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Web Search by marktantongco — Agent Skill

Name: Web Search
Author: marktantongco

Web Search

Web search and content extraction with Tavily and Exa via inference.sh CLI. Apps: Tavily Search, Tavily Extract, Exa Search, Exa Answer, Exa Extract. Capabilities: AI-powered search, content extraction, direct answers, research. Use for: research, RAG pipelines, fact-checking, content aggregation, agents. Triggers: web search, tavily, exa, search api, content extraction, research, internet search, ai search, search assistant, web scraping, rag, perplexity alternative

File contents

Install the belt CLI skill: npx skills add belt-sh/cli

Web Search & Extraction

Search the web and extract content via inference.sh CLI.

Quick Start

Requires inference.sh CLI (belt). Install instructions

belt login

# Search the web
belt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{"query": "latest AI developments 2024"}'

Available Apps

Tavily

App	App ID	Description
Search Assistant	`tavily/search-assistant`	AI-powered search with answers
Extract	`tavily/extract`	Extract content from URLs

Exa

App	App ID	Description
Search	`exa/search`	Smart web search with AI
Answer	`exa/answer`	Direct factual answers
Extract	`exa/extract`	Extract and analyze web content

Examples

Tavily Search

belt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{
  "query": "What are the best practices for building AI agents?"
}'

Returns AI-generated answers with sources and images.

Tavily Extract

belt app run tavily/extract --input '{
  "urls": ["https://example.com/article1", "https://example.com/article2"]
}'

Extracts clean text and images from multiple URLs.

Exa Search

belt app run exa/search --input '{
  "query": "machine learning frameworks comparison"
}'

Returns highly relevant links with context.

Exa Answer

belt app run exa/answer --input '{
  "question": "What is the population of Tokyo?"
}'

Returns direct factual answers.

Exa Extract

belt app run exa/extract --input '{
  "url": "https://example.com/research-paper"
}'

Extracts and analyzes web page content.

Workflow: Research + LLM

# 1. Search for information
belt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{
  "query": "latest developments in quantum computing"
}' > search_results.json

# 2. Analyze with Claude
belt app run openrouter/claude-sonnet-45 --input '{
  "prompt": "Based on this research, summarize the key trends: <search-results>"
}'

Workflow: Extract + Summarize

# 1. Extract content from URL
belt app run tavily/extract --input '{
  "urls": ["https://example.com/long-article"]
}' > content.json

# 2. Summarize with LLM
belt app run openrouter/claude-haiku-45 --input '{
  "prompt": "Summarize this article in 3 bullet points: <content>"
}'

Use Cases

Research: Gather information on any topic
RAG: Retrieval-augmented generation
Fact-checking: Verify claims with sources
Content aggregation: Collect data from multiple sources
Agents: Build research-capable AI agents

Related Skills

# Full platform skill (all 250+ apps)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli

# LLM models (combine with search for RAG)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@llm-models

# Image generation
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-image-generation

Browse all apps: belt app list

Documentation

Adding Tools to Agents - Equip agents with search
Building a Research Agent - LLM + search integration guide
Tool Integration Tax - Why pre-built tools matter

---name: web-searchdescription: Web search and content extraction with Tavily and Exa via inference.sh CLI. Apps: Tavily Search, Tavily Extract, Exa Search, Exa Answer, Exa Extract. Capabilities: AI-powered search, content extraction, direct answers, research. Use for: research, RAG pipelines, fact-checking, content aggregation, agents. Triggers: web search, tavily, exa, search api, content extraction, research, internet search, ai search, search assistant, web scraping, rag, perplexity alternative---> **Install the belt CLI skill:** `npx skills add belt-sh/cli`# Web Search & ExtractionSearch the web and extract content via [inference.sh](https://inference.sh) CLI.![Web Search & Extraction](https://cloud.inference.sh/app/files/u/4mg21r6ta37mpaz6ktzwtt8krr/01kgndqjxd780zm2j3rmada6y8.jpeg)## Quick Start> Requires inference.sh CLI (`belt`). [Install instructions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inference-sh/skills/refs/heads/main/cli-install.md)```bashbelt login# Search the webbelt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{"query": "latest AI developments 2024"}'```## Available Apps### Tavily| App | App ID | Description ||-----|--------|-------------|| Search Assistant | `tavily/search-assistant` | AI-powered search with answers || Extract | `tavily/extract` | Extract content from URLs |### Exa| App | App ID | Description ||-----|--------|-------------|| Search | `exa/search` | Smart web search with AI || Answer | `exa/answer` | Direct factual answers || Extract | `exa/extract` | Extract and analyze web content |## Examples### Tavily Search```bashbelt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{ "query": "What are the best practices for building AI agents?"}'```Returns AI-generated answers with sources and images.### Tavily Extract```bashbelt app run tavily/extract --input '{ "urls": ["https://example.com/article1", "https://example.com/article2"]}'```Extracts clean text and images from multiple URLs.### Exa Search```bashbelt app run exa/search --input '{ "query": "machine learning frameworks comparison"}'```Returns highly relevant links with context.### Exa Answer```bashbelt app run exa/answer --input '{ "question": "What is the population of Tokyo?"}'```Returns direct factual answers.### Exa Extract```bashbelt app run exa/extract --input '{ "url": "https://example.com/research-paper"}'```Extracts and analyzes web page content.## Workflow: Research + LLM```bash# 1. Search for informationbelt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{ "query": "latest developments in quantum computing"}' > search_results.json# 2. Analyze with Claudebelt app run openrouter/claude-sonnet-45 --input '{ "prompt": "Based on this research, summarize the key trends: <search-results>"}'```## Workflow: Extract + Summarize```bash# 1. Extract content from URLbelt app run tavily/extract --input '{ "urls": ["https://example.com/long-article"]}' > content.json# 2. Summarize with LLMbelt app run openrouter/claude-haiku-45 --input '{ "prompt": "Summarize this article in 3 bullet points: <content>"}'```## Use Cases- **Research**: Gather information on any topic- **RAG**: Retrieval-augmented generation- **Fact-checking**: Verify claims with sources- **Content aggregation**: Collect data from multiple sources- **Agents**: Build research-capable AI agents## Related Skills```bash# Full platform skill (all 250+ apps)npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli# LLM models (combine with search for RAG)npx skills add inference-sh/skills@llm-models# Image generationnpx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-image-generation```Browse all apps: `belt app list`## Documentation- [Adding Tools to Agents](https://inference.sh/docs/agents/adding-tools) - Equip agents with search- [Building a Research Agent](https://inference.sh/blog/guides/research-agent) - LLM + search integration guide- [Tool Integration Tax](https://inference.sh/blog/tools/integration-tax) - Why pre-built tools matter

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