Searchplex ID Retrieval terminology registry

General Concept

Web Browsing Agent

Canonical ID https://id.searchplex.net/web-browsing-agent/

An AI agent that uses a web browser or web-search tools to navigate pages, issue searches, inspect sources, and gather information for a task.

Also called

  • Browsing Agent
  • Web Agent

Scope

A web browsing agent may support deep research, question answering, fact finding, form filling, or broader web automation. It is not the same as a search engine, web search task, or the evaluation benchmark used to measure browsing agents.

Observed terms

  • Browser Agent industry
  • Web Research Agent industry

Evaluated by

Not equivalent to

  • Web Browsing Agent is not Agentic Retrieval. A web browsing agent is an agent role or system; agentic retrieval is the retrieval behavior it may perform.
  • Web Browsing Agent is not BrowseComp. BrowseComp is a benchmark for evaluating browsing agents; a web browsing agent is the system being evaluated.
  • Web Browsing Agent is not Web Search. Web search is a search task or system setting; a web browsing agent is an agent that can use web search and browsing actions.

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