# HTML to Markdown Distiller with BM25 Budget Control

> HTML to Markdown Distiller with BM25 Budget Control is a paid API for AI agents from workflows.agentdiet.dev, paid per call via MPP, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Converts a URL or raw HTML payload into compact, agent-ready Markdown with optional BM25-ranked token budget control

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://workflows.agentdiet.dev/v1/html-to-markdown?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: workflows.agentdiet.dev
- Website: https://workflows.agentdiet.dev
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/workflows-agentdiet-dev-html-to-markdown-distiller-with-bm25-budget-6516a757
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ifGiCWkDSt6c7RKfMWwB5

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 workflows-agentdiet-dev-html-to-markdown-distiller-with-bm25-budget-6516a757 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you fetch https://stripe.com/docs/payments and distill it into compact markdown using budget mode, focused on 'payment intents', keeping it under 500 tokens?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to fetch and compress web content into agent-friendly tokens, especially when LLM context window limits or cost constraints matter. It is particularly valuable over generic scraping tools when you need BM25-ranked budget control to surface only the most query-relevant content. Use it instead of raw HTML fetching whenever you want automated markdown conversion with built-in ROI metrics showing exactly how many tokens and dollars were saved.

## Known failure modes

- URL is unreachable or returns non-200 — fetch failure error
- HTML payload is empty or malformed — parsing error
- max_tokens set below minimum of 20 — validation error
- BM25 query provided without mode=budget — query may be ignored
- Target page blocks bots or requires authentication — empty or partial content returned
- Token budget too small for meaningful extraction — truncated or minimal output

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a 'data' field containing the distilled content (Markdown, structured JSON tables, skeleton outline, or BM25 budget excerpt depending on mode), plus an 'roi_proof' object showing raw token count, distilled token count, tokens saved, compression ratio percentage, estimated LLM cost saved in USD, and ROI multiplier. Also includes optional cache hit/miss status and billing metadata.

## 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/workflows-agentdiet-dev-html-to-markdown-distiller-with-bm25-budget-6516a757/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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