Web research
808 rows from 349 repositories
Searching, reading and citing sources on the open web.
What Web research skills agree on
294 skill files read, by 292 of the 300 authors on this shelf whose files we hold, 2026-09-06
The middle one of the 36 measured here is ~1.6k tokens long, counted with cl100k_base
Counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Where a claim sits in fewer files than authors, that is said: a claim held by forty authors across three files is one file people copied, not forty people who agreed. Near-identical wordings are grouped and the other wordings are shown, so the grouping is yours to check.
What they tell the agent to do
- Use web_search_exa for current information and broad discovery22 of 292 in 8 filesalso worded as use web_search_exa for broad queries; use web_search_exa for current info and news
- Cite every claim with a source21 of 292 in 18 filesalso worded as Cite every claim with a source; Cite a source for every claim
- Configure the Exa MCP server with an API key18 of 292 in 5 filesalso worded as Configure the Exa MCP server with an API key before searching; configure the Exa MCP server before use
- Use get_code_context_exa for code examples and API docs16 of 292 in 6 filesalso worded as Use get_code_context_exa for code examples and API usage; use get_code_context_exa for code examples and docs
- Verify exact tool names before depending on them13 of 292 in 4 filesalso worded as verify additional Exa tool names before depending on them; Verify exposed Exa tool names before relying on them
- Narrow results with site:, quoted phrase, and intitle: operators13 of 292 in 4 filesalso worded as Narrow results with site:, quotes, and intitle: operators; narrow results with site, quoted-phrase, and intitle operators
- Adjust tokensNum lower for snippets, higher for full context13 of 292 in 4 filesalso worded as Set tokensNum low for snippets, high for context; lower tokensNum for focused snippets, raise it for broad context
- Break the topic into 3-5 research sub-questions13 of 292also worded as Break the topic into 3-5 sub-questions; Break the topic into three to five sub-questions
- Get user confirmation after Phase 110 of 292 in 9 filesalso worded as Get user confirmation before Phase 2; Require user confirmation after Phase 1
- Prefer primary sources when available10 of 292also worded as Prefer primary sources over summaries; Prefer primary sources over secondary.
- Verify extracted metadata against original sources9 of 292 in 5 filesalso worded as Verify extracted metadata against the original publication; Spot-check extracted metadata against original sources
- Include an explicit limitations section in every report9 of 292 in 8 filesalso worded as Include an explicit limitations section; Include explicit limitations section in every report
- Extract every verifiable claim into a numbered list9 of 292 in 8 filesalso worded as extract every verifiable claim; extract every relevant claim into an explicit list
- Confirm current Exa docs and exposed tool surface before use11 of 292 in 2 filesalso worded as Confirm tool surface and Exa docs before relying
- Protect title capitalization with braces8 of 292 in 4 files
What they tell it not to do
- Never fabricate citations or invent sources19 of 292also worded as Never fabricate sources; Never fabricate citations
- Do not rely only on search snippets12 of 292 in 10 filesalso worded as Do not rely on a single search database; Don't rely only on search snippets
- Do not type BibTeX entries manually11 of 292 in 7 filesalso worded as Type BibTeX entries by hand; Never type BibTeX entries by hand
- Never make unsourced assertions10 of 292also worded as No unsourced assertions; Do not make unsourced assertions
- Do not accept extracted metadata without verification8 of 292 in 4 filesalso worded as Accept extracted metadata without verification; Do not accept extracted metadata blindly
- Do not submit without running final validation8 of 292 in 4 filesalso worded as Submit a bibliography without validation; Never submit without running validation
