Quickstart

Five minutes, five steps. Step 1 needs nothing but a terminal or a browser.

1. Convert a URL (no account)

Prefix any link with anymd.cc/:

curl https://anymd.cc/stephango.com/saw

Or paste https://anymd.cc/stephango.com/saw into your browser. You get Markdown with YAML frontmatter (title, author, source, kind, word count…) followed by the clean content.

Want JSON or an HTML preview instead?

curl -H "Accept: application/json" https://anymd.cc/stephango.com/saw
curl "https://anymd.cc/stephango.com/saw?format=html"

Anonymous use is capped at 50 conversions a day per IP. Details: URL API.

2. Create an account and an API key

1. Sign up. The Free plan includes 500 credits a month.
2. Open Dashboard → API keys and create a key. Pick the Convert + library (agents) preset if you're not sure.
3. Copy the key. It starts with amd_ and is shown once.

export ANYMD_API_KEY="amd_…"

Keep it out of source control. Learn what presets and scopes do in API keys & roles.

3. Convert with your key

With a key, conversions count against your plan's credits and land in your library.

curl https://anymd.cc/api/v1/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYMD_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://stephango.com/saw"}'

The same key works on the URL API too:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYMD_API_KEY" https://anymd.cc/stephango.com/saw

Check the X-Anymd-Credits and X-Anymd-Cache response headers to see what a call cost.

4. Search your library

curl -G https://anymd.cc/api/v1/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYMD_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "q=saying yes to things" \
  -d mode=hybrid -d limit=5

Hybrid mode fuses keyword (BM25) and semantic results. Search costs 0 credits. More in Library & search.

5. Give your agent anymd

Claude Code:

claude mcp add --transport http anymd https://anymd.cc/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $ANYMD_API_KEY"

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json) and other clients that accept a remote URL:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anymd": {
      "url": "https://anymd.cc/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer amd_…" }
    }
  }
}

Now ask your agent to "convert this URL and summarise it" or "search my library for…". Claude Desktop setup and the tool list are in MCP server.

Prefer the terminal?

npm i -g https://cdn.anymd.cc/cli/anymd-cli-latest.tgz
anymd login --key "$ANYMD_API_KEY"
anymd https://stephango.com/saw

Full command list: CLI.

Next steps

• REST API for every endpoint, with curl, JavaScript and Python examples.
• Supported sources for what X, YouTube, Hacker News and file conversion return.
• Billing & credits to see what each source costs.