---
title: "Request Markdown Content for AI Agents — citelayer®"
url: "https://citelayer.ai/docs/markdown-for-agents/"
date: 2026-02-25
---

# Request Markdown Content for AI Agents

citelayer® serves supported public content as Markdown when a client explicitly asks for that format. Ordinary visits continue to receive the normal page.

Three request methods
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- Add `?format=markdown` to the published page URL.
- Use a supported `.md` route for the content path.
- Send the HTTP header `Accept: text/markdown`.

```
curl -i -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://example.com/article/
```

Enable and scope the output
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Open the Markdown settings, enable the feature and select the supported public post types and archives. Per-post exclusions can hold content back. [Review the scope settings](/docs/markdown-configuration/) when a request returns HTML.

Check an actual page
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1. Choose a published page that belongs to the configured scope.
2. Request its Markdown and inspect Content-Type and body.
3. Confirm headings, links and important product facts survived conversion.
4. Change the content and verify the response updates; check cache ownership if it does not.

Interpret the result carefully
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Markdown can reduce markup noise, but the saving depends on the source page. There is no universal token-reduction percentage. A clean response does not prove a model will request it or cite it. Bot identity alone does not switch every request into Markdown.

Next step
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Continue with [the quick start checklist](/docs/quick-start/), or [check the common questions](/docs/faq/). For a reproducible problem, send the plugin versions, affected URL, expected result and actual response through [Support](/support/). Do not include passwords, license keys or customer details.

Reviewed 6 October 2026 against citelayer® Free 1.13.5, WooCommerce add-on 1.2.19 and EDD add-on 1.2.1. Features depend on the active components and settings on your site.