Medium Paywall Bypass
- 50 installs
- 49 repo stars
- Updated February 11, 2026
- ratacat/claude-skills
Helps with ai & agent building tasks.
About
medium-paywall-bypass is a Claude Code skill for ai & agent building. It helps solo builders move faster with AI-assisted coding.
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Medium Paywall Bypass by the numbers
- 50 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- Ranked #7,206 of 16,556 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 50 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 49 |
| Last updated | February 11, 2026 |
| Repository | ratacat/claude-skills ↗ |
What it does
Helps with ai & agent building tasks.
Files
Medium Paywall Bypass
Overview
Fetch paywalled Medium articles using free mirror services. Try services in order until one works.
Service Priority
| Service | URL Pattern | WebFetch | curl | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedium | https://freedium.cfd/{encoded_url} | Yes | Yes | Best option, returns content directly |
| Archive.today | https://archive.today/latest/{raw_url} | No | Maybe | Often requires captcha |
| RemovePaywalls | https://removepaywalls.com/{raw_url} | No | No | Redirect page only, needs browser |
| ReadMedium | https://readmedium.com/en/{encoded_url} | No | No | Returns 403 programmatically |
{encoded_url}= URL-encoded (slashes become %2F, @ becomes %40, etc.){raw_url}= Original URL as-is
For Claude Code: Use Freedium via WebFetch. Other services require browser interaction.
Workflow
1. User provides Medium URL
2. Try Freedium first via WebFetch
3. If blocked/empty, try next service
4. Extract and present article contentExample Usage
Given: https://medium.com/@user/some-article-abc123
WebFetch (recommended):
URL: https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40user%2Fsome-article-abc123
Prompt: Extract the full article contentcurl fallback:
curl -sL "https://freedium.cfd/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40user%2Fsome-article-abc123"Medium-Hosted Domains
These domains use Medium's paywall system:
medium.com,*.medium.comtowardsdatascience.combetterprogramming.publevelup.gitconnected.comjavascript.plainenglish.iouxdesign.cchackernoon.comcodeburst.ioitnext.ioproandroiddev.cominfosecwriteups.com
Common Issues
| Problem | Solution |
|---|---|
| Freedium down | Try alternative mirror: freedium-mirror.cfd |
| Article not found | Article may be too new to be cached |
| Garbled HTML | Use WebFetch with prompt: "Extract the article text and format as markdown" |
| 403/blocked | Try curl with dangerouslyDisableSandbox: true |
Quick Reference
# URL encoding in Python
from urllib.parse import quote
encoded = quote(url, safe='')
# For WebFetch tool
freedium_url = f"https://freedium.cfd/{quote(medium_url, safe='')}"Related skills
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