Getting AI to read the contents of a pasted link can be a super helpful way to provide context for your prompts and tasks. While AI models on Expanse aren’t able to read pages in links, there are a few clever ways to get the web-page data directly into your chat without copy and pasting the entire web-page.

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TLDR:

Add https://r.jina.ai/ to the beginning of any URL
Copy the markdown results directly into Expanse
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Why copying content from web pages doesn't work well

You've probably tried copying content directly from a webpage and noticed the AI seemed confused or focused on the wrong things. That's because web pages are designed for human eyes, not AI processing. These elements can cause the AI to focus on irrelevant parts or misinterpret the structure of your content, leading to less accurate responses.

Elements that confuse LLMs:

Navigation menus and sidebars that have nothing to do with your actual content
Advertisements and popups that distract from the main message
Complex formatting that doesn't translate well to plain text

How to correctly copy web pages into your chat

Markdown gives you a clean, structured format that plays nicely with LLMs— like the ones in Expanse. It’s easier for AI models to understand and works well across most apps.

Benefits of converting web pages to markdown

Clean structure - Removes visual clutter so the AI can understand the content better, while preserving hierarchy
Human-friendly format - Still easy for you to read and edit
Works with any LLM - Paste the converted content and use it with any model so you can optimize for factors like cost and reasoning capabilities
Access any website - Use this method to pull in data from just about any site (even those that most AI models can’t reach)

How to Convert Pages to Markdown

The simplest method is using Jina.ai's reader service:

Find the webpage you want to extract content from
Add https://r.jina.ai/ to the beginning of the URL
Visit this new combined URL
Copy the clean markdown version that appears
Paste directly into your chat

Example Web Page to Markdown

How to write effective prompts with web page content

Copy-pasting webpage content in Markdown is a handy trick to feed info to the AI, however, completing a sending a good prompt requires communicating your task and context clearly.

Your prompt should contain:

Goal: The outcome you are wanting to achieve
Task: Instructions needed to complete the task
Content: The pasted Markdown Content

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To create your own personal Help Bot, create a Role by pasting the web-page’s markdown into the instructions so that it will always answer with responses based on the web page’s content

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Example Use-Case: Finding Answers in Long Product Docs

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