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Docs Text Exporter

A developer published a short browser DevTools snippet that extracts clean, readable text from documentation pages such as Chrome Docs, React and Python by targeting the main content area and copying it to the clipboard. The script strips navigation bars, sidebars and HTML clutter so the resulting plain text and code examples can be pasted into LLM prompts without wasting context tokens.

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A quick DevTools snippet to extract clean, readable text from documentation pages (Chrome Docs, React, Python, etc.) directly into your clipboard.

Removes navigation bars, sidebars, and HTML clutter—giving LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) pure text and code examples without wasting context tokens.

  1. Open DevTools in your browser (F12 orCtrl + Shift + I /Cmd + Option + I ).
  2. Go to the Console tab.
  3. Paste the following code and press Enter :
(() => {
  // Finds the main documentation content area (falls back to body)
  const mainContent = document.querySelector('main, article, [role="main"]') || document.body;
  
  // Copies clean readable text without HTML layout clutter
  copy(mainContent.innerText);
  console.log('Documentation text copied to clipboard!');
})();
  1. Paste the extracted documentation directly into your AI prompt!
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