Search and scrape
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Use BEFORE any web search, lookup, or page fetch/scrape to pick the right tool instead of defaulting to one. Routes SEARCH across parallel-search (general default), Exa (semantic / find-similar / discovery), and Perplexity (synthesized cited answers + deep research); routes FETCH across Jina Reader (default, fast/cheap) and Firecrawl (JS-heavy / anti-bot / structured extract / crawl). Defers to linkedin-scrape and reddit-scrape for those platforms. Triggers on "search", "look up", "find out", "research", "scrape", "fetch this page", "get this article".
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Search & Scrape Routing
Pick the tool that fits the job. Do not reflexively use one tool for everything. The two tables below are the decision logic.
SEARCH — finding information on the web
| Situation | Tool | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Default — facts, news, "what is X", finding a URL, most lookups | parallel-search (web_search/web_fetch) | Cheap (effectively unlimited here), fast, LLM-optimized excerpts. Handles ~90% of searches. |
| "Find pages like this", discovery by meaning not keywords, niche/technical sources, specific entity pages (papers, company/people pages), "find similar / find more like" | Exa (web_search_exa) | Neural/semantic search. Wins when keyword search returns junk or you want conceptual matches. Free tier is generous; content bundled with results. |
| Need a synthesized, cited answer (not a list of links), multi-hop factual question | Perplexity perplexity_ask | Returns an answer with citations in one shot. |
| Deep research report — multi-source, comprehensive, time OK to spend 30s+ | Perplexity perplexity_research | Heaviest/most expensive; reserve for genuine deep dives. |
| Step-by-step analytical reasoning over web facts | Perplexity perplexity_reason |
Don't: use perplexity_search (raw links) — parallel-search already returns links cheaper. Don't burn perplexity_research credits on questions perplexity_ask or parallel-search can answer. Don't reach for Exa when a plain keyword search would find it.
Reddit search note: built-in WebSearch is blocked from reddit.com. Use parallel-search with site:reddit.com, or Gemini.
FETCH / SCRAPE — pulling content from a specific URL
| Situation | Tool | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Default — fetch a normal article/page as clean markdown | Jina Reader (jina_reader) | Fast, free, clean markdown. First choice for static/simple pages. |
| Page is JS-heavy / SPA, behind anti-bot/Cloudflare, needs structured extraction (schema), multi-page crawl, browser actions, or screenshots | Firecrawl (firecrawl_scrape / firecrawl_crawl / firecrawl_extract) | Renders JS, defeats anti-bot, extracts structured data, crawls sites. Costs credits — escalate to it only when Jina returns junk or the page needs rendering. |
| Firecrawl Stealth mode | use sparingly | 5 credits/page vs 1 — don't hit protected sites at volume casually. |
Escalation rule: try Jina first. If the result is empty/garbled or the page is clearly dynamic, escalate to Firecrawl.
Platform-specific — DEFER to the dedicated skills
- LinkedIn (profiles, posts, people/company search): both Firecrawl and Jina are blocked. Use the
linkedin-scrapeskill (LinkedIn MCP default, Apify for large bulk). Do not attempt Firecrawl/Jina/WebFetch on linkedin.com. - Reddit (posts, comments, subreddits, keyword search): Firecrawl, Jina, and WebFetch are all blocked from reddit.com. Use the
reddit-scrapeskill, or append.jsonto a Reddit URL, or Gemini/Search1API.
Notes
webcrawlerMCP is disabled — Firecrawl + Jina cover its use cases.- Skills don't apply in Claude Desktop/mobile; this routing is for Claude Code.