3 Free Tool Workflows to Try: Redirects, PDF to Word, and Web to Markdown

Follow the steps below and use the linked tools and references as you go.

Evidence trail: How to Trace Redirects and Unshorten Any URL With One API Call · Scanned PDF to Editable Word in Seconds (Free, No Sign-Up) · How to Convert Any Web Page to Clean Markdown for an LLM

Explore three practical tool workflows with linked examples and steps you can follow. Choose the task you need, check the example, and try the relevant tool.

Example reference: DEV Community — https://dev.to/avalon_ceo/how-to-trace-redirects-and-unshorten-any-url-with-one-api-call-445b

### Redirect Tracer & URL Unshortener API

Use case: Produced the example response in that tutorial (run against avaloncompany.ai).

How to do it yourself:

Call `GET /v1/redirects` with the page or link you want to check. The Redirect Tracer & URL Unshortener API is on RapidAPI: https://rapidapi.com/avalonai/api/redirect-tracer-url-unshortener

Example reference: a YouTube Short — https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pNl1GLMFi8A

### Free PDF To Word tool

Use case: Converted the scanned sample letter shown in that video into an editable Word file.

How to do it yourself:

1. Drop a PDF into the box above, or click it to choose one.
2. Press Convert to Word.
3. Press Download .docx and open the file in your word processor.
Open it here, free and with no sign-up: https://avaloncompany.ai/tools/pdf-to-word/?src=blog

Example reference: our blog — https://avaloncompany.ai/blog/2026/10/how-to-convert-any-web-page-to-clean-markdown-for-an-llm.html

### Web to Markdown API

Use case: Produced the example response in that tutorial (run against avaloncompany.ai).

How to do it yourself:

Call `GET /v1/markdown` with the page or link you want to check. The Web to Markdown API is on RapidAPI: https://rapidapi.com/avalonai/api/web-to-markdown2

All of our free tools work in the browser, with no sign-up and no watermark: https://avaloncompany.ai/tools/?src=blog