How do I install the Kindle skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add evansking/kindle in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Kindle skill do?

Send articles to Kindle. Default action when user texts a bare article URL. It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

Is Kindle safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Kindle?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Kindle free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Kindle?

evansking (@evansking) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Kindle by evansking — Agent Skill

Name: Kindle
Author: evansking

File contents

Send to Kindle

Fetch a web article, clean it up, and email it to your Kindle as a readable HTML document.

CLI: send-to-kindle <url>

Always uses Playwright headed (real visible Chromium window, not headless). This is the right tool for this job — don't use web_fetch or openclaw browser for Kindle sends.

Setup

Create ~/.openclaw/.env with:

SMTP_HOST=smtp.example.com
SMTP_PORT=587
SMTP_USER=you@example.com
SMTP_PASS=your-app-password
KINDLE_EMAIL=you_abc123@kindle.com

When to use

User texts a bare URL with no other context — assume they want it sent to Kindle
User says "send to kindle", "read later", "kindle this", etc.
Any article/blog link

Do NOT use for non-article URLs (e.g. YouTube videos, Google Maps links, app store links, shopping pages).

How to use

send-to-kindle "https://example.com/some-article"

The script launches a visible Chromium window, loads the page like a real user, auto-dismisses cookie banners, extracts the article with readability, and emails it as a clean HTML attachment.

If the script fails

If it exits with BLOCKED, the site beat Playwright's Chromium. Recover manually:

Open the page in openclaw browser (real system Chrome — harder to block):

openclaw browser open "<url>"
openclaw browser wait --load-state networkidle

Grab the content:

openclaw browser snapshot
# Find the article element ref, then:
openclaw browser evaluate --fn '(el) => el.innerHTML' --ref <ref>

Email it to Kindle — load SMTP creds from ~/.openclaw/.env and send as .html attachment.
Close the tab:

openclaw browser close <tab-id>

Don't give up just because the script errored.

Reply

"Sent 'The Future of AI' to your Kindle."
If it fails and you recovered manually, same confirmation.
If it truly can't be fetched (hard paywall requiring login, etc.), tell user why.

Notes

Config (SMTP credentials, Kindle email) is in ~/.openclaw/.env
Strips ads, nav, scripts, and junk before sending
Sends as .html attachment so Kindle preserves formatting

---name: kindledescription: Send articles to Kindle. Default action when user texts a bare article URL.---# Send to KindleFetch a web article, clean it up, and email it to your Kindle as a readable HTML document.**CLI:** `send-to-kindle <url>`**Always uses Playwright headed** (real visible Chromium window, not headless). This is the right tool for this job — don't use `web_fetch` or `openclaw browser` for Kindle sends.## SetupCreate `~/.openclaw/.env` with:```SMTP_HOST=smtp.example.comSMTP_PORT=587SMTP_USER=you@example.comSMTP_PASS=your-app-passwordKINDLE_EMAIL=you_abc123@kindle.com```## When to use- **User texts a bare URL with no other context** — assume they want it sent to Kindle- User says "send to kindle", "read later", "kindle this", etc.- Any article/blog linkDo NOT use for non-article URLs (e.g. YouTube videos, Google Maps links, app store links, shopping pages).## How to use```bashsend-to-kindle "https://example.com/some-article"```The script launches a visible Chromium window, loads the page like a real user, auto-dismisses cookie banners, extracts the article with readability, and emails it as a clean HTML attachment.## If the script failsIf it exits with BLOCKED, the site beat Playwright's Chromium. Recover manually:1. Open the page in openclaw browser (real system Chrome — harder to block):```bashopenclaw browser open "<url>"openclaw browser wait --load-state networkidle```2. Grab the content:```bashopenclaw browser snapshot# Find the article element ref, then:openclaw browser evaluate --fn '(el) => el.innerHTML' --ref <ref>```3. Email it to Kindle — load SMTP creds from `~/.openclaw/.env` and send as `.html` attachment.4. Close the tab:```bashopenclaw browser close <tab-id>```**Don't give up just because the script errored.**## Reply- "Sent 'The Future of AI' to your Kindle."- If it fails and you recovered manually, same confirmation.- If it truly can't be fetched (hard paywall requiring login, etc.), tell user why.## Notes- Config (SMTP credentials, Kindle email) is in `~/.openclaw/.env`- Strips ads, nav, scripts, and junk before sending- Sends as `.html` attachment so Kindle preserves formatting

Frequently asked questions

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