eggent/docs/releases/0.1.5-web-fetch-direct-links.md

Eggent 0.1.5 - Web Fetch for Direct Links

Date: 2026-03-23
Type: Patch release snapshot

Release Name

Web Fetch for Direct Links

This release adds a dedicated web_fetch tool so agents can open and read a specific URL directly, instead of treating links as generic search queries.

What Is Included

1) New web_fetch Tool

• Added a dedicated tool for fetching direct http(s) URLs.
• Supports redirected URLs and returns readable page content.
• Extracts useful text from HTML pages, plus supports JSON/text responses.

2) URL Fetch Reliability Guards

• Added URL normalization and validation for direct-link requests.
• Added timeout and response-size limits to keep tool execution stable.
• Added content trimming for large pages to keep results manageable for the model.

3) Tooling and Prompt Separation

• search_web remains discovery-focused for broad web lookup.
• Added explicit prompt guidance so direct links use web_fetch.
• Added tool-web_fetch.md with usage rules for link-based tasks.

4) Chat UI and Docs Updates

• Tool output panel now renders Web Fetch with target URL context.
• Request lifecycle docs now include web_fetch in the tool catalog.

New in 0.1.5

• Direct link reading with a first-class web_fetch tool.
• Cleaner separation: search_web for search, web_fetch for specific pages.
• Package/app health version bumped to 0.1.5.

Upgrade Notes

• No migration is required.
• Existing workflows continue to work.
• For link-specific tasks, use web_fetch instead of search_web.