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title: "Blog | Perceptlayer"
description: "Guides, changes and notes from the Perceptlayer team on getting structured web data into products and AI agents."
url: https://perceptlayer.com/blog
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Blog

# Blog

Guides, changes and notes on getting structured web data into products and AI agents. [RSS feed](https://perceptlayer.com/blog/rss.xml).

1.  [AI agents](https://perceptlayer.com/blog/category/ai-agents) 22 Oct 2026 Perceptlayer 7 min read
    
    ## [AI Agent API Cost Control: Cap Web Data Spend](https://perceptlayer.com/blog/ai-agent-web-data-costs)
    
    Cap an agent's web data spend per run: credit arithmetic for 8 and 20 calls per task, a Python budget wrapper, and why failed calls cost 0 credits.
    
2.  [AI agents](https://perceptlayer.com/blog/category/ai-agents) 22 Oct 2026 Perceptlayer 8 min read
    
    ## [Claude MCP Web Search: Live Results for an Agent](https://perceptlayer.com/blog/claude-agent-live-search-mcp)
    
    Add the Perceptlayer MCP server to Claude, let the agent call the Google Search endpoint, and count its cost: 1 credit per search call.
    
3.  [API guides](https://perceptlayer.com/blog/category/api-guides) 22 Oct 2026 Perceptlayer 7 min read
    
    ## [Zillow Listings API: Get Property Data as JSON](https://perceptlayer.com/blog/zillow-listings-api-json)
    
    One GET to /v1/zillow/search returns listings near a point as JSON with price, beds, baths and address. Parameters, a real response, 1 credit per call.