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medium-paywall-bypass

Fetch Medium article content through prioritized mirror services like Freedium and Archive.today.

49|9|Updated Dec 18, 2025
Search Tags:#read#web-fetch#medium#paywall#mirror
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/ratacat/claude-skills --skill medium-paywall-bypass
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: medium-paywall-bypass
Source: https://github.com/ratacat/claude-skills/tree/main/skills/medium-paywall-bypass
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/ratacat/claude-skills --skill medium-paywall-bypass

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

When you can't access paywalled Medium articles, this Skill guides you through free mirror services to fetch the content.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Service priority: Freedium, Archive.today, RemovePaywalls, ReadMedium
  • URL encoding and mirror-based retrieval prompts
  • Covers Medium-hosted domains (Medium, Towards Data Science, etc.)

Quick Start

Example workflow:

  • Freedium: https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F@user%2Fsome-article-abc123
  • Prompt: "Extract the full article content"