# ⚡ Web to LLM Clean Markdown & RAG Crawler (`unrivaled_fortress/llm-markdown-clean-web-crawler`) Actor

Convert any webpage into clean, LLM-ready markdown. Strips ads, navbars, and cookie banners to optimize AI context tokens for ChatGPT, Claude, and RAG.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/unrivaled\_fortress/llm-markdown-clean-web-crawler.md
- **Developed by:** [David A](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Developer tools, Integrations
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 75.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.98 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🤖 LLM Markdown Web Scraper — Firecrawl & Jina Reader Alternative

Token-optimized web scraper and HTML-to-Markdown purifier designed specifically for **AI Agents, RAG pipelines, LLM fine-tuning, and vector databases**. Strips cookie banners, navigation menus, ads, and CSS/JS clutter to deliver pristine, GitHub-flavored Markdown.

***

### ⚡ Key Features

- 🧼 **Intelligent Boilerplate Stripping**: Automatically detects and purges navigation headers, footers, cookie banners, advertisements, and sidebar clutter.
- 🧠 **Token-Efficient LLM Ingestion**: Reduces prompt token usage by 60%–80% compared to raw HTML or generic text dumps.
- 📊 **RAG Metadata Included**: Preserves canonical URLs, page titles, author credits, OpenGraph preview images, and estimated LLM token counts.
- 📑 **Structure Preservation**: Keeps tables, code blocks, lists, blockquotes, and relevant links intact.
- 💰 **Cost Effective**: Pay-Per-Event pricing at just **$0.0015 / page** ($1.50 / 1,000 pages).

***

### 📥 Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `urls` | Array of strings | List of target web page URLs | `["https://news.ycombinator.com"]` |
| `stripBoilerplate` | Boolean | Remove navigation, headers & footers | `true` |
| `includeImages` | Boolean | Keep markdown image tags `![alt](url)` | `true` |

***

### 📤 Output Format

```json
{
  "url": "https://apify.com/about",
  "resolvedUrl": "https://apify.com/about",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://apify.com/about",
  "title": "About Apify | The web scraping and automation platform",
  "description": "We are building the world's leading web scraping and data extraction platform.",
  "author": "Apify Technologies",
  "ogImage": "https://apify.com/og-image.jpg",
  "httpStatus": 200,
  "wordCount": 642,
  "characterCount": 4210,
  "estimatedLlmTokens": 1107,
  "markdown": "# About Apify\n\nApify is the cloud platform for web scraping..."
}
```

***

#### 🔥 The B2B Contact & OSINT Intelligence Suite

Combine these actors to build a full-spectrum OSINT & lead intelligence stack:

| Tool | Purpose | Pricing | Link |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 🕵️‍♂️ **Digital Footprint & OSINT Investigator** | Trace emails, usernames & phones across 30+ sites | $3.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/digital-footprint-osint-investigator) |
| 💼 **B2B Tech Stack & Lead Enricher** | BuiltWith alternative — detect 120+ technologies | $3.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/b2b-company-tech-stack-enricher) |
| 📺 **YouTube Subtitles & AI LLM Context** | Instant transcript & timestamp extractor for RAG | $1.50 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/youtube-transcript-summary-ai) |
| 📣 **Meta Ads Library Creative Spy** | Scrape competitor Facebook & Instagram ads | $2.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/facebook-meta-ads-library-scraper) |
| 🤖 **LLM Markdown Clean Web Crawler** | Firecrawl alternative — token-optimized Markdown | $1.50 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/llm-markdown-clean-web-crawler) |
| 🔥 **LinkedIn Employees Scraper** | Extract decision makers & team members | $5.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/linkedin-company-employees) |
| 📍 **Google Maps Business Leads** | Extract local businesses, addresses & phones | $2.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/google-maps-business-enricher) |
| 🛡️ **Email Data Breach Hunter** | Detect compromised credentials & database leaks | $3.00 / 1K | [View on Store →](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/email-data-breach-osint) |

***

### ⭐ Loved using this Actor?

If this Actor powered your data pipelines or saved you hours of manual research, **please take 10 seconds to leave a 5-star rating**! It helps independent creators maintain high-speed public tools.

👉 [**Click here to leave a review & rating on Apify Store**](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress/llm-markdown-clean-web-crawler#reviews)

***

**Crafted with precision by [David Ahn](https://apify.com/unrivaled_fortress)** · High-velocity data intelligence

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of URLs to scrape and convert into clean Markdown.

## `stripBoilerplate` (type: `boolean`):

Remove navigation bars, headers, footers, cookie banners, and sidebars to minimize token waste.

## `includeImages` (type: `boolean`):

Keep image markdown syntax `![alt](url)` in the output.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://news.ycombinator.com",
    "https://apify.com/about"
  ],
  "stripBoilerplate": true,
  "includeImages": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://news.ycombinator.com",
        "https://apify.com/about"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("unrivaled_fortress/llm-markdown-clean-web-crawler").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "urls": [
        "https://news.ycombinator.com",
        "https://apify.com/about",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("unrivaled_fortress/llm-markdown-clean-web-crawler").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://news.ycombinator.com",
    "https://apify.com/about"
  ]
}' |
apify call unrivaled_fortress/llm-markdown-clean-web-crawler --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,unrivaled_fortress/llm-markdown-clean-web-crawler"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yZz8akt3wbMl1OIHC/builds/dgdIeKVjByzKX0rRL/openapi.json