This skill is for reading rendered PANews web pages as Markdown, including the homepage, article pages, and column pages. Use it when the user wants page content in a Markdown-friendly format with page metadata, rather than structured API fields or filtered search results.
It is best suited for single-page retrieval from PANews URLs. The skill should preserve the rendered page structure and metadata, and it should not be used for broad crawling, creator workflows, or API-style data discovery.
Read www.panewslab.com pages as Markdown via Accept: text/markdown. Responses include a YAML frontmatter block with page metadata (title, description, image).
Runtime behavior: this skill performs direct HTTP GET requests to https://www.panewslab.com with Accept: text/markdown and returns the rendered Markdown response. It does not require local scripts, creator credentials, or broad site crawling.
Common User Phrases
- "Read this article as Markdown."
- "Open this column page and give me the rendered content."
When to Use
- The user provides or implies a PANews web URL
- The task is to read the rendered article page, homepage, or column page as Markdown
- The caller wants the page content, not the underlying JSON API shape
Do Not Use When
- The task is structured search, rankings, or filtered API retrieval
- The task requires creator authentication or write access
- The user asks for JSON fields rather than page Markdown
Supported Languages
| Locale | Prefix |
|---|
| Simplified Chinese | /zh |
| Traditional Chinese | /zh-hant |
| English | /en |
| Japanese | /ja |
| Korean | /ko |
Standard Workflow
PANews Web Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Confirm this is a website-page task, not an API task
- [ ] Step 2: Choose the locale prefix
- [ ] Step 3: Fetch with Accept: text/markdown
- [ ] Step 4: Preserve frontmatter metadata in the response
Standard Request Template
1. Start from https://www.panewslab.com
2. Build a page URL using one of the supported locale prefixes:
/zh, /zh-hant, /en, /ja, /ko
3. If the caller provides a PANews path without a locale prefix, prepend the prefix from `--lang`, or default to `/zh`
4. Send an HTTP GET request with:
Accept: text/markdown
5. Return the Markdown body as-is, including YAML frontmatter metadata
6. If the response is 404, report the page as unavailable
Rules
- Use a direct HTTP request with
Accept: text/markdown
- Always include the locale prefix in the URL
- Route to
panews if the user asks for structured search or filterable API data
Examples
https://www.panewslab.com/en
https://www.panewslab.com/en/ARTICLE_ID
https://www.panewslab.com/zh-hant/columns/COLUMN_ID
Failure Handling
- If the page returns
404, report it as unavailable rather than trying to synthesize content from API endpoints
- If the caller gives a path without a locale prefix, add the prefix from
--lang or default to zh