Text of a web page

Extract the readable text of article.html into article.txt.

The task

The reference answer shows the job can be done with deft. It is not an agent run.

deft html to-text article.html -o article.txt

Input

article.html 952 B

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head><title>Tea exports in 2025</title><style>body{font-family:serif}</style><script>track()</script></head>
<body>
<header><a href="/">Daily Leaf</a></header>
<nav><ul><li><a href="/news">News</a></li><li><a href="/about">About us</a></li></ul></nav>
<main>
<article>
<h1>Tea exports in 2025</h1>
<p>Exports rose for the third year in a row, led by <strong>Kenya</strong> and Sri Lanka. Growers credit a mild season and steady demand from the Gulf states, while shipping costs fell back after two difficult years.</p>
<h2>By country</h2>
<table><thead><tr><th>Country</th><th>Tonnes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>590000</td></tr><tr><td>Sri Lanka</td><td>245000</td></tr></tbody></table>
<ul><li>Prices were stable</li><li>Green tea grew fastest</li></ul>
</article>
</main>
<aside>Subscribe to our newsletter</aside>
<footer>Copyright Daily Leaf</footer>
<script>analytics()</script>
</body>
</html>

Reference output

article.txt 401 B

Daily Leaf

News

About us


Tea exports in 2025

Exports rose for the third year in a row, led by Kenya and Sri Lanka. Growers credit a mild season and steady demand from the Gulf states, while shipping costs fell back after two difficult years.

By country

Country	Tonnes
Kenya	590000
Sri Lanka	245000

Prices were stable

Green tea grew fastest


Subscribe to our newsletter

Copyright Daily Leaf

How a result is judged (1 check)

text: file = "article.txt", contains = ["Exports rose"], absent = ["<p>", "analytics"]

Runs

CodexWithout deftPassed2026-11-07

Time: 15s
New tokens: 6.5k
Total input: 54.4k
Output tokens: 0.5k
Commands: 3
Failed: 0

Trace

I’ll inspect the HTML and extract its readable text into `article.txt` in the current directory.
pwd && rg --files -g 'article.html' -g 'AGENTS.md'
output
```
article.html
```

python3 -c 'from pathlib import Path; p=Path(\"article.html\"); print(p.read_text())'

output

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head><title>Tea exports in 2025</title><style>body{font-family:serif}</style><script>track()</script></head>
<body>
<header><a href="/">Daily Leaf</a></header>
<nav><ul><li><a href="/news">News</a></li><li><a href="/about">About us</a></li></ul></nav>
<main>
<article>
<h1>Tea exports in 2025</h1>
<p>Exports rose for the third year in a row, led by <strong>Kenya</strong> and Sri Lanka. Growers credit a mild season and steady demand from the Gulf states, while shipping costs fell back after two difficult years.</p>
<h2>By country</h2>
<table><thead><tr><th>Country</th><th>Tonnes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>590000</td></tr><tr><td>Sri Lanka</td><td>245000</td></tr></tbody></table>
<ul><li>Prices were stable</li><li>Green tea grew fastest</li></ul>
</article>
</main>
<aside>Subscribe to our newsletter</aside>
<footer>Copyright Daily Leaf</footer>
<script>analytics()</script>
</body>
</html>

python3 -c 'from html.parser import HTMLParser from pathlib import Path class Readable(HTMLParser): def __init__(self): super().__init__(); self.hidden=0; self.out=[] def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs): if tag in (\"script\", \"style\"): self.hidden += 1 if self.hidden == 0 and tag in (\"p\", \"h1\", \"h2\", \"li\", \"tr\"): self.out.append(\"\\n\") def handle_endtag(self, tag): if tag in (\"script\", \"style\"): self.hidden=max(0,self.hidden-1) if self.hidden == 0 and tag in (\"p\", \"h1\", \"h2\", \"li\", \"tr\"): self.out.append(\"\\n\") def handle_data(self, data): if self.hidden == 0 and data.strip(): self.out.append(data.strip()) p=Path(\"article.html\"); parser=Readable(); parser.feed(p.read_text()); text=\"\\n\".join(x for x in parser.out if x.strip())+\"\\n\"; Path(\"article.txt\").write_text(text)' && cat article.txt
output
```
Tea exports in 2025
Daily Leaf
News
About us
Tea exports in 2025
Exports rose for the third year in a row, led by
Kenya
and Sri Lanka. Growers credit a mild season and steady demand from the Gulf states, while shipping costs fell back after two difficult years.
By country
Country
Tonnes
Kenya
590000
Sri Lanka
245000
Prices were stable
Green tea grew fastest
Subscribe to our newsletter
Copyright Daily Leaf
```
Created [article.txt](article.txt) with the readable text from `article.html`.

Output

article.txt 409 B

Tea exports in 2025
Daily Leaf
News
About us
Tea exports in 2025
Exports rose for the third year in a row, led by
Kenya
and Sri Lanka. Growers credit a mild season and steady demand from the Gulf states, while shipping costs fell back after two difficult years.
By country
Country
Tonnes
Kenya
590000
Sri Lanka
245000
Prices were stable
Green tea grew fastest
Subscribe to our newsletter
Copyright Daily Leaf

CodexWith deft, skill installedPassedRead the skillUsed deft2026-11-07

Time: 14s
New tokens: 6.8k
Total input: 56.3k
Output tokens: 0.4k
Commands: 3
Failed: 0

Trace

I’ll read the local file instructions, then extract the readable text from `article.html` into `article.txt` in this directory.

cat .agents/skills/deft/SKILL.md && rg --files -g 'AGENTS.md' -g 'article.html' -g 'article.txt'

output

---
name: deft
description: "Use deft first for any simple, direct operation on local files, whatever the type: convert, read, extract, edit, compress, merge, split, compare or inspect. Try it before writing a script or one-liner. If unsure, run deft find; if it says no command does this, use another tool. Not for programming work: to read, write or change source code, skip it."
---

# deft

One local command for file jobs. Prefer it over writing Python or shell scripts.

