safari-archiver

Safari Archiver

Archives web pages and PDFs from Safari into an Obsidian vault as clean Markdown files. Two variants are provided: a Python-backed AppleScript (full-featured) and a pure JavaScript AppleScript (no Python dependency, but no PDF support).

When to use

Use this skill when the user wants to save the current Safari page to Obsidian, export a web page as markdown, or archive a PDF from Safari.

Components

1. safari-markdown-exporter.py -- Python content extractor

The core extraction engine. Called by the AppleScript wrappers.

python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/safari-markdown-exporter.py <input_file> <url> [title] [--pdf]

How it works:

• For web pages: Uses trafilatura to extract the main article content as Markdown. Downloads images locally, rewrites image links to Obsidian wiki-link format (![[folder/image.jpg]]). Handles both trafilatura-found images and raw HTML-extracted figures/standalone images.
• For PDFs: Uses PyMuPDF (fitz) to extract text. Copies the source PDF into an asset folder. Links the PDF in YAML frontmatter.

Output structure:

Obsidian Vault/Saved Pages/
  <domain>/
    001 - 2026-01-15 - Article Title.md      # Markdown with frontmatter
    001 - 2026-01-15 - Article Title/         # Asset folder
      image1.jpg
      image2.png

YAML frontmatter includes: title, url, domain, date_saved, and optionally source_pdf.

2. safari-markdown-exporter.scpt -- AppleScript (Python variant)

Triggered via keyboard shortcut (Automator Quick Action). Workflow:

1. Gets URL and title from the active Safari tab
2. For PDFs: downloads via curl, calls Python with --pdf flag
3. For web pages: toggles Safari Reader Mode for cleaner content, extracts full HTML via JavaScript, writes to temp file, calls Python
4. Shows macOS notification on success

NOTE: The .scpt file contains hardcoded paths that must be updated for your environment:

• pythonScript property -- path to safari-markdown-exporter.py
• pythonPath property -- path to Python 3.11+ interpreter

3. safari-markdown-exporter-js.scpt -- AppleScript (JavaScript variant)

A self-contained version that embeds an HTML-to-Markdown converter in JavaScript. No Python dependency, but does not support PDF archival. Handles image downloading via curl and Obsidian wiki-link rewriting natively in AppleScript.

4. safari-pdf-exporter.scpt -- PDF export with auto-scroll

A simpler utility that exports the current Safari page as PDF using Safari's "Export as PDF" menu, auto-increments a counter for sequential filenames, scrolls to the bottom of the page, and navigates to the next page. Useful for batch-exporting multi-page courseware.

Dependencies

• trafilatura (pip install trafilatura) -- article content extraction
• PyMuPDF (pip install pymupdf) -- PDF text extraction (optional)
• macOS with Safari -- AppleScript automation
• Obsidian vault configured at the expected iCloud path

Setup

1. Update the pythonScript and pythonPath properties in the .scpt files to match your local paths
2. Create an Automator Quick Action to run the desired .scpt file
3. Assign a keyboard shortcut in System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services