How it's used
For signals that resist filter logic. Emulates how a sharp SDR/BDR would qualify a prospect: looking for specific keywords on the site, affiliated people, product details, customer logos, hiring posture — but at scale across an entire list.
Why it matters
The justification quote is the audit trail. A deliverable is defensible at the record level — a salesperson can show the customer exactly which line on the prospect's website proves the fit.
The Web Research Agent
Entry URL
or search query
→
Visit Entry Page
render + extract
→
Navigate Salient Links
LLM picks targets
→
Crawl & Gather
read page content
→
Form Answer
Yes / No / Unknown + quote
The LLM stays in the loop at every step. When the answer isn't yet complete, the agent loops back to "Navigate" and follows another path.
Stage by stage
- Entry point. Either a specific URL or a search engine query. Either way, the agent navigates from there — it isn't a generic site crawler.
- Salient-link navigation. The LLM scans the page, picks the most relevant links given the research question, and follows them. Goes deeper into "About," "Services," "Customers," "Compliance" pages — whatever matches the question.
- Crawl & gather. Reads the content from each followed page. Loops back to navigate further when the answer isn't yet confident.
- Form answer. Returns a structured boolean (Yes / No / Unknown) plus an evidence quote from the source. The quote is the audit trail.
Operational controls
- Three invocation modes — existing-field eval, general web research, directed company_url research — auto-inferred from the prompt.
- Operator-reviewed prompts — every prompt is read verbatim before a scale run fires.
- Per-tier precision sampling — stratified spot-checks with named thresholds (T1 ≥ 85%, T2 ≥ 70%, T3 ≥ 55%) before a list is promoted.