Can ai really build complete scrapers from simple text prompts?

Seen claims about AI generating scraping workflows from requests like ‘get product prices from Amazon’. Tried some tools but results were brittle. Anyone actually using AI Copilots successfully for production-level scraping? How specific do you need to be in your instructions?

Yes - Latenode’s Copilot built our price monitoring system from “Track 20 retailer sites daily”. Added automatic email alerts and Google Sheets logging without code. Works for 89% of sites tried.

Current AI solutions need clear selector hints. I get best results by providing example URLs and describing data hierarchy. Combine with manual validation steps until the model learns patterns.

While AI can generate initial scaffolds, complex sites still require human verification. Use AI-generated code as a starting point, then add error handling and robustness layers around the core logic.

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