clip

Captures URLs and inline text as Obsidian clipping notes with fetched page content.

6|1|Updated Nov 26, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/nathanvale/side-quest-marketplace-old --skill clip-nathanvale
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: clip
Source: https://github.com/nathanvale/side-quest-marketplace-old/tree/main/plugins/para-obsidian/skills/clip
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/nathanvale/side-quest-marketplace-old --skill clip-nathanvale

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Saving links and quick thoughts into an Obsidian vault usually means manual copy-pasting, missing page titles, and inconsistent note formats. This Skill captures URLs or inline text directly into the inbox as clipping notes that match Obsidian Web Clipper output, deferring all classification to a later triage step. ## Core Features & Use Cases - URL Capture with Content Fetching: Fetches real page titles and markdown content via Firecrawl, with special handling for YouTube videos and graceful fallback for X/Twitter links. - Inline Text Capture: Turns free-form text from a conversation into a titled clipping note using LLM-generated titles, with zero prompts or decisions required. - Batch Processing with Single Commit: Processes multiple URLs sequentially, deduplicates them, tolerates individual failures, and commits all notes in one git commit. - Use Case: You find three articles and a YouTube video during research. Run the clip command with all four URLs to create four inbox notes with real titles and content, then run triage later to classify them. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to clip one or more URLs or a piece of text, for example: clip https://kentcdodds.com/blog/aha-programming into my Obsidian inbox.

Frequently Asked Questions about clip

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I save web pages to my Obsidian inbox automatically?

Pass one or more URLs to the clip command and it fetches each page's title and markdown content via Firecrawl, then creates clipping notes in your inbox folder. All notes are committed together in a single git commit.

How to capture quick thoughts into Obsidian without manual formatting?

Provide inline text instead of a URL and the skill generates a concise descriptive title, then creates a clipping note with source set to conversation. No classification or folder decisions are required at capture time.

Does the clip skill support YouTube and Twitter URLs?

YouTube URLs are supported by combining video info retrieval with Firecrawl scraping of the description. X and Twitter URLs are currently skipped for content fetching and produce domain-titled stub notes only.

What happens when clipping multiple URLs and one fetch fails?

Batch clipping uses soft failure handling: the failed URL falls back to a domain-based title with empty content, and processing continues with the remaining URLs. Failures are reported in the final summary without blocking the batch.

Does clipping classify notes into PARA folders automatically?

No, clipping deliberately performs no classification, formatting, or area/project assignment. All notes land in the inbox as type clipping, and the separate triage skill routes them to the correct destination later.