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Stop feeding raw HTML to your LLMs (Solving the Agentic Token Tax)

DEV.to AIΒ·May 12, 2026

Autonomous AI agents interacting with the web are burdened by an 'Agentic Token Tax' due to inefficiently feeding raw HTML to LLMs, leading to high API costs and latency. This approach often fails with modern web applications; thus, a deterministic protocol like Web Speed is proposed as a more robust solution than better scrapers.

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