Emerging Tech & Next-Level Software · AI agents, standards & the agent-ready web
NLWeb
An open project from Microsoft, introduced in 2025, that turns a website into a natural-language interface people and AI agents can ask questions of, built on the site’s own content and structured data and compatible with the Model Context Protocol.
Also searched as: Natural Language Web
What it does
- Natural-language questions answered from your own content
- Uses schema.org structured data
- MCP-compatible endpoint
- Open source
Who uses it
Publishers, stores and service businesses that want AI agents to use their sites accurately.
Well-known examples
Microsoft NLWeb (open source)
Buy, build or connect?
AI-Queryable Website (NLWeb, llms.txt & Agent Access)
Upgrade your website so AI assistants and agents can read it, ask it questions and act on it: llms.txt, markdown versions of every page, complete structured data, a natural-language query endpoint and an MCP server.
Schema Markup & Structured Data
Structured data that helps Google and AI assistants understand your business, services, products, reviews, events and FAQs.
Questions about NLWebs
What is a NLWeb?
An open project from Microsoft, introduced in 2025, that turns a website into a natural-language interface people and AI agents can ask questions of, built on the site’s own content and structured data and compatible with the Model Context Protocol.
How is AI changing NLWebs?
NLWeb is part of a broader shift: websites that answer agents directly instead of hoping AI crawlers guess correctly from pages built for people.
Need a NLWeb set up, connected or built?
Tell us what you use today and what you need it to do. We will tell you honestly whether to buy, build or connect, with a fixed quote.
- Big projects and small ones are all welcome
- Fixed-price quotes, no surprise invoices
- You own your code, data and accounts
- A client portal to track progress, invoices and payments
- Rooted in Wisconsin, serving businesses nationwide