# Web URL Article Extractor & Token Distiller

> Web URL Article Extractor & Token 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 webpage or raw HTML and distills it into compact, agent-ready tokens using BM25-controlled budgeting across multiple output modes

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://token-intel.agentdiet.dev/v1/article-extractor?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-web-url-article-extractor-token-distiller-4c075fda
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xfgskehfyM2IsSWzNweKw

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-web-url-article-extractor-token-distiller-4c075fda
```

Example prompt: Fetch https://stripe.com/docs/payments and distill it into clean markdown, staying under 800 tokens — I only care about the parts related to payment intents.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to read a webpage but the full HTML would exceed the context window or inflate LLM costs. It is especially valuable in budget mode when you want BM25-ranked excerpts relevant to a specific query, or in structured mode when you need tables and metadata extracted cleanly. Prefer it over generic scrapers when token efficiency and cost savings are primary concerns, and when you need built-in ROI metrics to justify the API call cost.

## Known failure modes

- URL is unreachable or returns a non-200 HTTP status — endpoint may return an error status
- URL points to a paywalled or JavaScript-heavy page that cannot be fetched server-side
- max_tokens set too low (below 20) — schema validation error
- mode=budget used without a query parameter — BM25 ranking has no focus signal
- Raw HTML provided via 'html' param is malformed or empty — distillation may produce minimal output
- Payment not completed via x402 — 402 Payment Required response before content is returned

## 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/article-extractor)

## Output

Returns a 'data' object containing the distilled content in the requested format (Markdown, structured JSON, skeleton outline, or BM25-ranked excerpt), along with an 'roi_proof' object showing raw token count, distilled token count, tokens saved, compression ratio percentage, LLM cost saved in USD, and ROI multiplier. 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"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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