Web Search

VerifiedCaution

Search for up-to-date information, news, current events, or any topic after the model's training cutoff.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
ProductivityBeginner
7/23/2026
Claude Code
#web-search#real-time-data#news#research#information-retrieval

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Automated summary

Runs keyword-focused web searches and returns concise summaries of current or time-sensitive information.

Strengths

  • Converts conversational questions into short, relevant search queries.
  • Supports adjustable result counts via top_k, from 3 to 10.
  • Responds in the user's language and suggests web-fetch when a source needs deeper reading.

Limitations

  • Requires the run_js tool and index.html, limiting portability.
  • Does not read full pages; detailed analysis needs the separate web-fetch step.
  • Result quality depends on the external search backend, and systematic citations are not specified.
When to use it

Use for news, prices, sports scores, current events, or any fact that may have changed after the model's training cutoff.

When not to use it

Avoid for stable general knowledge or when full-page analysis is required without an additional fetch step.

Security analysis

Caution
Quality score78/100

The skill itself contains no destructive, exfiltrating, or obfuscated instructions — it just builds a keyword query and top_k value and passes them to a sandboxed `run_js` tool. That is a legitimate use of powerful tooling (network search), which warrants caution rather than risk. The main unverifiable element is the referenced `index.html` payload, whose contents are not part of this listing; a reviewer should confirm it only performs the described search call.

Findings
  • •Delegates execution to a `run_js` tool with an `index.html` payload that is not included in the skill, so actual network/execution behavior cannot be verified from the manifest
  • •Encourages fetching live internet content, which is an injection vector (search results may contain adversarial instructions)
How this analysis is made

Examples

Latest device lookup
What is the latest iPhone model and its starting price?
Today's news
今天香港有什麼新聞?
Research summary
Search for recent developments in solid-state batteries and summarize the top results.

name: web-search description: Search the internet for up-to-date information, recent news, current events, or any topic that may have changed after the model's training cutoff. Use this when the user asks about recent or real-time facts. metadata: homepage: https://github.com/mons0630/ai-edge-skills/tree/main/web-search

Web Search

Instructions

Call the run_js tool using index.html and a JSON string for data with the following fields:

  • query: Required. A concise, keyword-focused search query. Strip conversational filler words. Examples:
    • User asks "what is the latest iPhone model?" → query: latest iPhone model 2026
    • User asks "今天有什麼新聞?" → query: today news Hong Kong 2026
  • top_k: Optional. Number of results to return. Default is 5. Use 3 for simple lookups, 8-10 for research topics.

Constraints:

  • Always use this skill for time-sensitive questions: news, prices, sports scores, current events, anything after your training cutoff.
  • Summarize the returned results in a concise answer. Do not repeat all raw results verbatim.
  • If search returns no relevant results, say so and suggest a refined query.
  • Respond in the same language as the user's original prompt.
  • If the user's question needs deeper reading of one result, suggest using the web-fetch skill with that URL.

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/web-search-mrx3xyfn/download' --output '.skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/web-search' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn' '.claude/skills/web-search'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation
openskills install './.skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn'

openskills read 'web-search-mrx3xyfn'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/web-search-mrx3xyfn/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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