• CLEAN DATA
  • STRUCTURED
  • BATCHED
  • HUMAN

How to scrape web pages for RAG with your AI

Connect Olostep to your AI client to pull live web data directly into your local context. Once connected, your agent handles the extraction and formatting for you.

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Short answer

How can I scrape websites for my AI's knowledge base?

Use Olostep to convert URLs into structured Markdown or JSON. Your AI can then ingest this clean data to improve its RAG performance. You'll get structured files ready for your local vector store.

Data outcomes

Where your data lands.

The extraction process turns messy HTML into usable formats for your agent.

CLEAN DATA

Markdown files

The AI converts website content into Markdown. This makes it easy for your agent to read and index the text.

STRUCTURED

JSON objects

Get data in JSON format for programmatic use. This is ideal if you need to map specific fields to a database.

BATCHED

Bulk processing

Run multiple URLs at once. Your agent handles the queue and delivers the results in a single pass.

HUMAN

Manual review

You decide which files to keep. The AI extracts the data, but you control what actually enters your knowledge base.

The workflow

What your AI does when the URL arrives.

The AI moves from a raw link to a structured knowledge source through three specific steps.

  1. Fetch the page

    The agent visits the provided URL to pull the raw HTML content.

    scrape_url

  2. Organize the task

    If you have many sites to crawl, the agent groups them into a single job.

    create_batch

  3. Retrieve the content

    The agent pulls the finished Markdown or JSON files once the scraping is done.

    get_batch_results

  4. Format for RAG

    The agent cleans the text to ensure it's ready for your local vector database.

    get_batch_results

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the scraping process immediately.

Starting points

Swap the bracketed text with your actual target URLs or file preferences.

Olostep Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_seIYmeX5wOsif72vmko8hRP1y8NfQ4pfMrD0gu0x/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Olostep capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "olostep-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_seIYmeX5wOsif72vmko8hRP1y8NfQ4pfMrD0gu0x/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Scrape this URL and give me the Markdown: [URL]

  • Create a batch for these three websites: [URL 1, URL 2, URL 3]

  • Convert the content from [URL] into a clean JSON object for my RAG pipeline.

  • Check the results of my last scraping batch and summarize the key findings.

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Start here

Connect Olostep once, then ask.

Click the link to connect the MCP to your client. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can start scraping right away.

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FAQ

How this task behaves.

  • 01

    Can the AI scrape sites that require a login?

    No. The scraper only accesses publicly available web pages.

  • 02

    Will the AI automatically update my vector database?

    No. The AI provides the clean Markdown or JSON, but you must upload those files to your database yourself.

  • 03

    Can I scrape an entire website at once?

    You can create a batch of specific URLs, but the tool does not perform recursive crawling of an entire domain.

  • 04

    What format will the data be in?

    The agent can output the data as either clean Markdown or structured JSON.

  • 05

    Does the AI store the websites it scrapes?

    No. The AI only processes the data to fulfill your request; it does not maintain a permanent storage of scraped sites.

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