- Never give direct answers in Socratic mode7 of 292 in 6 filesalso worded as Direct answers in socratic mode
- Never run searches sequentially6 of 292 in 4 filesalso worded as Do not run searches sequentially; Don't run sequential searches in one context
- Never invent missing bibliographic fields6 of 292 in 5 filesalso worded as Do not invent missing bibliographic fields; Never invent missing citation fields
- Never fabricate references by mixing real papers5 of 292also worded as Never fabricate references from mixed real papers; Fabricating references by mixing real papers
What they expect to be installed
- WebSearch58 of 292 in 55 files
- WebFetch45 of 292
- web_search_exa24 of 292 in 10 files
- get_code_context_exa21 of 292 in 7 files
- python319 of 292
- CrossRef API18 of 292 in 14 files
- npx18 of 292 in 5 files
- curl17 of 292
- exa-mcp-server17 of 292 in 4 files
- AskUserQuestion16 of 292
What they ask it to produce
- Markdown research report file22 of 292 in 20 filesalso worded as Structured markdown research report; Markdown research report
- Research plan summary16 of 292 in 15 filesalso worded as research plan file; Research plan
- Research brief12 of 292 in 11 filesalso worded as Research Question Brief; brief.md research brief
- Structured markdown research report with citations12 of 292 in 11 filesalso worded as Structured markdown research brief with citations; Structured research report with inline citations
- JSON search results file11 of 292 in 7 filesalso worded as Search results JSON; JSON results file
- Citation validation report10 of 292 in 6 filesalso worded as Validation report; Citation verification report
- Verification report9 of 292 in 8 filesalso worded as Source verification report
- BibTeX bibliography file9 of 292 in 5 filesalso worded as BibTeX citation file; BibTeX bibliography files
When Web research authors say to reach for one
The situations these authors wrote into their own files, counted out of the same 292 authors, with the skills that name each one
- User asks to research any topic in depth31 of 292 in 29 files
- Deep research
- Academic deep research
- and 2 more on this shelf
- User asks to research or investigate24 of 292
- User asks to fact-check specific claims23 of 292 in 22 files
- Deep research
- Swing research
- Academic deep research
- and 2 more on this shelf
- User needs current web information or news22 of 292 in 8 files
- Exa search
- Exa web search free
- Neversight skills feed exa web search free 1.0.1
- and 6 more on this shelf
- User says search for, look up, or find22 of 292 in 8 files
- Oma search
- Exa search
- and 7 more on this shelf
- User asks to search the web17 of 292
- Researching companies, competitors, or market players17 of 292 in 4 files
- Exa search
- and 6 more on this shelf
- Finding professional profiles or people in a domain17 of 292 in 4 files
- Exa search
- and 6 more on this shelf
How Web research skills are built
732 skill directories by 310 authors, read from their repositories’ own file trees 2026-08-05
The middle bundle among those shipping files is 4 files, 23.9 KB beside SKILL.md
Counted by distinct author, same as above, so one author publishing forty template copies counts once. SKILL.md itself is not counted as a file, so a single-file skill is one where that file is the whole skill.
The shape
- SKILL.md is the whole skill107 of 310 authors, 330 of 732 skills
- files ship beside it203 of 310 authors, 402 of 732 skills
- executable scripts ship inside110 of 310 authors, 203 of 732 skills
The folders they converge on
- references/116 of 310 authors, 193 of 732 skills
- scripts/97 of 310 authors, 189 of 732 skills
- agents/36 of 310 authors, 40 of 732 skills
- assets/33 of 310 authors, 46 of 732 skills
- examples/23 of 310 authors, 31 of 732 skills
- evals/22 of 310 authors, 36 of 732 skills
Light0305/Light-skills/skills/light-citation Skill
521★ repoAn AI workflow skill pack for research, competitions, and innovation projects.
Johell1NS/browser-search Skill
486★A skill for AI agents: search the web with SearXNG, browse with Camofox, bypass protections with CloakBrowser. Anti-hallucination by design. Self-hosted, free, unlimited.
