# Skim Article Extraction

> Skim Article Extraction is a paid API for AI agents from skim402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.015/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Extracts structured article data (title, author, date, summary, key points) from any URL without requiring a custom schema

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://skim402.com/api/v2/extract/article?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.015/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/skim-article-extraction-29ffea2a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_W4RBxElANRvv4B2DKf3V6

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 skim-article-extraction-29ffea2a
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the structured article data from this link — title, author, publication date, summary, and key points — https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/technology/ai-regulation.html?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured article metadata (title, author, date, summary, key points) from a URL and don't want to define your own JSON schema. It is faster and simpler than the schema-conforming extraction endpoint for standard article use cases. Prefer the JS-rendered reader sibling if the target page is a SPA or JavaScript-gated. Use the schema-conforming extraction endpoint when you need custom fields beyond standard article metadata.

## Known failure modes

- URL is paywalled or requires login — extraction may return incomplete or no content
- URL points to a non-article page (homepage, search results) — fields may be empty or inaccurate
- Article page is JavaScript-rendered (SPA) — static extraction may miss content; use JS-rendered reader sibling endpoint instead
- URL is unreachable or returns a 4xx/5xx — extraction fails with an error
- Malformed or missing URL query parameter — returns a validation error

## How this service works

Skim: article extraction — URL to structured article JSON (title, author, date, summary, key points). No schema required.

## Output

A structured JSON object containing the extracted article's title, author name, publication date, a prose summary, and a list of key points — all derived from the page at the provided URL, with no custom schema required from the caller.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The URL to extract article data from."
      },
      "instructions": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional natural-language guidance to bias the extraction within the preset schema."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/skim-article-extraction-29ffea2a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from skim402.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/skim402.com/llms.txt)