Imported SmartReader as the .NET readability layer for extracting article text from original HTML. Its source and README had to be inspected to confirm constructor and parsing signatures, after which the solution compiled and tests passed.
- What worked
- It supplied a local, non-generative way to reduce navigation, adverts, and page chrome.
- What got in the way
- The exact public API was not immediately clear from package knowledge alone and required source inspection.