skim

Read any public web page as clean, agent-ready Markdown — typically ~4x smaller than the raw HTML, so your agent burns fewer tokens per read.

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What it can do

  • Skim Read: Fetch a public URL and return clean, agent-ready Markdown via Skim (skim402.com): strips nav, ads, and boilerplate; preserves the article body plus metadata (title, byline, published date,
  • Skim Extract: Read a public URL and extract structured JSON from it via Skim (skim402.com). Either pick a preset (article, product, job, review, event, table) or supply a JSON Schema (top-level type "
  • Skim Signals: Fetch the latest items from one of Skim's curated intelligence feeds (skim402.com/signals): ai-news, sec-filings, deals, research, campaign-finance, film-incentives, crypto-news, macro,

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Read any public web page as clean, agent-ready Markdown — typically ~4x smaller than the raw HTML, so your agent burns fewer tokens per read. Skim strips nav, ads, and boilerplate and keeps the article body with title, byline, and publish date. Also does structured JSON extraction and curated intelligence signal feeds.

How to connect

How to connect skim to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://skim--hello-jf1i.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect skim to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://skim--hello-jf1i.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect skim to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://skim--hello-jf1i.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (3)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

skim_readFetch a public URL and return clean, agent-ready Markdown via Skim (skim402.com): strips nav, ads, and boilerplate; preserves the article body plus metadata (title, byline, published date, language, excerpt). Use for articles, docs, blog posts, READMEs, and research papers. Free tier is rate-limited; with an X-Skim-Wallet-Key connector header each call is paid ($0.002 USDC on Base via x402) and unmetered.
skim_extractRead a public URL and extract structured JSON from it via Skim (skim402.com). Either pick a preset (article, product, job, review, event, table) or supply a JSON Schema (top-level type "object") describing the fields you want. Costs $0.015 USDC per call on Base via x402, paid from the wallet configured in the X-Skim-Wallet-Key connector header — this tool does not work without one.
skim_signalsFetch the latest items from one of Skim's curated intelligence feeds (skim402.com/signals): ai-news, sec-filings, deals, research, campaign-finance, film-incentives, crypto-news, macro, security, regulations, courts, recalls, launches, trending, energy, entertainment, studio-jobs, entity-formations. Returns structured items, newest first. Costs $0.005 USDC per call on Base via x402, paid from the wallet configured in the X-Skim-Wallet-Key connector header — this tool does not work without one.