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Defuddle

  • 220 installs
  • 5k repo stars
  • Updated July 17, 2026
  • galaxy-dawn/claude-scholar

Unpack dense PDFs, proofs, or jargon-heavy sections into plain explanations when onboarding to a new subfield or preparing related-work notes.

About

defuddle simplifies intimidating academic material—dense abstracts, proofs, and domain jargon—into structured plain-language explanations with glossaries and prerequisite links so researchers grasp ideas faster.

  • Jargon-to-plain-language maps
  • Notation and symbol glossaries
  • Stepwise concept breakdowns
  • Assumption surfacing
  • Cross-reference to prerequisites

Defuddle by the numbers

  • 220 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #504 of 1,879 Documentation skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Installs220
repo stars5k
Last updatedJuly 17, 2026
Repositorygalaxy-dawn/claude-scholar

What it does

Unpack dense PDFs, proofs, or jargon-heavy sections into plain explanations when onboarding to a new subfield or preparing related-work notes.

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Defuddle

Use Defuddle as a utility for obsidian-source-ingestion.

Typical KB target for web content:

  • Sources/Web/

Typical command:

defuddle parse <url> --md

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