web_to_text
Fetch a public web page and return its main content as clean plain text (boilerplate stripped, lists as bullets, tables tab-separated) plus title, description, language, word count. Price: $0.005 USDC per successful call (x402, Solana). Same tool over HTTPS: GET https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/...
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What web_to_text does on ScorpTech x402 API
AI agents call web_to_text to retrieve information from ScorpTech x402 API without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | Yes | Public http(s) URL |
mode | string | — | main (default) or full |
max_chars | integer | — | 500-500000, default 100000 |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why web_to_text is rated Low
Even though web_to_text only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Risk signalsAccepts URL/endpoint input (url)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs web_to_text safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and ScorpTech x402 API, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For web_to_text, this is the rule to start with:
web_to_text is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect ScorpTech x402 API, apply this rule, and every web_to_text call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about web_to_text
Fetch a public web page and return its main content as clean plain text (boilerplate stripped, lists as bullets, tables tab-separated) plus title, description, language, word count. Price: $0.005 USDC per successful call (x402, Solana). Same tool over HTTPS: GET https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/v1/web-to-text. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ScorpTech x402 API MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
web_to_text accepts 3 parameters: url, mode, max_chars. Required: url. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the ScorpTech x402 API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for web_to_text: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches ScorpTech x402 API. Nothing to install.
web_to_text is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the web_to_text rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for web_to_text. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
web_to_text is provided by the ScorpTech x402 API MCP server (https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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