fetch-text

name	fetch-text
description	Fetch the text content of a web page or PDF from a URL. Handles HTML, PDF, Markdown, plain text — auto-detects format.
args	{"url":"required string — the URL or base64-encoded PDF to fetch"}

fetch-text

Retrieve and extract the full text of a URL. Auto-detects the format (HTML / PDF / Markdown / plain text) and returns the extracted text.

Behavior

• HTML: structured text with links and image references preserved.
• PDF: text extraction page by page.
• Markdown / plain: returned as-is.
• Page candidate images (Open Graph, Twitter cards, in-page <img> tags) are surfaced as part of the result so a downstream display can pick a primary image without re-fetching.

When to use vs search-web

• fetch-text — you already have a specific URL and want the complete content.
• search-web — you're looking for information and don't yet have the URL.

Examples

{"thought": "read the paper from the URL", "tool": "fetch-text", "url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762.pdf"}

{"thought": "load today's weather forecast page", "tool": "fetch-text", "url": "https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.87&lon=-122.27"}