Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Fetch web pages as clean Markdown and search the web via the distil.net proxy
Fetch web pages as clean Markdown and search the web via the distil.net proxy
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Then review README.md for any prerequisites, environment setup, or post-install checks. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
Gives agents discoverable, consistent access to the Distil proxy โ no manual URL construction, no remembering headers or API keys. Distil converts web pages into clean Markdown, saving 60โ80% of tokens for LLM consumption.
Get your free API key with email verification from https://distil.net (sign up or use your existing key) Set the DISTIL_API_KEY environment variable Optional: set DISTIL_PROXY_URL (defaults to https://proxy.distil.net)
# Fetch any URL as clean Markdown curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/https://example.com" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY" # Search the web and get results as Markdown curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/search?q=best+practices+for+Go+error+handling" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY" \ -H "Accept: text/markdown" # Take a screenshot of a web page and return it as an image curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/screenshot/https://example.com" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY" > screenshot.png # Render a web page (such as a single page javascript app) before trying to extract markdown curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/render/https://example.com" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY" # Fetch a URL and return its raw content bypassing any attempt to render markdown curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/raw/https://example.com" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY" # Fetch a URL and return its content without using the cache curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/nocache/https://example.com" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY"
Environment VariableDefaultDescriptionDISTIL_API_KEY(none, required)API keyDISTIL_PROXY_URLhttps://proxy.distil.netProxy base URL (override for self-hosted)
Responses are returned on stdout HTTP errors are returned with non-2xx status and an error payload
# Research a topic curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/search?q=OpenClaw+agent+framework" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY" \ -H "Accept: text/markdown" # Read documentation curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/https://docs.github.com/en/rest" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY" # Force fresh fetch (bypass cache) curl -s "${DISTIL_PROXY_URL:-https://proxy.distil.net}/nocache/https://news.ycombinator.com" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: $DISTIL_API_KEY"
If you prefer to call the proxy directly: # Fetch a page curl -s "https://proxy.distil.net/https://example.com" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" # Search the web curl -s "https://proxy.distil.net/search?q=your+query" \ -H "X-Distil-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Accept: text/markdown"
Every reply request in Markdown will include how many raw tokens were saved by distil's markdown conversion, so you can see the efficiency benefits in real time. Distil's Markdown output is designed to be clean and concise, stripping away unnecessary HTML and boilerplate to give you just the content you need. This can save 60โ80% of tokens compared to raw HTML, making it much more efficient for LLM consumption. If you run out of tokens, distil will return the raw HTML content instead of Markdown, so you can still access the information even if you exceed your token limits. This way, you won't lose access to the content, but you'll be able to see how much more efficient the Markdown output is when you have tokens available. When this happens distil will inject a HTML comment within the web page you are accessing to let you know how to fix it.
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