BlockRunAI/blockrun-mcp/io.github.BlockRunAI/blockrun-mcp MCP server
426★ repoWeb search, deep research, prediction markets & crypto data for AI agents. Pay per call via x402.
damionrashford/RivalSearchMCP/plugins/rival-search-mcp-skills/skills/rival-search-mcp Skill
119★ repoDeterministic research MCP server on FastMCP 3 — 5-engine web search, 9-platform social search, 6 academic DBs, news aggregation, entity profiles, conflict detection, document analysis. No API keys. No in-server LLM. Structured outputs for agent chaining.
beevibe-ai/beevibe-cto/examples/claude-code-skill Skill
105★ repoArchitecture Deep Research: deep research for strategic system design decisions.
joshua-zyy/academic-paper-writer/skills/academic-citation Skill
104★ repo面向 CS / AI / ML 领域的证据驱动、分节推进的论文写作 Agent Skill。
proyecto26/sherlock-ai-plugin/skills/deep-research Skill
35★ repoSherlock AI plugin; Research & Implementation Supercharged with a curated list of AI skills
Searchpin — Free Web Search for AI Agents
telly6/searchpin/io.github.telly6/searchpin MCP server
no license30★ repoFree web search for AI agents — multi-engine parallel search, smart ranking, no sign-up, no limits
PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition/agri-deep-research Skill
24★ repoOpen, MIT-licensed food & nutrition science research skills for Claude Code, Codex, and MiniMax Agent — multi-agent literature/systematic review, journal-aware writing, peer review, and figures, plus author-guideline skills for 150+ journals. Initiated by the Food Science Group, University of Melbourne.
Agents365-ai/scholar-deep-research/skills/scholar-deep-research Skill
22★ repo8-phase literature-review pipeline. 7 federated sources, dedup, ranked retrieval, citation chasing, self-critique, 5 report archetypes.
appautomaton/webmaton/skills/agentic-search Skill
18★ repoPortable web-research and browser-automation SKILLs for Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode — Playwright, Chrome DevTools, nodriver, and HTML-to-Markdown.
xpepper/perplexity-agent-skill/perplexity-web-research Skill
18★ repoA agent skill that leverages the Perplexity CLI for web research, deep reasoning, and independent validation.
TobiasBlask/open-paper-machine/scientific-skills/citation-management Skill
16★ repoAn autonomous LLM research agent that executes the full academic paper pipeline — from literature search to compiled PDF
papersflow-ai/papersflow-mcp/io.github.papersflow-ai/papersflow MCP server
14★ repoAcademic research MCP server for paper search, citation checks, graphs, and deep research.
LivXue/paper-search-with-citation/paper_search_with_citation Skill
no license11★ repoPaper search with citation skill for LLM agent
Marazii/research-co-pilot/skills/citation-formatter Skill
9★ repoComprehensive research co-pilot for Claude Code and claude.ai — 14 skills covering literature review, methodology, ethics review, data analysis, qualitative coding, brainstorming, manuscript drafting, replication design, grant writing, talk building, citations, survey design, and peer review. A peer collaborator, not a subservient assistant.
XYD-GIS/paper-toolkits/skills/academic-citation Skill
9★ repo中文学术写作工具集 · 38 个 prompt + 4 个 Claude Code skill
AutomateLab-tech/citation-intelligence/io.github.AutomateLab-tech/citation-intelligence MCP server
8★ repoCheck what Perplexity, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews cite for any query.
xuboboo/grok-geo/skill/grok-geo Skill
5★ repoAI 搜索与生成式引擎优化(GEO)的品牌诊断 Agent Skill,内置 17 个主流 AI 搜索与问答引擎适配器,覆盖 ChatGPT、豆包、DeepSeek、通义千问(Qwen)、智谱 GLM / Z.ai、Kimi、文心一言、Claude、Gemini等平台,支持跨平台开展 GEO 查询与品牌表现分析。 系统基于 60+ 项可复现的确定性指标和 92 条合规规则,综合评估品牌在生成式搜索中的可见度、提及与引用表现、竞品差距、情感倾向及实体知识图谱质量,并输出可量化、可追踪、可执行的 GEO 优化建议,帮助品牌发现影响 AI 收录、引用与推荐的关键问题。
mayrsascha/deep-research-skill/skills/deep-research Skill
5★ repoAgent skill that generates structured, context-aware Deep Research prompts and copies them to clipboard. Works with Gemini, Perplexity, ChatGPT, and any deep research tool. Compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and 18+ other agents.
