Plain Text
This skill extracts plain text from any input, simplifying data and enabling focused analysis for various tasks.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add plain-text npx -- -y @trustedskills/plain-text
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"plain-text": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/plain-text"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill allows an AI agent to process and output text in a plain, unformatted manner. It removes any styling or markup that might be present in the original input, delivering raw textual data. This is useful for extracting content from formatted documents or preparing text for further processing where formatting is undesirable.
When to use it
- Extracting article content from a website with complex HTML structure.
- Converting rich text emails into simple, readable text messages.
- Preparing data for analysis by removing unnecessary formatting characters.
- Generating output that needs to be compatible with systems that only accept plain text.
Key capabilities
- Removes all formatting (e.g., bolding, italics, lists).
- Outputs raw textual content.
- Handles various input formats.
Example prompts
- "Convert this HTML snippet to plain text: `<p>This is <b>bold</b> and <i>italic</i>.</p>"
- "Extract the main body of text from this email."
- “Give me just the words, without any formatting.”
Tips & gotchas
The skill's effectiveness depends on the complexity of the original formatting. Very complex or unusual markup might not be completely removed.
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