What are web actions for AI agents?

By Andrey Marey, Founder of AgentWeb · As of Oct 20, 2026

Short answer. A web action is one named, typed operation on a real website that an AI agent can call directly, like place_order on Uber Eats, book_reservation on SevenRooms or send_inmail on LinkedIn. It has declared inputs and returns a structured result, so the agent knows whether the task finished. AgentWeb provides web actions for AI agents on 1,462 sites as of Oct 20, 2026.

Web actions are the unit of the execution layer: instead of an agent moving a cursor through a page, it asks for the outcome by name.

How a web action differs from browsing

	Web action	Browser automation
The agent asks for	An outcome, by name	A sequence of clicks
What comes back	A structured result	A page or a screenshot
When the site changes	The map is updated once, for everyone	Every agent's script breaks
Logins	Hosted, once per user	Your code handles them

Examples

Food: Uber Eats add_item_to_cart, view_checkout, place_order.
Restaurants: SevenRooms create_hold, book_reservation. DesignMyNight book_table.
Outreach: LinkedIn send_message, send_connection_request, send_inmail.
Social: X reply_post, add_like. Threads add_follow.
CRM: Crunchbase create_deal, add_to_list.

Many actions read rather than act, like LinkedIn get_profile. They exist so the agent can check before it acts.

Frequently asked questions

Are web actions the same as an API?

They behave like one for the agent: a name, inputs and a result. The difference is that they cover sites that have no public API for that task, and they run on the user's own account.

Who maps the actions?

AgentWeb maps each site into an action map. If a site you need is missing, you can request it.

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