hec-ovi/websearch-skill/skills/web-search Skill
5★ repoKeyless, uv-native web search + read for AI agents: ddgs multi-engine search with de-correlated rank fusion, Trafilatura extraction to paginated Markdown, plus keyless arxiv and github search. Self-hosted SearXNG with no Docker, SOCKS5 egress proxy, one-call init, and a doctor that self-tests every engine.
papersflow-ai/papersflow-skills/skills/citation-verifier Skill
5★ repoReusable PapersFlow research skills for literature search, citation graph exploration, and DeepScan monitoring powered by papersflow-mcp.
kongyo2/deep-research-skill/deep-research Skill
no license4★ repoTenWalk/ieee-skills/ieee-skills-claude/skills/ieee-citation Skill
4★ repoClaude and Codex adapted IEEE communications manuscript skills for JSAC, TWC, TCOM, WCL, and CL.
Mr-DS-ML-85/searxng-websearch Skill
4★🔍 Zero-API-key web search for AI agents via self-hosted SearXNG. Works natively with Claude Code, OpenClaude, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, Hermes & more. One SKILL.md, eight tools.
lyx2022518/sherlock-ai-plugin/skills/deep-research Skill
no license3★ repo🛠️ Transform research papers into executable code with Sherlock AI Plugin, your essential tool for efficient literature review and implementation.
Aidress skill find verified web research agent
Aidress-ai/aidress-skill-find-verified-web-research-agent Skill
2★Find a Verified Web Research Agent. Agent discovery, trust verification, and capability routing powered by Aidress — the coordination registry for autonomous AI agents. Use for research agent discovery, trust verification, and capability routing — via Aidress (https://api.aidress.ai).
superagents-lab/search1api-cli/skills/search1api Skill
2★ repoSearch1API CLI for web search, news, crawling, sitemaps, and trends—with OAuth 2.1 and an installable Agent Skill.
rakibulism/agent-skills-os/skills/academic-researcher Skill
2★ repoTHE UNIVERSAL AGENT SKILLS LIBRARY
keenableai/keenable-mcp/ai.keenable/web-search MCP server
2★ repoLive web search and clean-markdown page fetch over the Keenable web index.
MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search/io.github.MRNAQA/sourceweave-web-search MCP server
2★ repoFully local MCP server and CLI for web research
rafaelpierre/duckduckscrape/.claude/skills/duckduckscrape Skill
no license1★ repoA lightweight CLI that provides agents with web search powers via DuckDuckGo.
foundry-works/foundry-research/skills/deep-research-revision Skill
1★ repoClaude Code agentic researcher designed for academic research, supporting 20+ academic and web source providers
B143KC47/deep-research-skill/deep-research Skill
1★ repoEvidence-first deep research skills for AI agents, with source tracking, citations, contradiction checks, and uncertainty-aware synthesis.
belschak/web-research-cascade Skill
1★Claude Code skill that escalates blocked web fetches (WebFetch -> Jina Reader -> Firecrawl -> your browser) so primary sources get read instead of silently skipped.
kgraph57/evidentia/skills/medical-fact-check Skill
1★ repoOpen-source medical citation verifier: catches fabricated DOI/PMID/NCT references with CLI, MCP, and Claude Code skill.
hashbulla/deep-research Skill
1★A human-gated, 7-phase agentic deep-research skill for Claude Code. Fans out across the open web (Tavily), GitHub, academic open-graphs (OpenAlex/arXiv/Semantic Scholar), and live library docs — then grades every source on the NATO Admiralty A–F scale, runs deterministic quality gates, and emits four cited artifacts.
sergeyizmailov/Claude-Skills/skills/deep-research Skill
1★ repoOpen Agent Skills for frontend engineering, secure coding, research, automation, and Meta Ads workflows.
