Web fetch markdown of page

Data & APIs

Fetch web pages as reduced markdown via jina.ai. Use when user wants to fetch a URL and get condensed markdown content to save tokens. Triggered by phrases like "fetch as markdown", "reduce tokens", "jina.ai fetch", or when fetching web content that should be condensed.

Install

openclaw skills install web-fetch-markdown

web-fetch-markdown

Fetch web pages as reduced markdown using jina.ai summarization service.

When to Use

  • User asks to fetch a URL with reduced/condensed output
  • Token conservation is important for the task
  • User mentions "jina.ai" or "markdown it"
  • Fetching long articles, documentation, or content-heavy pages

How to Use

  1. Take the original URL user wants to fetch
  2. Construct the jina.ai proxy URL: https://r.jina.ai/<original-url>
  3. Use web_fetch tool with the constructed URL
  4. Return the markdown content to user

Example

User wants to fetch https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw

Construct: https://r.jina.ai/https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw

Then call:

web_fetch url="https://r.jina.ai/https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"

Notes

  • jina.ai automatically extracts and reduces markdown content
  • Works with most public web pages
  • Great for GitHub READMEs, articles, documentation