Diffbot for AI agents
Agents read Diffbot at once. Changes and sends are held for a person's approval by default.
About Diffbot
Diffbot provides AI-powered tools to extract and structure data from web pages, transforming unstructured web content into structured, linked data.
What an agent can do in Diffbot
Every Diffbot action is classed by the platform as a read, a change or a send. Reads run at once. Changes and sends are held for a person by default.
Runs at once (reads)
Looks things up in Diffbot without asking first. 24 actions.
- Combine Entity ProfilesCombine multiple entity profiles into a unified view using the Diffbot Knowledge Graph. Returns enhanced person or organization data by matching on identifying attributes like name, email, employer, o
- Download Bulk Job ResultsTool to download results of a bulk enhance job with filtering options via POST request. Use this to retrieve processed results from a completed or running bulk job. Supports multiple export formats (j
- Enhance Entity with Knowledge GraphEnrich a person or organization with comprehensive data from the Diffbot Knowledge Graph. Provide identifiers like name, email, employer, or URL and receive detailed entity information including emplo
- Diffbot Extract JobTool to extract structured job posting data from job listing pages. Returns job title, company, location, salary, requirements, skills, and other job-related information. Use when you need to parse an
- Diffbot Extract ListTool to extract structured data from list-style pages like news indexes, product listings, and directory pages. Returns an array of items with their titles, links, and descriptions. Use when you need
- Get Diffbot Account DetailsRetrieves comprehensive Diffbot account information including subscription plan details, credit balance, usage history, and account status. Returns account holder name, email, current plan, available
- Diffbot AnalyzeAutomatically analyzes a web page to determine its type and extract structured data. The Analyze API intelligently classifies pages into types (article, product, discussion, image, video, organization
- Get Article DataTool to extract information from articles, including authors, publication dates, and images. Use when you need structured metadata from a web article URL.
- Get Bulk Job DataTool to download extracted results from a completed bulk job. Use after a bulk job has finished processing to retrieve the data. Supports JSON and CSV formats.
- Get Bulk Job StatusTool to poll the status of a specific Diffbot Knowledge Graph Enhance bulk job. Use when you need to check the progress, completion status, or details of a bulk enhancement job.
- Get Bulk Job ResultsTool to download the results of a completed Enhance Bulkjob. Returns enriched records from the bulk job. Use after a bulk enhance job has completed processing.
- Get Bulk Single ResultTool to download the result of a single job within a Diffbot bulk enhance job. Returns enriched entity data for a specific input record by its index. Use after a bulk enhance job has completed to retr
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- Get Crawl DataDownload extracted results from a completed crawl job. Returns all structured data extracted during crawl processing (articles, products, etc.). Use after a crawl job has completed to retrieve the col
- Get Discussion ThreadExtract structured discussion threads from web pages including forums, comment sections, product reviews, Reddit discussions, and blog comments. Returns posts with author info, timestamps, content, an
- Diffbot Get EventTool to extract event details from web pages. Use when you need structured event data such as venue, date, and description.
- Diffbot Get ImageTool to extract detailed information about images, including dimensions and recognition data. Use after confirming the image URL is publicly accessible.
- Diffbot Get ProductTool to extract product information such as specifications, prices, availability, and reviews. Use when you need structured product data including specs, pricing, and reviews.
- Get Video DataTool to extract information from videos, including titles, descriptions, and embedded HTML. Use when you need structured video metadata from any web page.
- List Bulk JobsTool to list all Bulk jobs associated with a specific token. Use after authenticating to retrieve statuses of all jobs for the account.
- List Bulk Jobs Status For TokenTool to get the status of all bulk enhance jobs for a token. Returns list of all bulk jobs associated with your API token. Use when you need to monitor or retrieve the status of multiple bulk jobs at
- List Custom APIsTool to retrieve all Custom APIs and their extraction rules currently defined on your Diffbot token. Use when you need to list, review, or audit custom API configurations for your account.
- Diffbot Knowledge Graph SearchSearch the Diffbot Knowledge Graph using DQL (Diffbot Query Language). Query billions of entities including organizations, people, articles, products, and more. Use structured queries to filter by typ
- Search Crawl Job DataTool to query crawl job collections using DQL (Diffbot Query Language). Use when you need to search extracted data from completed crawl or bulk jobs by collection name.
- Get KG Coverage Report by IDDownload Knowledge Graph coverage report by report ID. Returns detailed CSV coverage statistics showing field presence across query results. Use this after generating a coverage report from a DQL quer
Held for approval by default (changes and sends)
Held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo. 11 actions.
- Create Bulk Extract JobTool to submit a bulk extract job to process multiple URLs with Extract APIs. Use when you need to process many URLs asynchronously using any Extract API. The job will process URLs in the background a
- Create or Update Custom APITool to create or update the parameters and ruleset of a Custom API. Use this when you need to define custom extraction rules for specific websites that require tailored parsing logic beyond standard
- Create Bulk Enhance JobTool to submit a bulk enhance job to enrich multiple entities asynchronously. Use when you need to process many Person or Organization records in batch. The API accepts entity descriptions and returns
- Manage Crawl JobManages Diffbot crawl jobs: pause, restart, delete, or view status. Returns list of all active crawl jobs when called without parameters. Use 'name' parameter with action flags (pause=1, restart=1, de
- Resolve Lost IDTool to resolve lost IDs in the Knowledge Graph. Use when you need to map a lost identifier to its canonical counterpart for data consistency.
- Start Bulk JobTool to start a Bulk Extract job. Use when processing large numbers of URLs asynchronously. The Diffbot Bulk API uses GET requests with query parameters to create jobs.
- Start Crawl JobInitiates a Diffbot crawl job that spiders a website starting from seed URLs and processes discovered pages with a specified Extract API. The crawler follows links within the domain, collects structur
- Stop Bulk JobTool to pause (stop) a running Bulk job. Pausing halts further processing of URLs while preserving existing progress. To resume, use the appropriate resume action. Specify the exact job name (case-sen
- Stop KG Bulk Job By IDTool to stop an active Knowledge Graph Enhance bulk job by its ID. Halts processing of a running KG bulk job immediately. Use when you need to stop a specific KG bulk job using its bulkjobId.
- Delete Custom APITool to delete custom API definitions for a given URL pattern. Removes custom extraction rules from your account. Use when you need to remove previously configured custom APIs.
- Delete KG Enhance BulkjobTool to delete an Enhance Bulkjob. Removes the bulk job and its results from the system. Use when cleaning up completed or failed jobs.
Changes wait in Needs you
Changes and sends in Diffbot are held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
Diffbot questions
Can an agent change data in Diffbot on its own?
Not by default. Changes and sends in Diffbot are held for a person's approval. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
What can an agent read in Diffbot?
This connector lists 24 read actions. Reads run at once, without waiting for approval.
How does Diffbot connect?
It connects with API key. Connectors are built and maintained by third-party developers; availability is confirmed during scoping.