WeChat Article Reader

Read and summarize WeChat Official Account articles that web_fetch and standard headless browsers cannot access.

Recommended Workflow

When a user shares a WeChat article link:

1. Fetch text — node scripts/fetch_wechat.js <url> --json (required)
2. Take screenshot — node scripts/screenshot_wechat.js <url> --out=/tmp/wechat_article.png (best-effort, run in parallel with step 1)
3. Send screenshot — message(action=send, media=/tmp/wechat_article.png) if step 2 succeeded; skip silently if it failed
4. Send summary — text summary following the output format below
5. Clean up — delete the temporary screenshot file

Steps 1 and 2 can run in parallel. The screenshot is recommended but not mandatory — if it fails (timeout, rendering issue, etc.), proceed with the text summary only. Do not block the response waiting for a screenshot that may never succeed.

Why Standard Methods Fail

WeChat blocks bots by checking four signals. This skill defeats all four: