# URL to Markdown Web Distiller

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

Fetches a web URL (or raw HTML) and distills it into compact, token-efficient Markdown, structured JSON, skeleton outline, or BM25-focused excerpts with token budget control

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://token-intel.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: token-intel.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://token-intel.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/token-intel-agentdiet-dev-url-to-markdown-web-distiller-fa8d8d4c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EoQryL-q31vLXU88RFjs1

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 token-intel-agentdiet-dev-url-to-markdown-web-distiller-fa8d8d4c
```

Example prompt: Fetch https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-intents and distill it into compact markdown — use budget mode focused on the query 'create a payment intent' with a max of 500 tokens so I don't blow my context window.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to read web content but must minimize token usage — especially for long documentation pages, data-rich HTML, or any scenario where LLM context window cost matters. Prefer over raw fetch-and-paste when you need BM25-scoped excerpts relevant to a specific query, or when you want structured JSON tables extracted from HTML rather than raw text. Ideal for agentic pipelines where every token counts.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unreachable URL returns an error status
- mode=budget without a query or max_tokens may return unfiltered output
- Very large pages may still exceed budget if compression is insufficient
- HTML payload too large may be rejected
- Paywalled or bot-blocked pages may return empty or partial content
- max_tokens below minimum (20) causes validation error

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a distilled representation of the target webpage in the requested mode (Markdown, structured JSON, skeleton outline, or BM25-focused budget excerpt), along with ROI proof fields showing raw vs distilled token counts, tokens saved, compression ratio, ROI multiplier, and estimated LLM cost saved. Also includes optional 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"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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