# Web URL Markdown Distillation API

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

Fetches a webpage URL (or raw HTML) and distills it into compact, agent-ready Markdown, structured JSON, skeleton outline, or BM25-budgeted excerpts with token compression metrics

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://onchain-risk.agentdiet.dev/v1/markdown-distill?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-21
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: onchain-risk.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://onchain-risk.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/onchain-risk-agentdiet-dev-web-url-markdown-distillation-api-fd5c3687
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_k3V-RnyGgMnd8oXahKvKB

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 onchain-risk-agentdiet-dev-web-url-markdown-distillation-api-fd5c3687
```

Example prompt: Fetch https://stripe.com/docs/payments and distill it into compact Markdown using budget mode focused on 'payment intents', keeping it under 500 tokens so I can fit it in my context window.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to read webpage content but must minimize token consumption and LLM cost. It is especially valuable when processing documentation pages, product pages, or any long-form web content that would otherwise exceed context windows. Prefer over raw fetch+parse when you need BM25-focused excerpts, structured table extraction, or measurable compression ROI. Best suited for autonomous agents that pay per token and need proof of efficiency.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable URL returns an error status
- URL behind authentication or paywalls may return incomplete content
- max_tokens set below minimum (20) causes validation error
- BM25 query with mode other than 'budget' is ignored silently
- Raw HTML too large may cause timeout or truncation
- Payment failure via x402 blocks the request

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a 'data' field containing the distilled content (Markdown text, structured JSON tables, skeleton outline, or BM25-focused excerpt depending on mode), plus an 'roi_proof' block showing raw_tokens, distilled_tokens, tokens_saved, compression_ratio_pct, roi_multiplier, and llm_cost_saved_usd. Also includes optional cache status (HIT/MISS) 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/onchain-risk-agentdiet-dev-web-url-markdown-distillation-api-fd5c3687/health.json
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