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Why a Search API Is Often the Wrong Abstraction for AI Agents

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If you've built an AI agent that uses web search, you've probably run into this. You ask it a simple question like so: "What do these three project management tools charge for their team plans today?" The search tool returns ten links for each. Great. But now what? The agent still has to pick the r…

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  1. 2026-11-05 14:51 · DEV Community — AI
    Why a Search API Is Often the Wrong Abstraction for AI Agents

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