Nested Browser-Use Learning for Agentic Information Seeking
Authors: name: Baixuan Li; name: Jialong Wu; name: Wenbiao Yin; name: Kuan Li; name: Zhongwang Zhang; name: Huifeng Yin; name: Zhengwei Tao; name: Liwen Zhang; name: Pengjun Xie; name: Jingren Zhou; name: Yong Jiang
Published: 2025-12-29 17:59:14

Abstract: Information-seeking (IS) agents have achieved strong performance across a range of wide and deep search tasks, yet their tool use remains largely restricted to API-level snippet retrieval and URL-based page fetching, limiting access to the richer information available through real browsing. While full browser interaction could unlock deeper capabilities, its fine-grained control and verbose page content returns introduce substantial complexity for ReAct-style function-calling agents. To bridge this gap, we propose Nested Browser-Use Learning (NestBrowse), which introduces a minimal and complete browser-action framework that decouples interaction control from page exploration through a nested structure. This design simplifies agentic reasoning while enabling effective deep-web information acquisition. Empirical results on challenging deep IS benchmarks demonstrate that NestBrowse offers clear benefits in practice. Further in-depth analyses underscore its efficiency and flexibility.