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Web Search Skill by @claude-office-skills

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$git clone https://github.com/claude-office-skills/skills

The skill is the web-search folder inside that repository. Copy it into the folder your agent loads skills from; check your agent's documentation for where that is.

about Web Search Skill by @claude-office-skills

Formulate effective web search queries, analyze search results, and synthesize findings.

our take

Teaches an agent to search the web well: describe the information need, get a search strategy, then evaluate results and synthesise findings, with different strategies for different kinds of questions.

when to use it

Agent searches return noisy or shallow results
You want a repeatable search and evaluation routine
You synthesise findings from several sources

before you install

Check the sources themselves, since search ranking is not evidence of accuracy
Keep a record of where each claim came from

what's inside

The original SKILL.md is organised into these sections:

Overview
How to Use Me
Step 1: Describe Your Information Need
Step 2: Get Search Strategy
Step 3: Evaluate Results
Search Query Optimization
Google Search Operators
Query Formulation Techniques
Specialized Search Engines
Source Evaluation Framework
CRAAP Test
Source Reliability Tiers

source and license

Written and maintained by @claude-office-skills. It is published under the MIT license, which allows reuse with attribution. SkillDirectory does not claim authorship: this page adds our own review and links back to the original, and the skill's text belongs to its author.

View the full SKILL.md on GitHub ↗

Read the opening of the original SKILL.md

# Web Search Skill

## Overview

I help you formulate effective web search queries and strategies to find the information you need. I can optimize search queries, suggest alternative approaches, evaluate sources, and synthesize findings.

**What I can do:**
- Formulate optimized search queries
- Suggest search operators and techniques
- Recommend specialized search engines
- Analyze and evaluate search results
- Identify reliable sources
- Synthesize information from multiple sources

**What I cannot do:**
- Execute actual web searches (need external tools)
- Access real-time search results
- Access paywalled content
- Guarantee source accuracy

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## How to Use Me

### Step 1: Describe Your Information Need

Tell me:
- What you're trying to find
- Why you need this information
- What you've already tried
- Any constraints (time period, source type, language)

### Step 2: Get Search Strategy

I'll provide:
- Optimized search queries
- Alternative query formulations
…

Excerpt only, quoted from the author's repository. Open the repository for the complete file.

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