Web Search APIs for AI Agents: Discovery Is Not Extraction
Compare web search API response contracts, bundled content, source provenance, and verification gates before choosing an integration for your AI agent.
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Search First, Crawl Second: A Source Discovery Workflow
A practical source-discovery funnel for agents: search for candidates, shortlist diverse sources, read only the pages that close evidence gaps, and stop on explicit verification gates.
How to Build a Deep Research Agent That Verifies Sources
A practical architecture for research agents that decompose questions, select and read sources, validate claim-level citations, expose gaps, and stop on evidence coverage.
Does Google News Have an API? Options for Monitoring Agents
Google retired its official News Search API. Compare RSS, third-party SERP services, dedicated news APIs, and an evidence-first monitoring workflow.
Does Google Scholar Have an API? Options for Research Agents
A practical comparison of Google Scholar access, open scholarly APIs, DOI metadata, third-party SERP services, and source verification for research agents.
AI Web Scraping for Agents: Search, Fetch, Render, or Screenshot?
A practical decision framework for AI agents choosing between web search, HTML fetch, JavaScript rendering, screenshots, and browser automation—with real failure signals and validation rules.
