# Web Page & HTML Distillation with BM25 Budget Control

> Web Page & HTML Distillation 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 URL or accepts raw HTML and distills it into token-efficient Markdown, structured JSON, skeleton outlines, or BM25-ranked budget excerpts with strict token ceiling control

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://hn-pulse.agentdiet.dev/v1/docs-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-web-page-html-distillation-with-bm25-budget-c4bb924a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__bV5Mx0k6k4DLAMYUSEfu

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-web-page-html-distillation-with-bm25-budget-c4bb924a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch https://stripe.com/docs/api and distill it into clean markdown, keeping it under 2000 tokens and focusing on authentication details?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to ingest web page or HTML content within a strict token budget, especially when feeding documentation, news articles, or structured web data into an LLM. It is preferred over raw scraping when token efficiency matters, and over generic scrapers when BM25 query-focused relevance filtering or multiple distillation modes (markdown, structured, skeleton, budget) are needed. Particularly valuable for agents that repeatedly access the same URLs and benefit from caching.

## Known failure modes

- URL is unreachable or returns non-200 status — endpoint may return an error status
- HTML payload is malformed or empty — distillation may produce minimal output
- max_tokens ceiling too low to include meaningful content — may return truncated or empty excerpt
- BM25 query not provided when mode=budget — may default to unfiltered budget truncation
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 — returns 402 Payment Required

## 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/docs-to-markdown)

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the distilled content (Markdown text, structured JSON tables/metadata, skeleton outline, or BM25-ranked excerpt depending on mode), an ROI proof block showing raw vs distilled token counts, compression ratio, 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/hn-pulse-agentdiet-dev-web-page-html-distillation-with-bm25-budget-c4bb924a/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)