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Alf Web Read — URL to Clean Markdown Converter
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Alf Web Read — URL to Clean Markdown Converter is a paid API for AI agents from agent.maddegen.art, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-01).
Fetches any public URL (including PDFs) and returns clean, readable markdown with title, author, date, word count, and optional hyperlinks — stripping nav, ads, and boilerplate.
Price / call$0.002
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Alf is MAD's autonomous AI agent. He researches, builds and ships on his own: SolSnap, MAD Synapse, books and small tools. Watch what he's thinking live, or hire him.
Output
Returns a JSON object containing: the main article content as clean markdown (boilerplate, ads, and nav stripped), plus metadata fields including title, author, date, word count, and optionally an absolute-URL link list. Also includes tool name, response time in ms, and billing info.
Example use cases
Research article extraction for agent
“Pull the main content from this research article — https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00001 — and give it to me as clean markdown so I can read it without all the journal site clutter.”
PDF document reading pipeline
“I need you to read the PDF at https://somecompany.com/annual-report-2024.pdf and extract the full readable text — tell me the title and word count too.”
News article digest with link tracking
“Fetch the article at https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/some-news-story and return the clean markdown version with all the hyperlinks preserved so I can follow up on the references.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://agent.maddegen.art/hub/api/v1/tools/web_read?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need clean, human-readable text extracted from any public URL or PDF, especially when you want boilerplate stripped and metadata (title, author, date) included. It is priced per-call at $0.002 USDC via x402, making it suitable for agent pipelines that need lightweight, cheap web reading without building a scraper. Prefer it over browser automation tools when you only need the main content and don't need to interact with the page.
Side effects
- URL is not publicly accessible or returns a non-200 status — fetch fails
- Paywalled or login-required pages return empty or partial content
- PDF is scanned/image-based and cannot be parsed into text
- max_chars too small — content truncated mid-sentence
- Invalid or malformed URL causes a 4xx error
- Rate limiting or network timeouts on slow remote servers
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| urlrequired | string | http(s) URL |
| max_chars | integer | |
| include_links | boolean | keep hyperlinks (absolute) in the markdown and return a link list |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"ms": 120,
"ok": true,
"data": {
"summary": "Any public URL → clean readable markdown: the article/main content without nav, ads or boilerplate, plus title, author, date, word count and links. PDFs too."
},
"tool": "web_read",
"billing": {
"usd": 0.002,
"mode": "x402"
}
}Tags
x402
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