URL to Markdown (Article Extractor) runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 23 Oct 2026.
Turn any URL into clean Markdown or text for LLMs, RAG and agents. Strips nav, ads and footers.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check URL to Markdown (Article Extractor) every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add url-to-markdown-mcp -e 'ZYLA_API_KEY=<ZYLA_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @kitedesk-erm/url-to-markdown-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"url-to-markdown-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kitedesk-erm/url-to-markdown-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ZYLA_API_KEY": "<ZYLA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.url-to-markdown-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@kitedesk-erm/url-to-markdown-mcp"]
env = { ZYLA_API_KEY = "<ZYLA_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"url-to-markdown-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kitedesk-erm/url-to-markdown-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ZYLA_API_KEY": "<ZYLA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"url-to-markdown-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kitedesk-erm/url-to-markdown-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ZYLA_API_KEY": "<ZYLA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<ZYLA_API_KEY> (Your Zyla API Hub key for the Article Extractor and URL to Markdown API (7-day free trial)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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