Let AI agents use your site with 3 HTML attributes

Marko Denic· Oct 4, 2026 · 6:07 AM UTC ·4 min read · 0 reactions · 0 comments · 13 views

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It reads the screen, guesses which input is the search box, types, guesses which button submits, then reads the screen again to see if it worked. The agent is scraping your UI because your UI is all you gave it. WebMCP fixes that: it lets a page expose its features to agents as tools, with a name, a description, and typed inputs.

Key facts

▪It reads the screen, guesses which input is the search box, types, guesses which button submits, then reads the screen again to see if it worked.
▪The agent is scraping your UI because your UI is all you gave it.
▪WebMCP fixes that: it lets a page expose its features to agents as tools, with a name, a description, and typed inputs.

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Let AI agents use your site with 3 HTML attributes October 03, 2026 · 4 min read · AI Forms HTML JavaScript Web Development Set markodenic.tech as your preferred Google source Creem.io Merchant of record payments for SaaS and digital products, handling checkout, subscriptions, taxes, invoices, and global payment operations. Get started today Sponsor this newsletter · reach 9,500+ active developers Watch an AI agent use a website and it looks like someone working through a mouse with oven mitts on. It reads the screen, guesses which input is the search box, types, guesses which button submits, then reads the screen again to see if it worked. Every guess is a chance to get it wrong. The agent is scraping your UI because your UI is all you gave it.

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