---
name: citedy-content-ingestion
title: "Content Ingestion"
description: >
  Turn any URL into structured content — YouTube videos (via Gemini Video API),
  web articles, PDFs, and audio files. Extract transcripts, summaries, and metadata
  for use in any LLM pipeline. Powered by Citedy.
version: "1.0.0"
author: Citedy
tags:
  - content-ingestion
  - youtube
  - transcription
  - pdf
  - audio
  - web-scraping
  - data-extraction
metadata:
  openclaw:
    requires:
      env:
        - CITEDY_API_KEY
    primaryEnv: CITEDY_API_KEY
  compatible_with: "citedy-seo-agent@3.0.0"
privacy_policy_url: https://www.citedy.com/privacy
security_notes: |
  API keys (prefixed citedy_agent_) authenticate against Citedy API endpoints only.
  All traffic is TLS-encrypted. Keys can be revoked from dashboard.
---

# Content Ingestion — Skill Instructions

**Connection:** REST API over HTTPS
**Base URL:** `https://www.citedy.com`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY`

---

## Overview

Turn any URL into structured content your agent can use. Pass a link — the skill extracts the full text, transcript, metadata, and summary — and returns it as clean structured data ready for your LLM pipeline.

Supported content types:

- **YouTube videos** — full transcription via Gemini Video API (not just captions)
- **Web articles** — clean article text with metadata
- **PDF documents** — text extraction from public PDF URLs
- **Audio files** — transcription from MP3/WAV/M4A files

Differentiator: YouTube ingestion uses the Gemini Video API for deep video understanding — it goes beyond auto-generated captions, capturing speaker intent, visual context, and structure.

Use this skill as a standalone input node for any LLM pipeline. Feed the output directly into summarization, Q&A, article generation, or knowledge base indexing.

---

## When to Use

Use this skill when the user:

- Asks to extract, transcribe, or summarize a URL
- Shares a YouTube video and wants the content analyzed or repurposed
- Shares a PDF link and wants the text extracted
- Wants to ingest audio content for transcription
- Is building a pipeline that needs to pull content from the web

---

## Instructions

### Setup

To authenticate, register your agent and obtain an API key:

1. **Register your agent:**

   ```
   POST https://www.citedy.com/api/agent/register
   Content-Type: application/json

   {
     "agent_name": "My Agent",
     "contact_email": "you@example.com"
   }
   ```

2. **Approve the registration** — you will receive an approval URL in the response. Open it in your browser to confirm.

3. **Save your API key** — after approval, the key (prefixed `citedy_agent_`) is returned. Store it as `CITEDY_API_KEY` in your environment.

All subsequent requests use `Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY`.

---

## Core Workflow

### Single URL Ingestion

**Step 1 — Submit URL:**

```
POST /api/agent/ingest
Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example"
}
```

Returns `202 Accepted` with:

```json
{
  "id": "job_abc123",
  "status": "processing",
  "poll_url": "/api/agent/ingest/job_abc123"
}
```

If the URL was already ingested (cache hit), returns `200 OK` with `"cached": true` — costs 1 credit.

**Step 2 — Poll for completion:**

```
GET /api/agent/ingest/{id}
```

Returns current status: `processing`, `completed`, or `failed`. Poll every 5–15 seconds. No credit cost.

**Step 3 — Retrieve content:**

```
GET /api/agent/ingest/{id}/content
```

Returns the full extracted content, transcript, and metadata. No credit cost.

---

### Batch Ingestion

Submit up to 20 URLs in a single request:

```
POST /api/agent/ingest/batch
Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com/article",
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc",
    "https://example.com/doc.pdf"
  ],
  "callback_url": "https://your-service.com/webhook"  // optional
}
```

Returns an array of job IDs. If `callback_url` is provided, a POST request is sent to it when all jobs complete.

---

### List Jobs

```
GET /api/agent/ingest?status=completed&limit=20&offset=0
```

Filter by status, paginate with limit/offset.

---

## Examples

### Example 1 — YouTube Video

**User:** "Transcribe this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

```bash
# Step 1: Submit
curl -X POST https://www.citedy.com/api/agent/ingest \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"}'

# Step 2: Poll
curl https://www.citedy.com/api/agent/ingest/job_abc123 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY"

# Step 3: Get content
curl https://www.citedy.com/api/agent/ingest/job_abc123/content \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY"
```

Response includes full transcript, video title, duration, and chapter breakdown.

---

### Example 2 — Web Article

**User:** "Extract the main content from https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/ai-trends"

```bash
curl -X POST https://www.citedy.com/api/agent/ingest \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/ai-trends"}'
```

Response includes clean article text, title, author, publish date, and word count.

---

### Example 3 — Batch Ingestion

**User:** "I have 5 articles to process"

```bash
curl -X POST https://www.citedy.com/api/agent/ingest/batch \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CITEDY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "urls": [
      "https://example.com/article-1",
      "https://example.com/article-2",
      "https://example.com/article-3",
      "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123",
      "https://example.com/report.pdf"
    ]
  }'
```

Returns 5 job IDs. Poll each individually or wait for all to complete.

---

## API Reference

### POST /api/agent/ingest

Submit a single URL for ingestion.

**Request:**

```json
{
  "url": "string (required) — any supported URL"
}
```

**Response 202 (new job):**

```json
{
  "id": "job_abc123",
  "status": "processing",
  "content_type": "youtube_video",
  "poll_url": "/api/agent/ingest/job_abc123",
  "estimated_credits": 5
}
```

**Response 200 (cache hit):**

```json
{
  "id": "job_abc123",
  "status": "completed",
  "cached": true,
  "credits_charged": 1
}
```

---

### GET /api/agent/ingest/{id}

Poll job status. No credit cost.

