# Zenrows integrates with smolagents to give AI agents production-grade web access

> A tutorial shows how to swap smolagents' plain-requests VisitWebpageTool for a Zenrows-backed tool that bypasses bot checks.

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- Beat: Agents & MCP · Evidence: Primary source · Type/significance: analysis/2 · First seen: 2026-09-05T14:59:10.740961+00:00 · Updated: 2026-09-05T14:59:10.740961+00:00 · Edition: 2026-09-06
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## Briefing
- Zenrows: A tutorial shows how to swap smolagents' plain-requests VisitWebpageTool for a Zenrows-backed tool that bypasses bot checks.

## Why it matters
AI agents that fetch web pages as part of their workflow are increasingly hitting anti-bot systems, which return false data or block pages entirely. By replacing the default tool with a proxy-based extraction layer, developers can give their agents reliable, production-ready web access without rewriting the agent logic. This integration lowers the friction for teams building agentic scrapers that need to scale past simple, unprotected sites.

## Sources
- Primary source · Zenrows · 2026-08-28 — [Integrating Zenrows into smolagents for production web access](https://www.zenrows.com/blog/zenrows-smolagents)

## Watch next
Will other proxy vendors ship similar drop-in tools for popular agent frameworks like LangChain or CrewAI?

Topics: Zenrows, smolagents, ai-agents, web-scraping, proxy-integration, smolagents, anti-bot-bypass

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