/byline, site name, published time when available) is included in the output header.

Install

pi install npm:@siddr/pi-fetch-url

Tool

fetch_url

Parameters:

• url (string, required) — URL to fetch.
• raw (boolean, optional) — return raw response body (no extraction).
• format ("markdown" | "html", optional) — format for extracted content (default: markdown).

Behavior:

• If raw=true, returns raw response body.
• If the response is HTML and raw is false, uses Mozilla Readability + fallback heuristics to extract the main content.
• If the response is not HTML, returns raw text/JSON as-is.
• Tool output stays collapsed in the UI by default; use Ctrl+O to expand and inspect the fetched text.
• Context uses pi-style truncation heuristics: output is truncated to 2000 lines or 50KB, and full output is saved to a temp file when truncated.

Example prompts

Fetch https://example.com/article and summarize it.
Fetch https://example.com/article with format="html".
Fetch https://example.com/article with raw=true.