Do AI agents need crawling, search, or screenshots first?
I’m building a web data API for AI agents and I’m trying to understand what builders actually need most.
The problem I keep running into is that “give an agent access to the web” quickly becomes several separate pieces:
- Fetching simple pages
- Rendering JavaScript-heavy pages
- Turning pages into clean Markdown
- Searching first before crawling deeper
- Capturing screenshots for verification
- Tracking API usage, logs, and costs
I’m currently working on AnyCrawler, which combines crawl, search, screenshots, API keys, logs, usage, and credits into one API/console.
But I’m more interested in the workflow question:
If you’re building agents, research tools, data products, or automations, which part is the biggest pain today?
1. Getting clean page content
2. Handling JS-rendered pages
3. Finding the right sources first
4. Visual verification with screenshots
5. Monitoring usage and cost
Curious what people here are doing in production.

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