Markdown Dot New

Convert a public web page URL into Markdown by fetching through markdown.new.

Use This Skill When

• The user wants a public page converted into Markdown.
• The user wants cleaner extracted content than a normal page fetch.
• The goal is content extraction, not interactive page inspection.

Do Not Use This Skill When

• The page requires login or other private access.
• The user needs to inspect live UI behavior or page structure.
• The input URL contains query parameters. This skill only supports the GET form https://markdown.new/<target-url>, and URLs with query strings would conflict with markdown.new's own query parameters.

Workflow

1. Validate input URL.

• Confirm the user provided a full public URL (for example, https://example.com/page).
• If missing or malformed, ask for a valid URL.
• If the URL contains any query parameters, report that this skill does not support them and stop.

2. Confirm URL-fetch tool availability.

• Check whether the current agent/runtime can fetch URLs with its built-in fetch/browse tool.
• If URL fetch is unavailable, tell the user that this environment cannot fetch URLs, so the conversion cannot be performed, then stop.

3. Request Markdown from markdown.new.

• Build a conversion URL as https://markdown.new/<target-url>.
• Fetch that conversion URL with the built-in fetch tool.
• Start with the default method unless the user requests a specific one.
• Retry with method=browser only when the initial request returns an empty result or something that indicates the page is protected or requires JavaScript.
• Retry with retain_images=true only when it becomes clear after the initial request that the page is image-rich and the images likely contain important context.

4. Return result.

• Provide a concise excerpt or summary by default when the Markdown is long, and offer to continue or return more.
• Return the full Markdown only when the content is short enough or the user explicitly asks for it.
• If markdown.new returns partial or degraded output, explain that the extraction may be incomplete.
• If markdown.new returns an error (for example 429 or unsupported/protected page), report the error clearly and stop.

Optional Parameters

Use only when requested:

• method=auto|ai|browser
• retain_images=true|false

Example with parameters: https://markdown.new/https://example.com?method=browser&retain_images=true

Examples

• "Convert this article to Markdown."
• "Fetch this docs page as Markdown so I can quote it."
• "Retry that extraction with browser mode because the first result was empty."

Failure Policy

Stop execution and report to the user when any of these occur:

• No built-in URL fetch capability is available.
• The input URL contains query parameters.
• The URL is invalid or not publicly reachable.
• markdown.new returns an error response.