# Web URL & HTML Distillation to Agent-Ready Markdown

> Web URL & HTML Distillation to Agent-Ready Markdown is a paid API for AI agents from email-verify.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Fetches and compresses a URL or raw HTML into compact, token-efficient Markdown or structured output with optional BM25 budget control

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://email-verify.agentdiet.dev/v1/docs-to-markdown?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: email-verify.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://email-verify.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/email-verify-agentdiet-dev-web-url-html-distillation-to-agent-ready-da2a6c7c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RAOEhMOdQwKLy7FSb4fIo

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability email-verify-agentdiet-dev-web-url-html-distillation-to-agent-ready-da2a6c7c
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch the Stripe API docs page at https://stripe.com/docs/api/charges and distill it into compact markdown, keeping it under 2000 tokens and focusing on the 'create charge' parts?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to ingest web content efficiently without exceeding LLM context windows. It is ideal for documentation pages, SaaS landing pages, or any URL where raw HTML would waste tokens. The BM25 budget mode makes it uniquely suited for targeted extraction when only a specific section of a page is needed. Prefer it over generic scrapers when token economy and structured output matter.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable URL returns an error status
- max_tokens below minimum of 20 is rejected
- mode=budget without a query may return unfiltered content
- Raw HTML too large may exceed processing limits
- Paywalled or bot-blocked pages may return empty or partial content
- Missing required 'url' parameter returns a validation error
- x402 payment failure blocks the request

## How this service works

Distill a URL or raw HTML payload with BM25 budget control (Live x402 v2, IETF MPP & MCP endpoint at https://email-verify.agentdiet.dev/v1/docs-to-markdown)

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a 'data' field containing the distilled content (Markdown, structured tables, skeleton outline, or BM25-ranked excerpt depending on mode), plus an 'roi_proof' object showing raw vs. distilled token counts, compression ratio percentage, tokens saved, and estimated LLM cost saved in USD. Also includes optional cache hit/miss status and billing details.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "url"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "url": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1,
   "description": "Target webpage URL to fetch and distill (or builtin://stripe-docs)"
  },
  "html": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional raw HTML string to distill directly without fetching"
  },
  "mode": {
   "enum": [
    "markdown",
    "structured",
    "skeleton",
    "budget"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "default": "markdown",
   "description": "Distillation mode"
  },
  "query": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "BM25 focus query when mode=budget"
  },
  "max_tokens": {
   "type": "integer",
   "minimum": 20,
   "description": "Strict token budget ceiling when mode=budget"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "status",
  "roi_proof",
  "data"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "data": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "Distilled Markdown, structured JSON tables/metadata, skeleton outline, or BM25 budget excerpt."
  },
  "cache": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "status": {
     "enum": [
      "HIT",
      "MISS"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "cache_key": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "latency_ms": {
     "type": "number"
    }
   }
  },
  "status": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Execution status ('ok')"
  },
  "billing": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "agent_id": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "payment_method": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "fee_charged_usd": {
     "type": "number"
    }
   }
  },
  "roi_proof": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "raw_tokens": {
     "type": "integer"
    },
    "tokens_saved": {
     "type": "integer"
    },
    "roi_multiplier": {
     "type": "number"
    },
    "distilled_tokens": {
     "type": "integer"
    },
    "llm_cost_saved_usd": {
     "type": "number"
    },
    "compression_ratio_pct": {
     "type": "number"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/email-verify-agentdiet-dev-web-url-html-distillation-to-agent-ready-da2a6c7c/health.json
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