**Response:**

```json
{
  "id": "job_abc123",
  "status": "completed",
  "content_type": "youtube_video",
  "created_at": "2026-03-01T10:00:00Z",
  "completed_at": "2026-03-01T10:01:30Z",
  "credits_charged": 5,
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
}
```

Status values: `queued` | `processing` | `completed` | `failed`

---

### GET /api/agent/ingest/{id}/content

Retrieve full extracted content. No credit cost.

**Response:**

```json
{
  "id": "job_abc123",
  "content_type": "youtube_video",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "metadata": {
    "title": "Video Title",
    "author": "Channel Name",
    "duration_seconds": 212,
    "published_at": "2009-10-25"
  },
  "transcript": "Full transcript text...",
  "summary": "Brief summary of the content...",
  "word_count": 1840,
  "language": "en"
}
```

---

### POST /api/agent/ingest/batch

Submit up to 20 URLs at once.

**Request:**

```json
{
  "urls": ["string", "..."],
  "callback_url": "string (optional)"
}
```

**Response 202:**

```json
{
  "jobs": [
    { "url": "https://...", "id": "job_abc123", "status": "queued" },
    { "url": "https://...", "id": "job_abc124", "status": "queued" }
  ],
  "total": 2
}
```

---

### GET /api/agent/ingest

List ingestion jobs.

**Query params:**

- `status` — filter by `queued | processing | completed | failed`
- `limit` — max results (default 20, max 100)
- `offset` — pagination offset

**Response:**

```json
{
  "jobs": [...],
  "total": 42,
  "limit": 20,
  "offset": 0
}
```

---

## Glue Tools

### GET /api/health

Check API availability. No auth required. 0 credits.

### GET /api/agent/me

Return current agent identity and credit balance. 0 credits.

### GET /api/agent/status

Return API status, current rate limit usage, and service health. 0 credits.

---

## Pricing

| Content Type         | Duration / Size | Credits    |
| -------------------- | --------------- | ---------- |
| `web_article`        | any             | 1 credits  |
| `pdf_document`       | any             | 2 credits  |
| `youtube_video`      | < 10 min        | 5 credits  |
| `youtube_video`      | 10–30 min       | 15 credits |
| `youtube_video`      | 30–60 min       | 30 credits |
| `youtube_video`      | 60–120 min      | 55 credits |
| `audio_file`         | < 10 min        | 3 credits  |
| `audio_file`         | 10–30 min       | 8 credits  |
| `audio_file`         | 30–60 min       | 15 credits |
| `audio_file`         | 60+ min         | 30 credits |
| Cache hit (any type) | —               | 1 credits  |

Credits are charged on `completed` status only. Failed jobs are not charged.

---

## Limitations

- **YouTube:** maximum video duration 120 minutes. Videos longer than 120 min are rejected with `DURATION_EXCEEDED`.
- **Audio files:** maximum file size 50 MB. Files larger than 50 MB are rejected with `SIZE_EXCEEDED`.
- **Supported content types:** `youtube_video`, `web_article`, `pdf_document`, `audio_file`
- **Batch size:** maximum 20 URLs per batch request
- **Private content:** private YouTube videos, paywalled articles, and login-gated content cannot be ingested

---

## Rate Limits

| Endpoint                     | Limit                         |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| POST /api/agent/ingest       | 30 requests/hour per tenant   |
| POST /api/agent/ingest/batch | 5 requests/hour per tenant    |
| All other endpoints          | 60 requests/minute per tenant |

Rate limit headers are included in all responses:

- `X-RateLimit-Limit`
- `X-RateLimit-Remaining`
- `X-RateLimit-Reset`

---

## Error Handling

| Error Code                 | HTTP Status | Meaning                            |
| -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `INVALID_URL`              | 400         | URL is malformed or unsupported    |
| `UNSUPPORTED_CONTENT_TYPE` | 400         | Content type not supported         |
| `DURATION_EXCEEDED`        | 400         | YouTube video longer than 120 min  |
| `SIZE_EXCEEDED`            | 400         | Audio file larger than 50 MB       |
| `INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS`     | 402         | Not enough credits to process      |
| `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`      | 429         | Too many requests                  |
| `JOB_NOT_FOUND`            | 404         | Job ID does not exist              |
| `PROCESSING_FAILED`        | 500         | Ingestion failed on server side    |
| `PRIVATE_CONTENT`          | 403         | Content is behind login or paywall |

On `PROCESSING_FAILED`, retry after 60 seconds. If it fails twice, try a different URL or contact support.

---

## Response Guidelines

When returning ingested content to the user:

- **Always confirm** the content type detected (YouTube, article, PDF, audio)
- **Show credit cost** before and after ingestion
- **Summarize** before presenting the full transcript — users often want a quick answer first
- **Ask what to do next** — "I have the transcript. Would you like me to write a blog post, summarize it, or extract key points?"
- **For YouTube:** include video title, channel, and duration in your response
- **On cache hit:** inform the user this was previously ingested and cost only 1 credit

---

## Want More?

This skill is part of the Citedy AI platform. The full suite includes:

- **Article Generation** — write SEO-optimized blog posts from keywords or URLs
- **Social Adaptation** — repurpose articles for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Reddit
- **SEO Analysis** — content gap analysis, competitor tracking, visibility scanning
- **Autopilot** — fully automated content pipeline from keywords to published articles

Learn more at [citedy.com](https://www.citedy.com) or explore the `citedy-seo-agent` skill for the complete toolkit.
