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Use when user shares a Medium article URL behind a paywall and wants to read the full content. Also use for articles on Medium-hosted publications like towardsdatascience.com, betterprogramming.pub, levelup.gitconnected.com, etc.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/medium-paywall-bypass:medium-paywall-bypassThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Fetch paywalled Medium articles using free mirror services. Try services in order until one works.
Fetch paywalled Medium articles using free mirror services. Try services in order until one works.
| Service | URL Pattern | WebFetch | curl | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedium | https://freedium.cfd/{encoded_url} | Yes | Yes | Best option, returns content directly |
| Archive.today | https://archive.today/latest/{raw_url} | No | Maybe | Often requires captcha |
| RemovePaywalls | https://removepaywalls.com/{raw_url} | No | No | Redirect page only, needs browser |
| ReadMedium | https://readmedium.com/en/{encoded_url} | No | No | Returns 403 programmatically |
{encoded_url} = URL-encoded (slashes become %2F, @ becomes %40, etc.){raw_url} = Original URL as-isFor Claude Code: Use Freedium via WebFetch. Other services require browser interaction.
1. User provides Medium URL
2. Try Freedium first via WebFetch
3. If blocked/empty, try next service
4. Extract and present article content
Given: https://medium.com/@user/some-article-abc123
WebFetch (recommended):
URL: https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40user%2Fsome-article-abc123
Prompt: Extract the full article content
curl fallback:
curl -sL "https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40user%2Fsome-article-abc123"
These domains use Medium's paywall system:
medium.com, *.medium.comtowardsdatascience.combetterprogramming.publevelup.gitconnected.comjavascript.plainenglish.iouxdesign.cchackernoon.comcodeburst.ioitnext.ioproandroiddev.cominfosecwriteups.com| Problem | Solution |
|---|---|
| Freedium down | Try alternative mirror: freedium-mirror.cfd |
| Article not found | Article may be too new to be cached |
| Garbled HTML | Use WebFetch with prompt: "Extract the article text and format as markdown" |
| 403/blocked | Try curl with dangerouslyDisableSandbox: true |
# URL encoding in Python
from urllib.parse import quote
encoded = quote(url, safe='')
# For WebFetch tool
freedium_url = f"https://freedium.cfd/{quote(medium_url, safe='')}"
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npx claudepluginhub ratacat/ratacats-skills --plugin medium-paywall-bypass