Technology, media and the web since 2003
The web is much more than a set of technologies; it is fundamentally a human network. Like the Web 2.0 maxim goes: the web is made of people. And that's just as true in the AI era. The post Never forget: the web is made of people! appeared first on Richard MacManus .
As interfaces move inside agents, apps, brands and content systems are being broken into machine-readable components. The post When the user interface moves from pages into agents appeared first on Richard MacManus .
The agentic web is starting to look less like a theory and more like infrastructure — with commerce, governed actions and identity layers beginning to form. The post The agentic web’s infrastructure layer is starting to form appeared first on Richard MacManus .
Businesses adopting agentic AI need more than novelty chatbots. Drawing on RunSignup’s rollout, I look at two practical lessons: embed AI where users already work, and move fast but safely. The post Let’s be careful out there: 2 lessons for businesses adopting agentic AI appeared first on Richard MacManus .
Google used the term 'agentic web' a few times during its developer keynote at Google I/O this week, and other companies like Adobe and Automattic are also rallying behind it. The post Field notes from the agentic web: Google, Parallel and the market taking shape appeared first on Richard MacManus .
As AI agents begin to discover, interpret, and act on websites on behalf of users, businesses need to rethink how their digital presence works. The agentic web changes what websites are for — and what product teams, business leaders, publishers, and developers need to prioritize. The post Why the agentic web matters for businesses appeared first on Richard MacManus .
The web has evolved from read, to read/write, to platform-mediated — and now to agentic. In this post, I define the agentic web, explain how AI agents are becoming a new class of user, and show why websites still matter in an era where AI systems increasingly discover, interpret, and act on our behalf. The post What is the agentic web? The evolution from read/write to agentic appeared first on…
AX was the new DX. Now it’s becoming the new UX. As AI agents become users of websites, apps, and platforms, the question is no longer just whether they can discover your content — but whether they can understand and use what you’ve built. The post Agent Experience: why AX is becoming the new UX appeared first on Richard MacManus .
Introducing the four core patterns of the early Agentic Web — a guide to getting started on implementing AI functionality into your website. Just as Web 2.0 had a set of key design patterns to help smooth the way for organizations, a set of patterns is emerging for the agentic web too. The post Agentic web patterns: what Web 2.0 taught me appeared first on Richard MacManus .
AI is changing how people use websites — shifting from navigation to delegation. Instead of browsing pages, users increasingly rely on AI systems to answer questions, summarize content, and retrieve information. This post explores what that means in practice, and introduces a playbook for adapting. The post How to add AI to your website (without losing control) appeared first on Richard MacManus .
The web is shifting from pages to actions. As AI agents increasingly act on behalf of users, websites are evolving from content destinations into systems that expose capabilities — things machines can discover, combine and execute. The post The agentic web: how AI systems will change websites appeared first on Richard MacManus .
I built an “article assistant” that can answer questions about a page using local AI in the browser — with a cloud fallback when needed. This post is a conceptual walkthrough of how it works, from on-device inference with Gemini Nano to a simple capability-based routing layer. The post Building an article assistant: local AI in the browser with cloud fallback appeared first on Richard MacManus .
Websites may soon expose capabilities directly to AI agents. In this post I experiment with WebMCP on my personal site, implementing two browser-side tools that allow an AI assistant to search an article and subscribe a user to my newsletter. The post Implementing WebMCP: letting AI agents interact with my website appeared first on Richard MacManus .
I built an AI chatbot for my personal website called Ask Ricmac. In this post I explain how it works and how I used Cloudflare Workers, Vectorize, D1, Workers AI and MCP to build it. The post Building Ask Ricmac: my first experiment in the agentic web stack appeared first on Richard MacManus .
As AI agents begin interacting directly with websites and services, a new "agentic web stack" is emerging. In this article, I map the technologies shaping this next phase of the web. The post The agentic web stack: a map of emerging AI-web technologies appeared first on Richard MacManus .