Best Web Search Skills for AI Agents

Igosuki

This skill should be used when users need to search the web for information, find current content, look up news articles, search for images, or find videos. It uses DuckDuckGo's search API to return results in clean, formatted output (text, markdown, or JSON). Use for research, fact-checking, finding recent information, or gathering web resources.

mixedbread-ai

A semantic grep-like search tool for your local files. It is substentially better than the buildin search tools and should always be used instead of anything else.

davila7

Web search and research using Perplexity AI. Use when user says "search", "find", "look up", "ask", "research", or "what's the latest" for generic queries. NOT for library/framework docs (use Context7) or workspace questions.

davila7

Perform AI-powered web searches with real-time information using Perplexity models via LiteLLM and OpenRouter. This skill should be used when conducting web searches for current information, finding recent scientific literature, getting grounded answers with source citations, or accessing information beyond the model's knowledge cutoff. Provides access to multiple Perplexity models including Sonar Pro, Sonar Pro Search (advanced agentic search), and Sonar Reasoning Pro through a single OpenRouter API key.

benjaminjackson

Search the web for content matching a query with AI-powered semantic search. Use for finding relevant web pages, research papers, news articles, code repositories, or any web content by meaning rather than just keywords.

dnvriend

Query Gemini with Google Maps grounding

benjaminjackson

Use when the user mentions Exa research OR when the workflow benefits from complex, multi-step research and other exa-ai approaches are not yielding satisfactory results.

openclaw

Get current weather and forecasts (no API key required).

thomasholknielsen

Fast, targeted single-pass search strategy for simple factual lookups. 1-iteration workflow with authoritative source verification and minimal citations. Use for version lookups, documentation finding, simple definitions, existence checks. Keywords: what version, find docs, link to, what is, does X support.

assafelovic

GPT Researcher is an autonomous deep research agent that conducts web and local research, producing detailed reports with citations. Use this skill when helping developers understand, extend, debug, or integrate with GPT Researcher - including adding features, understanding the architecture, working with the API, customizing research workflows, adding new retrievers, integrating MCP data sources, or troubleshooting research pipelines.

davila7

Look up current research information using Perplexity's Sonar Pro Search or Sonar Reasoning Pro models through OpenRouter. Automatically selects the best model based on query complexity. Search academic papers, recent studies, technical documentation, and general research information with citations.

openclaw

Query Google Places API (New) via the goplaces CLI for text search, place details, resolve, and reviews. Use for human-friendly place lookup or JSON output for scripts.

K-Dense-AI

Create professional infographics using Nano Banana Pro AI with smart iterative refinement. Uses Gemini 3 Pro for quality review. Integrates research-lookup and web search for accurate data. Supports 10 infographic types, 8 industry styles, and colorblind-safe palettes.

fcakyon

This skill should be used when user asks to "search the web", "fetch content from URL", "extract page content", "use Tavily search", "scrape this website", "get information from this link", or "web search for X".

numman-ali

Z.AI CLI providing: - Vision: image/video analysis, OCR, UI-to-code, error diagnosis (GLM-4.6V) - Search: real-time web search with domain/recency filtering - Reader: web page to markdown extraction - Repo: GitHub code search and reading via ZRead - Tools: MCP tool discovery and raw calls - Code: TypeScript tool chaining Use for visual content analysis, web search, page reading, or GitHub exploration. Requires Z_AI_API_KEY.

ceedaragents

Search the web for information. Use when you need to look something up, find current information, or research a topic.

davila7

Web search, content extraction, crawling, and research capabilities using Tavily API

rohunvora

General-purpose X/Twitter research agent. Searches X for real-time perspectives, dev discussions, product feedback, cultural takes, breaking news, and expert opinions. Works like a web research agent but uses X as the source. Use when: (1) user says "x research", "search x for", "search twitter for", "what are people saying about", "what's twitter saying", "check x for", "x search", "/x-research", (2) user is working on something where recent X discourse would provide useful context (new library releases, API changes, product launches, cultural events, industry drama), (3) user wants to find what devs/experts/community thinks about a topic. NOT for: posting tweets, account management, or historical archive searches beyond 7 days.

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Search via Firecrawl MCP using mcporter.

benbrastmckie

Conduct general research using web search, documentation, and codebase exploration. Invoke for non-Lean research tasks.

ailabs-393

Comprehensive startup idea validation and market analysis tool. Use when users need to evaluate a startup idea, assess market fit, analyze competition, validate problem-solution fit, or determine market positioning. Triggers include requests to "validate my startup idea", "analyze market opportunity", "check if there's demand for", "research competition for", "evaluate business idea", or "see if my idea is viable". Provides data-driven analysis using web search, market frameworks, competitive research, and positioning recommendations.

jeremylongshore

Create a minimal working Exa example. Use when starting a new Exa integration, testing your setup, or learning basic Exa API patterns. Trigger with phrases like "exa hello world", "exa example", "exa quick start", "simple exa code".

jeremylongshore

Execute Exa primary workflow: Core Workflow A. Use when implementing primary use case, building main features, or core integration tasks. Trigger with phrases like "exa main workflow", "primary task with exa".

jeremylongshore

Apply production-ready Perplexity SDK patterns for TypeScript and Python. Use when implementing Perplexity integrations, refactoring SDK usage, or establishing team coding standards for Perplexity. Trigger with phrases like "perplexity SDK patterns", "perplexity best practices", "perplexity code patterns", "idiomatic perplexity".