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Searchcans RAG Source Curator by searchcans

Name: Searchcans RAG Source Curator
Author: SearchCans

Searchcans RAG Source Curator

Build a small, diverse, evidence-ready RAG source manifest from localized Google or Bing results, Reader extracts, direct file extraction, and optional page screenshots. Use for grounding packs, source curation, knowledge-base intake, and pre-ingestion evidence checks.

SearchCans Updated Sep 17, 2026

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SearchCans RAG Source Curator

Build a deliberately bounded source manifest rather than crawling the web. The Skill searches Google or Bing, chooses diverse candidate domains, fetches only the selected pages with Reader, accepts explicit PDF/Office file URLs, and can retain screenshot URLs for visual review.

Create the source set

Start with a concrete question, market, source budget, and the minimum number of successfully extracted sources needed before the pack is considered ready. Add direct documents only with --file-url; do not infer file URLs from a page.

python scripts/rag_source_curator.py "What is the current SERP API market?" \
  --engine google --country us --language en \
  --source-budget 4 --min-claim-ready 2 --include-content \
  --out rag-sources.json

Use --query for a small query matrix. Use --screenshot 1 or 2 only when visual review is required. --include-content intentionally makes the output larger; omit it when you need a metadata manifest before a second retrieval step.

Apply the evidence quality gate

The output marks a source claim_ready only when the Reader/File Extraction response has content. Its evidence_gate.status is passed only when the requested minimum is met.

Never treat a SERP snippet, an unread URL, an empty response, or a screenshot as sufficient evidence for a consequential answer. Every source begins with authority_assessment: unassessed; assign authority, recency, permissions, and organization-specific trust labels through a separate human or policy-based review.

Use the source-manifest guide when deciding whether the output may enter a RAG index.

Control cost and concurrency

By default, --account-mode auto uses one safe Account API pre-flight, estimates search plus the entire Reader/File source budget, caps source count when possible, and limits workers to reported Parallel Lanes. Use enforce to stop an insufficient job, warn to record without capping, or off only when an account check is inappropriate.

Start at proxy tier 0. Escalate only for an identified access issue: proxy selection changes Reader credit cost. The manifest excludes account identity and credentials.

Official website

SearchCans

Resources

scripts/rag_source_curator.py creates the search, selection, extraction, and quality-gate bundle.
references/source-manifest.md describes the required review before indexing or answering.

---name: searchcans-rag-source-curatordescription: Build a small, diverse, evidence-ready RAG source manifest from localized Google or Bing results, Reader extracts, direct file extraction, and optional page screenshots. Use for grounding packs, source curation, knowledge-base intake, and pre-ingestion evidence checks.---# SearchCans RAG Source CuratorBuild a deliberately bounded source manifest rather than crawling the web. The Skill searches Google or Bing, chooses diverse candidate domains, fetches only the selected pages with Reader, accepts explicit PDF/Office file URLs, and can retain screenshot URLs for visual review.## Create the source setStart with a concrete question, market, source budget, and the minimum number of successfully extracted sources needed before the pack is considered ready. Add direct documents only with `--file-url`; do not infer file URLs from a page.```bashpython scripts/rag_source_curator.py "What is the current SERP API market?" \ --engine google --country us --language en \ --source-budget 4 --min-claim-ready 2 --include-content \ --out rag-sources.json```Use `--query` for a small query matrix. Use `--screenshot 1` or `2` only when visual review is required. `--include-content` intentionally makes the output larger; omit it when you need a metadata manifest before a second retrieval step.## Apply the evidence quality gateThe output marks a source `claim_ready` only when the Reader/File Extraction response has content. Its `evidence_gate.status` is `passed` only when the requested minimum is met.Never treat a SERP snippet, an unread URL, an empty response, or a screenshot as sufficient evidence for a consequential answer. Every source begins with `authority_assessment: unassessed`; assign authority, recency, permissions, and organization-specific trust labels through a separate human or policy-based review.Use [the source-manifest guide](references/source-manifest.md) when deciding whether the output may enter a RAG index.## Control cost and concurrencyBy default, `--account-mode auto` uses one safe Account API pre-flight, estimates search plus the entire Reader/File source budget, caps source count when possible, and limits workers to reported Parallel Lanes. Use `enforce` to stop an insufficient job, `warn` to record without capping, or `off` only when an account check is inappropriate.Start at proxy tier 0. Escalate only for an identified access issue: proxy selection changes Reader credit cost. The manifest excludes account identity and credentials.## Official website[SearchCans](https://www.searchcans.com/)## Resources- `scripts/rag_source_curator.py` creates the search, selection, extraction, and quality-gate bundle.- `references/source-manifest.md` describes the required review before indexing or answering.

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