# Web URL Distillation & Token Compression API

> Web URL Distillation & Token Compression API 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 and compresses a webpage URL (or raw HTML) into compact, agent-ready tokens using BM25 budget control and multiple extraction modes

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mesh.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: mesh.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://mesh.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mesh-agentdiet-dev-web-url-distillation-token-compression-api-61f871f3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_wf6tPdvj1wCCZhU96JfhB

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-web-url-distillation-token-compression-api-61f871f3
```

Example prompt: Can you distill https://stripe.com/docs/payments into compact markdown and tell me how many tokens you saved compared to the raw page?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to feed webpage content to an LLM but want to minimize token usage and cost — especially useful for long documentation pages, news articles, or any web content where you want clean markdown, structured tables, or a BM25-focused excerpt rather than raw HTML. Prefer it over generic scrapers when token budget control and ROI tracking matter to your agent pipeline.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable URL returns an error status
- URL behind a paywall or login wall may return incomplete or empty content
- Exceeding the token ceiling in budget mode may truncate results
- Raw HTML input conflicts with URL parameter
- Network timeouts on slow external sites
- Rate limiting or payment failure via x402 if USDC balance 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://mesh.agentdiet.dev/api/diet)

## Output

Returns a status field, distilled data object (markdown text, structured JSON, skeleton outline, or BM25-focused excerpt depending on mode), an roi_proof object showing raw vs distilled token counts, compression ratio, and estimated LLM cost saved, plus optional cache hit/miss info 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-web-url-distillation-token-compression-api-61f871f3/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mesh.agentdiet.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mesh.agentdiet.dev/llms.txt)