# AgentDiet Web Distiller

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

Fetches a URL or raw HTML and compresses it into compact, agent-ready tokens using BM25 budget control and multiple distillation modes

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev/api/diet?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/hn-pulse-agentdiet-dev-agentdiet-web-distiller-aba444ac
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__516umbXujP_jq21yWhfV

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 hn-pulse-agentdiet-dev-agentdiet-web-distiller-aba444ac
```

Example prompt: Distill https://stripe.com/docs/payments into clean markdown using budget mode, focusing on 'payment intents', and cap it at 500 tokens.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to feed web page content to an LLM but want to minimize token consumption and cost. It is especially valuable when working with long documentation pages, pricing tables, or articles where only the most relevant sections matter. Prefer it over raw web fetching whenever token budgets are a concern or when you need structured JSON or skeleton outlines rather than raw HTML.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable URL returns an error status
- HTML fetch timeout for slow or blocked pages
- Token budget too small (max_tokens below 20) rejected by schema validation
- BM25 query provided without mode=budget may be ignored
- Raw HTML too large may hit processing limits
- Payment/402 failure if agent wallet is insufficient

## How this service works

Distill a URL or raw HTML payload with BM25 budget control (Live x402 v2, IETF MPP & MCP endpoint at https://hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev/api/diet)

## Output

Returns a 'data' object containing the distilled content (Markdown text, structured JSON tables/metadata, skeleton outline, or BM25-ranked excerpt depending on mode), plus an 'roi_proof' object showing raw token count, distilled token count, tokens saved, compression ratio percentage, and estimated LLM cost saved in USD. Optionally includes billing details and cache status (HIT/MISS).

## 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/hn-pulse-agentdiet-dev-agentdiet-web-distiller-aba444ac/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev/llms.txt)