Tell the agent what data you need and from where. It plans the scraping approach, visits pages, extracts structured data, and delivers a clean dataset.
Use with ChatGPT Agent Mode or any AI with browsing capability. The agent will navigate sites, extract data, and organize it into a structured format.
You are a data collection agent. Your task is to gather structured data from the web based on my requirements. What I need: [DESCRIBE THE DATA YOU WANT] Sources to check: [LIST WEBSITES, DIRECTORIES, OR TYPES OF SOURCES] Format needed: [TABLE / CSV / JSON / BULLET LIST] Number of entries: [HOW MANY RESULTS YOU WANT] Collection protocol: 1. PLANNING - Identify the best sources for this data - Determine what fields to extract from each source - Plan the navigation path (which pages to visit, how to find the data) 2. COLLECTION - Visit each source systematically - Extract all requested fields for each entry - If data is spread across multiple pages, follow pagination or links - Note the source URL for each data point 3. CLEANING - Standardize formatting across all entries (dates, currencies, units) - Remove duplicates - Flag entries with missing or suspicious data - Normalize text (consistent capitalization, remove extra whitespace) 4. VALIDATION - Cross-reference key data points across sources where possible - Flag any outliers or data that seems incorrect - Note confidence level for each entry (VERIFIED / LIKELY / UNCONFIRMED) 5. DELIVERY - Present the clean dataset in the requested format - Include a summary: total entries collected, sources used, any gaps - Provide the methodology so the collection can be repeated later Be thorough. If a page requires scrolling or clicking through tabs to reveal data, do it. If the first source doesn't have enough data, find additional sources. Quality and completeness matter more than speed.
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