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Overview

BitAgent is Bitscale’s unique research agent designed for live website scraping and market research. It performs structured scrapes of a company’s website, and if the data is unavailable there, it automatically checks other sources such as Google Web Search. BitAgent is widely used for:
  • Primary research in customized outreach workflows
  • Detecting website changes or signals (e.g., compliance, certifications)
  • Extracting structured data like event attendees
  • Enriching accounts with deeper context for personalization

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When to Use BitAgent

  • Use BitAgent when you need in-depth, company-specific insights.
  • Use Google Web Search, Google News, or Perplexity agents when you need broad, surface-level research across multiple sources.

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Setting Up BitAgent

  1. Go to the Enrichments Tab → Web Search → BitAgent.
  2. Provide an input:
    • Preferred: Company URL
    • Alternative: A direct link to the page you want scraped (e.g., an event attendee list).
  3. Add a prompt:
    • Example: “Check if the company is SOC2 validated.”

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Output Formatting

Proper output formatting ensures that responses are structured and usable in downstream workflows. Without formatting, the AI may return unstructured text, which can break dependent steps. Two formatting types are supported:
  • Fields:
    • Used for single-value or comma-separated responses.
    • Example: name field with 10 names, company field with 10 companies (each comma separated).
  • Lists:
    • Used when you want row-level encapsulation for each item.
    • Example: {name, company} for each attendee, output as multiple structured records.
💡 Use Fields when you need flat responses, and Lists when you plan to explode results into multiple rows in another grid.

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Example: Event Attendees

  • Fields Output:
    • name: John, Sarah, Priya
    • company: Acme, Globex, Initech
  • Lists Output:
    • {name: John, company: Acme}
    • {name: Sarah, company: Globex}
    • {name: Priya, company: Initech}
Lists are recommended when the output will be mapped into grids for further enrichment.

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Adding Results to Columns

  • After running BitAgent, add the structured output as a column in your grid.
  • Example: Column is_soc_validated with boolean values True/False.
  • Supported output types: Text, True/False, Numbers, etc.

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Best Practices

  • Always provide a clear and concise prompt (20–30 words).
  • Use structured output formatting to avoid dependency errors.
  • For boolean checks (e.g., “Is SOC2 validated?”), use True/False type for accuracy.
  • For bulk lists (e.g., event attendees), always use the List option.