Dev argues headless browsing is a stopgap; agents should prefer MCP/CLI/API paths
mobileraj · x · 2026-11-15
The author argues headless browsing is fundamentally a stopgap that will be relegated to long-tail use cases. His reasoning: an agent should take the easiest, most reliable path, which is almost always an existing MCP/CLI/API; agentic browsing is inefficient and most error-prone.
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