FMATheNomad/deep-research-skill/skills/deep-research Skill
1★ repoMassive autonomous web research for AI coding agents. ⭐ Free Firecrawl alternative. No API keys. Open source. Sponsor ❤️
Hash-7777/Hash-Medical-Reasearch-Agent-Skills/skills/citation-faithfulness Skill
1★ repoDrop-in agent skills that make an AI appraise medical literature like a reviewer — grade every citation against its source, run reproducible PRISMA searches, pool studies safely, and defend RAG against prompt injection. Framework-agnostic, MIT.
FactrueSolin/searxng-skills/skills/searxng-search Skill
1★ repoA portable Agent Skill for searching the web through a user-configured SearXNG instance, with source-aware research workflows and a companion Python CLI.
PROJECT-B-26/groundroute-mcp/ai.groundroute/web-search MCP server
1★ repoWeb search for AI agents — one tool across 6 engines, routed to the cheapest + cached.
guptaprakhariitr/verification-mcp/io.github.guptaprakhariitr/verification-mcp MCP server
no license1★ repoReal-time fact-check, citation verification, and source-freshness for AI agents.
Chris1220-cmd/deep-research-skill Skill
0★Free Perplexity/Gemini-level deep research for Claude Code — 20-40+ sources, domain boost, source credibility, then generate podcasts, videos, slides, quizzes from findings
rainearcher/quiver/skills/perplexity-research Skill
0★ repoClaude Code plugins for deep GTM research, competitive analysis, and more — by Raine Soriano
moonpiesheldon1337/grounded-research Skill
0★A Claude skill that enforces citation-first research discipline. Classifies claims, verifies before writing, signals confidence levels, and audits output for hallucinations. Works with Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI.
BAS-More/truth-shield Skill
0★Stop Claude from lying to you. A Claude Code skill that fact-checks every claim against real sources — code files, live docs, web search — and flags anything it can't confirm.
excelle/seo-geo-toolkit/craft/ai-citation-optimizer Skill
0★ repoahoyvarun/grounded-research/grounded-research Skill
0★ repoA Claude Skill that verifies research writing - catches fabricted citations, unsupported claims and hidden contradictions
search-atlas-group/amm-founding-circle/skills/aeo-llm-content-planner Skill
0★ repoThe AMM founding-circle home base: 36 Claude skills (AEO/SEO + agentic engineering + security), the agentic ladder, playbooks, and automations. No paid APIs required.
prvthmpcypher/skills-education/skills/citation-formatter Skill
0★ repo14 Claude skills for learning and teaching. Flashcard generation, concept explanation, study plans, exam prep, and research summaries.
Fizzokid1/truthful-research/skill Skill
0★ repoVerification-first research skill for Claude: no quote, no citation. Plus the rubric to grade any research agent.
indigokarasu/sift Skill
0★Sift: research synthesis engine — retrieves, verifies, and synthesizes information from the web with source reliability scoring.
ultimatile/citation-survey-skill Skill
0★Agent skill to survey citing or referenced papers using the OpenAlex API.
cmdecker95/skills/skills/apa-citation Skill
no license0★ repo🦾 My own little curation of skills
ankitgoyalio/life-skills/deep-research Skill
0★ repoA collection of Agent Skills that extend AI agents for health, fitness, nutrition, deep research, and practical life workflows.
ULudo/codex-science-skills/skills/citation-reference-reviewer Skill
no license0★ repoCodex skills for scientific manuscript drafting, peer-review assessment, technical rigor checks, citation auditing, and research writing workflows.
arufian/crawlit-skill Skill
0★Agent skill pack for Crawlit web scraping, crawling, and site mapping
guillochon/gemini-google-web-search-skill/skills/gemini-web-search Skill
0★ repoKaiSky0823/ks-deep-claim-audit Skill
no license0★Claude Code skill · 对别人宣称的 GitHub 项目/AI工具/产品/数据·性能·热度做深度地毯式核查,客观判真伪夸大,出逐条 verdict 报告