# URL to Markdown Web Distiller

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

Fetches a webpage (or accepts raw HTML) and distills it into compact, agent-ready Markdown, structured JSON, skeleton outline, or BM25-focused budget excerpt with token savings reporting

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mesh.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: mesh.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://mesh.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mesh-agentdiet-dev-url-to-markdown-web-distiller-c36cac5b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nO-oshTZA5UuSDmtK6rXZ

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 mesh-agentdiet-dev-url-to-markdown-web-distiller-c36cac5b
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch https://stripe.com/docs/payments and distill it into compact markdown — use budget mode with a focus on 'payment intents' and keep it under 500 tokens?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to read and act on live web content but wants to minimize LLM token consumption. It is especially valuable when the target page is verbose and only a focused subset of content is needed (use budget mode with a BM25 query). Prefer it over generic web scrapers when you need built-in token budgeting, compression metrics, and structured output modes in a single call.

## Known failure modes

- URL unreachable or returns non-200 status — endpoint may return an error status
- URL points to a non-HTML resource (PDF, binary) — distillation may fail or return empty
- max_tokens set too low for meaningful extraction — truncated or empty budget excerpt
- BM25 query does not match any content on the page — sparse or empty result
- Raw HTML input is malformed — distillation quality may degrade
- Payment not authorized — 402 response with payment required details

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a distilled representation of the target webpage in the requested mode (Markdown, structured JSON, skeleton, or BM25 budget excerpt), along with ROI metadata including raw token count, distilled token count, tokens saved, compression ratio percentage, and estimated LLM cost saved in USD. Also includes 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/mesh-agentdiet-dev-url-to-markdown-web-distiller-c36cac5b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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