Don't Feed Raw HTML Directly to Agents
iamfakhrealam · x · 2026-07-19
This post discusses a structured web extraction approach for agents:
- Many tools that claim to give agents 'eyes' end up feeding raw HTML, scripts, navigation junk, cookie banners.
- These directly enter the context, causing token waste and significant noise.
- The author advocates using a structured API to turn pages into clean JSON, better suited for RAG and agent workflows.
- The image emphasizes 'raw HTML isn't data', highlighting that users want structured fields, not messy source code.
Related event: ZooData Launches Structured Data Layer for AI Agents(19 posts)→
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