# URL-to-Markdown Distiller with BM25 Budget Control

> URL-to-Markdown Distiller with BM25 Budget Control is a paid API for AI agents from hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Fetches a webpage URL or processes raw HTML and distills it into compact, agent-ready Markdown with optional BM25-ranked token budget control

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev/v1/url-to-markdown?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- 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-url-to-markdown-distiller-with-bm25-budget-54b8e7a4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3d7zmYSQwetsRkxPlia_i

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-url-to-markdown-distiller-with-bm25-budget-54b8e7a4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Fetch https://stripe.com/docs/payments and distill it into compact Markdown using budget mode, focused on the query 'payment intents', capped at 2000 tokens.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to convert any live webpage or raw HTML into compact, LLM-friendly Markdown or structured data, especially when token efficiency matters. The BM25 budget mode makes it uniquely suited for agents that need topically focused excerpts under a strict token ceiling — ideal for RAG pipelines, research agents, or any workflow where processing full HTML would be too expensive. Prefer this over generic scrapers when you want built-in compression metrics and ROI proof of token savings.

## Known failure modes

- URL is unreachable or returns non-200 status — distillation fails with fetch error
- Raw HTML is malformed or empty — distillation returns minimal or empty output
- max_tokens set below minimum of 20 — request rejected with validation error
- mode=budget requested without a query field — BM25 ranking has no focus, may return degraded results
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 — 402 response requiring valid payment header
- URL resolves to non-HTML content (PDF, binary) — may fail or return unexpected output

## 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/v1/url-to-markdown)

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the distilled content (Markdown text, structured JSON tables/metadata, skeleton outline, or BM25-ranked budget excerpt depending on mode), cache hit/miss status and latency, billing details, and an ROI proof object showing raw vs. distilled token counts, tokens saved, compression ratio percentage, and estimated LLM cost saved in USD.

## 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-url-to-markdown-distiller-with-bm25-budget-54b8e7a4/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)