# URL to Markdown Web Distiller

> URL to Markdown Web Distiller is a paid API for AI agents from github-audit.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).

Fetches and distills any web URL or raw HTML into compact, token-efficient Markdown or structured output using BM25 budget control

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://github-audit.agentdiet.dev/v1/url-to-markdown?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: github-audit.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://github-audit.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/github-audit-agentdiet-dev-url-to-markdown-web-distiller-81b2446b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_SJaygzF2RwEEi3doEThvL

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 github-audit-agentdiet-dev-url-to-markdown-web-distiller-81b2446b
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch https://stripe.com/docs/api and distill it into compact markdown, keeping it under 2000 tokens focused on 'payment intents'?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to feed web page content to an LLM but want to minimize token usage and cost. It is especially useful for agents doing research, RAG pipelines ingesting live web data, or any workflow where a strict token budget must be respected. Prefer budget mode with a query when you only need topically relevant excerpts, and skeleton mode when you need a page outline without full content.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable URL returns an error status
- Token budget too small (below minimum 20) causes rejection
- Mode enum mismatch causes validation error
- Private or bot-blocked pages may return empty or partial content
- BM25 query provided without mode=budget may be ignored
- Raw HTML too large may time out or be truncated

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing distilled content (Markdown text, structured JSON tables/metadata, skeleton outline, or BM25-ranked excerpt), an ROI proof object showing raw vs distilled token counts, compression ratio, tokens saved, and estimated LLM cost saved, plus optional cache 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/github-audit-agentdiet-dev-url-to-markdown-web-distiller-81b2446b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from github-audit.agentdiet.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/github-audit.agentdiet.dev/llms.txt)