Does it only summarize the text within the email?

No, the skill is designed to visit every article URL using a stealth browser to fetch the full original content for high-quality, detailed summarization.

What happens if an article is behind a paywall or unreachable?

The skill uses stealth-browser-mcp to bypass common blocks. If it still fails, it attempts a web search for the article title to find alternative content before falling back to the newsletter snippet.

Can I get summaries in languages other than English?

Currently, the skill is hardcoded to produce bilingual outputs in both English and Chinese for every run.

Which TLDR newsletter categories are supported?

It supports all major TLDR categories including AI, Tech, Dev, Marketing, Fintech, InfoSec, Product, and Design by filtering specific Gmail sender names.

TLDR Newsletter Scraper & Summarizer

Name: TLDR Newsletter Scraper & Summarizer
Author: timothyxlu

bytimothyxlu

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Content Management

Automates extracting, scraping, and summarizing TLDR newsletters from Gmail into bilingual Markdown reports.

This skill streamlines the process of staying updated with tech news by automatically fetching TLDR newsletters from Gmail, navigating to the original source articles using a stealth browser, and generating comprehensive bilingual (English and Chinese) summaries. It intelligently handles different TLDR categories—such as AI, Dev, and Fintech—by identifying specific sender names and producing structured Markdown files with foldable sections for both quick takeaways and in-depth analysis, ensuring you never miss a critical detail from your favorite curated sources.

Key Features

01Clean Markdown formatting with foldable blocks for easy navigation and reading

020 GitHub stars

03Dual-language output generating both English and Chinese Markdown reports simultaneously

04Automated Gmail retrieval for all TLDR newsletter categories including AI, Dev, and Fintech

05Deep scraping of original articles using stealth-browser-mcp to handle dynamic content

06Scaled summarization providing both 100-word takeaways and 1,000-word deep dives

Use Cases

01Quickly digesting long-form engineering and research papers recommended by newsletters

02Generating daily tech news briefings for bilingual teams or personal productivity

03Creating a structured archive of industry trends and article summaries from curated emails

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add timothyxlu/timxlu-plugins tldr-scraper

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Key Features

01Clean Markdown formatting with foldable blocks for easy navigation and reading

020 GitHub stars

03Dual-language output generating both English and Chinese Markdown reports simultaneously

04Automated Gmail retrieval for all TLDR newsletter categories including AI, Dev, and Fintech

05Deep scraping of original articles using stealth-browser-mcp to handle dynamic content

06Scaled summarization providing both 100-word takeaways and 1,000-word deep dives

Use Cases

01Quickly digesting long-form engineering and research papers recommended by newsletters

02Generating daily tech news briefings for bilingual teams or personal productivity

03Creating a structured archive of industry trends and article summaries from curated emails