Q4 2025: WebSight & webMCP: Architecting the AI‑Ready Web

As the year closes, two academic advances hint at the future of AI‑aware web design: WebSight proposes a vision‑first agent model that interacts with web UIs visually, not via DOM traversal. And webMCP is a client‑side context standard that gives AI agents structured interaction metadata to bypass heavy HTML parsing.

These projects suggest the next wave: websites built not just for humans and search engines, but for AI agents themselves. The implication is profound — webpages may soon carry a hidden “instruction layer” for bots, and UI design principles will need to think of both human and AI users.

What This Means for Your Clients:

Clients may soon need “dual-layer” websites — one for human visitors, another for AI agents that navigate, click, and learn visually. Forward-thinking agencies will want to plan for this now. Basebuild can support you in rethinking UI components, adding interaction tags, and building the type of next-gen frontends that work equally well for humans and machines.

If you’re looking to learn more please feel free to reach out to Dave and say hi or check out our case studies for some examples of our work.

Reference: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09171