Syntax: `deft <group> <command> [inputs] [-o output] [--options]`

Groups:
- `pdf`: Merge, split, compress, encrypt, forms, OCR, compare, convert
- `image`: Resize, crop, convert, compress, adjust, montage, OCR
- `video`: Trim, merge, convert, compress, subtitles, GIF, frames (ffmpeg)
- `audio`: Convert, trim, normalize, denoise, cut silence (ffmpeg)
- `doc`: Word/ODT/RTF: to text, Markdown, HTML, PDF; find and replace
- `slides`: PowerPoint: extract text, Markdown outline
- `sheet`: Excel/CSV/ODS tables: SQL query, pivot, merge, split, convert
- `json`: JSON: convert, format, merge, diff, validate
- `toml`: TOML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate
- `xml`: XML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate
- `yaml`: YAML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate
- `md`: Markdown to PDF, HTML, Word, EPUB; table of contents
- `html`: HTML to Markdown, text, Word and PDF
- `epub`: E-books: info, to text, Markdown and PDF
- `gps`: GPX and KML tracks: convert, distance and time
- `qr`: Create QR codes and barcodes; r
… 713 more characters

deft html --help

output

deft html - commands (input -> output)
  to-docx  html -> docx  Convert the content to a Word document
  to-md    html -> md    Convert to Markdown; scripts and styles are dropped
  to-pdf   html -> pdf   Typeset as PDF, content not layout [beta]
  to-text  html -> txt   Extract the readable text
More: deft html <command> --help

deft html to-text article.html -o article.txt

output

ok html.to-text article.html -> article.txt  401B  0.00s

Extracted the readable text from [article.html](article.html) into [article.txt](article.txt).

Output

article.txt 401 B

Daily Leaf

News

About us


Tea exports in 2025

Exports rose for the third year in a row, led by Kenya and Sri Lanka. Growers credit a mild season and steady demand from the Gulf states, while shipping costs fell back after two difficult years.

By country

Country	Tonnes
Kenya	590000
Sri Lanka	245000

Prices were stable

Green tea grew fastest


Subscribe to our newsletter

Copyright Daily Leaf

Claude Opus 5.5Without deftPassed2026-11-07

Time: 17s
New tokens: 9.4k
Total input: 42.9k
Output tokens: 0.7k
Commands: 0
Failed: 0

Trace

Output

article.txt 323 B

Tea exports in 2025

Exports rose for the third year in a row, led by Kenya and Sri Lanka. Growers credit a mild season and steady demand from the Gulf states, while shipping costs fell back after two difficult years.

By country

Country	Tonnes
Kenya	590000
Sri Lanka	245000

- Prices were stable
- Green tea grew fastest

Claude Opus 5.5With deft, skill installedPassedRead the skillUsed deft2026-11-07

Time: 19s
New tokens: 10.1k
Total input: 59.4k
Output tokens: 0.6k
Commands: 0
Failed: 0

Trace

Output

.claude/skills/deft/SKILL.md 2.1 KB

---
name: deft
description: "Use deft first for any simple, direct operation on local files, whatever the type: convert, read, extract, edit, compress, merge, split, compare or inspect. Try it before writing a script or one-liner. If unsure, run deft find; if it says no command does this, use another tool. Not for programming work: to read, write or change source code, skip it."
---

# deft

One local command for file jobs. Prefer it over writing Python or shell scripts.

Syntax: `deft <group> <command> [inputs] [-o output] [--options]`

Groups:
- `pdf`: Merge, split, compress, encrypt, forms, OCR, compare, convert
- `image`: Resize, crop, convert, compress, adjust, montage, OCR
- `video`: Trim, merge, convert, compress, subtitles, GIF, frames (ffmpeg)
- `audio`: Convert, trim, normalize, denoise, cut silence (ffmpeg)
- `doc`: Word/ODT/RTF: to text, Markdown, HTML, PDF; find and replace
- `slides`: PowerPoint: extract text, Markdown outline
- `sheet`: Excel/CSV/ODS tables: SQL query, pivot, merge, split, convert
- `json`: JSON: convert, format, merge, diff, validate
- `toml`: TOML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate
- `xml`: XML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate
- `yaml`: YAML: convert, format, merge, diff, validate
- `md`: Markdown to PDF, HTML, Word, EPUB; table of contents
- `html`: HTML to Markdown, text, Word and PDF
- `epub`: E-books: info, to text, Markdown and PDF
- `gps`: GPX and KML tracks: convert, distance and time
- `qr`: Create QR codes and barcodes; read QR codes

How to use it:
1. Run `deft <group>` to list commands, or `deft find "<what you want>"` to search. If it says `no command does this`, use another tool.
2. Run `deft <group> <command> --help` for options and examples.
3. `deft convert <in> -o <out.ext>` converts between formats by extension.
4. Results are one line starting with `ok`, `partial` or `error`; add `--json` to parse them. Errors include a `hint:` with the fix.

Inputs are never overwritten; pass `--force` or `--in-place` to allow it. Globs and directories work as inputs; several inputs run in parallel.

If `deft` is not installed, ask the user, then follow https://github.com/firstprayer/deft/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md

article.txt 320 B

Tea exports in 2025

Exports rose for the third year in a row, led by Kenya and Sri Lanka. Growers credit a mild season and steady demand from the Gulf states, while shipping costs fell back after two difficult years.

By country

Country	Tonnes
Kenya	590000
Sri Lanka	245000

Prices were stable

Green tea grew fastest

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