Daily Medium Skill#

Fetch Medium Daily Digest emails from Gmail and extract article information with paywall-free links.

Overview#

This skill connects to Gmail via IMAP, retrieves the latest Medium Daily Digest email, extracts article URLs, and provides Freedium mirror links to bypass Medium's paywall.

Prerequisites#

Environment Variables Required:

• EMAIL_ADDRESS - Gmail address (e.g., user@gmail.com)
• EMAIL_PASSWORD - Gmail App Password (not regular password)

How to get Gmail App Password:

1. Go to Google Account → Security → 2-Step Verification
2. At the bottom, click "App passwords"
3. Select "Mail" and your device
4. Copy the 16-character password

Usage#

Basic Usage#

python

from scripts.fetch_medium import fetch_medium_digest

# Fetch today's Medium digest
result = fetch_medium_digest()

if result:
    print(f"Digest: {result['digest_title']}")
    for article in result['articles']:
        print(f"- {article['title']}")
        print(f"  Freedium: {article['freedium_url']}")

With Custom Credentials#

python

result = fetch_medium_digest(
    email_address="user@gmail.com",
    password="xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx"
)

Output Format#

The fetch_medium_digest() function returns:

python

{
    'digest_date': 'Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000',
    'digest_title': '10 OpenClaw Use Cases for a Personal AI Assistant | Balazs Kocsis',
    'articles': [
        {
            'title': 'Article Title Here',
            'author': 'username',
            'url': 'https://medium.com/@username/article-slug',
            'freedium_url': 'https://freedium-mirror.cfd/https://medium.com/@username/article-slug'
        },
        # ... more articles
    ]
}

Article Summaries#

To generate article summaries, fetch the content via Freedium and summarize:

python

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def summarize_article(freedium_url):
    response = requests.get(freedium_url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'html.parser')
    text = soup.get_text(separator=' ', strip=True)
    # Return first 300 chars as summary
    return text[:300] + "..."

Notes#

• Maximum 15 articles returned by default (configurable via max_articles parameter)
• Requires IMAP access enabled in Gmail settings
• Uses Freedium (freedium-mirror.cfd) to bypass Medium's paywall
• Only fetches the most recent Medium Daily Digest email