Web Search

Search the web and fetch web pages. Use when the user asks to search for information, look something up, or fetch a URL.

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Web Search Skill

Search the web and fetch pages using the available tools.

Using web_fetch Tool

If the web_fetch tool is available, use it to fetch and read web pages:

web_fetch(url="https://example.com")

Using exec with Python (fallback)

If web_fetch is not available, use Python with requests:

import subprocess
subprocess.check_call(["pip", "install", "-q", "requests", "beautifulsoup4"])

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

# Fetch a page
resp = requests.get("https://example.com", timeout=10)
soup = BeautifulSoup(resp.text, 'html.parser')

# Extract text content
text = soup.get_text(separator='\n', strip=True)
print(text[:2000])  # First 2000 chars

Guidelines

  • Prefer the web_fetch tool if available — it's faster and cleaner
  • When using Python, always install packages first
  • Limit output to relevant content — don't dump entire pages
  • Summarize long content for the user
  • Respect robots.txt and rate limits

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Frequently asked questions

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