Engineering insights
Tutorials, deep dives, and practical guides for building AI agents with real-time web search.
Are AI Marketing Agents Actually Useful in 2026?
Honest take after watching dozens of teams deploy marketing agents. Three jobs where they win, four where they consistently fail.
Best AI Web Scraping Tools in 2026 (Honest Ranking)
'AI web scraping' in 2026 is really two different jobs. Honest rankings for URL-to-content and query-to-data workloads with realistic pricing.
Claygent Alternative: Cheaper Web Research after Clay's 2026 Overhaul
Clay's March 2026 pricing moved Claygent to $185/mo Launch. Replace it with Scavio plus an LLM at 3x cheaper with full prompt control.
Free B2B Database Alternatives: The DIY Stack for 2026
Every 'free B2B database' is gated, partial, or outdated. Build your own from public web sources with Scavio, Hunter, and a weekend of work.
Grounding LLMs in Code Repo Context
Naive RAG on code hallucinates. Four grounding strategies that work: structural indexing, call graph traversal, git blame, external docs.
Hermes Agent Use Cases in 2026
Five real use cases for Hermes Agent in 2026: internal research, coding on private repos, outbound research, support triage, compliance monitoring.
Migrate Off Firecrawl: Where the 19x Cost Reduction Lives
The 19x-cheaper-than-Firecrawl claim broken down honestly. Where it's real (SERP, Reddit, YouTube) and where it isn't (arbitrary URL crawls).
Neo4j Knowledge Graphs for Generative Engine Optimization
Build a Neo4j GEO pipeline with Scavio. Schema, ingestion, and the three Cypher queries that do most of the real work.
RAG Banking Chatbot: The Scavio + Firecrawl-Alternative Stack
Build a production-grade RAG banking chatbot with PII masking, citation trails, and Scavio as the public-source layer. Why Firecrawl is the wrong default.
Webpage to Markdown for LLMs: Save 40-60% Tokens in 2026
Raw HTML wastes 40-60% of the context window. Three strategies to convert pages to LLM-ready markdown with real token benchmarks.
AEO Tool Showdown: Who Actually Tracks Agentic Traffic
Profound, Otterly, BrandRank, AthenaHQ, Peec compared. Citation tracking vs agentic-traffic analytics are two different jobs.
The Built-in Claude web_search MCP Is Garbage. Here's the Swap
Replace Claude's built-in web search with a configurable MCP server. Better results, platform coverage, and transparent per-call pricing.
ChatGPT Uses SerpAPI. Here's What to Do About It
ChatGPT web search pulls through SerpAPI. What this means for your AEO strategy, citation tracking, and direct SERP cost savings.
GEO vs SEO: What Agencies Are Rebadging
How to tell a real GEO agency from a rebadged SEO shop. Five questions to ask, and a DIY audit that generates the data yourself.
A GTM Engineer's Claude Code Skillset Tour: 8 APIs, No SaaS
The open-source 8-API GTM skillset that replicates Clay, Apollo, Instantly and Smartlead. 5-8x cost reduction at volume.
Perplexity Sonar's $50 Minimum: Three Real Alternatives
Sonar's $50 upfront deposit prices out weekend builders. Tavily, Brave, and Scavio compared as drop-in alternatives with no minimums.
I Scanned 226 Supabase Apps and Found 4x More RLS Leaks Than Expected
A generalizable scanner pipeline for finding RLS-misconfigured Supabase apps via SERP discovery. Responsible disclosure methodology included.
We Benchmarked 500 Sites Across 4 Scrapers. Here's What Won
Firecrawl vs ScrapingBee vs Bright Data vs Playwright across 500 URLs. Why the 5-point success rate gap is not decisive.
An Antique Attribution Pipeline with Scavio
An unusual r/Antiques thread surfaced a generalizable attribution pattern. Same pipeline applies to watches, art, books, wine, any niche attribution domain.
Apollo + Scavio + Claude MCP: The Outbound Loop
Apollo for identity, Scavio for live signal, Claude Code MCP for the reasoning. The reference outbound architecture for 2026.
Best Web Search API for AI Agents 2026: Scavio vs Tavily vs Exa vs Parallel vs You.com
Five agent-first web search APIs compared across cost per task, latency, platform coverage, and real research workload. A decision guide.
Build a Free GTM Claude Code Skillset with Scavio
Package prospect research, competitor pulse, meeting prep, and category mapping as a single Claude Code skillset. One Scavio key for the whole team.
The Clay Killer: Claude Code + Scavio for GTM
The r/gtmengineering 2026 blueprint for replacing Clay with a Claude Code skill and Scavio. 5x cost reduction at typical team size.
HubSpot Enrichment from the Claude Code CLI with Scavio
Replace Apollo and Clay for HubSpot enrichment with an 80-line Claude Code script. Fresh public data per contact, under $3/mo for 1,000 enrichments.
I Spent 20 Hours on an n8n Article-to-Social Workflow. Here's What I Shipped
The r/n8n 20-hour workflow compressed to 90 minutes. Research backend, prompt template, cost per article, and the mistakes to skip.
LLMs Hallucinated NPM Packages. Here's a Scavio Verifier
One in five LLM code suggestions reference packages that do not exist. Block them pre-install with a three-signal Scavio verifier.
The Most Stable Stack for a Claude-Powered Job Search Agent
Building a reliable job search agent with Claude, LangGraph, and real-time SERP data. Architecture decisions, tool selection, and deployment patterns.
Build a Perplexity-Style Answer Engine in One File
How to build an open-source Perplexity clone backend in a single file using a search API and an LLM. Full Python code included.
Hermes Agent Web Search via Tool Gateway
How to give Nous Research's Hermes Agent real-time web search via an MCP tool gateway -- with a full setup walkthrough.
Get Lead Lists from Google Maps Without a Scraper
How to pull local business data from Google Maps using a search API instead of brittle scraping scripts. Structured JSON, no proxy management.