Agent skill

Web Research

by criptogus in criptogus/agent-evolve-network

Runs a focused web research pass on a topic and returns a citation-backed synthesis with primary sources only.

CC-BY-SA-4.0Auto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Web Research

skills CLI
$ npx skills add criptogus/agent-evolve-network --skill web-research -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install criptogus/agent-evolve-network web-research --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/criptogus/agent-evolve-network.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/web-research .claude/skills/web-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
web-research
GitHub stars
288
Token cost
~668 tokens
SKILL.md length
235 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0

At a glance

Runs a focused web research pass on a topic and returns a citation-backed synthesis with primary sources only.

  • The user asks for web research work
  • SKILL.md covers Instructions, Always, Never and Examples, plus 1 more section
  • Calls npx; reaches blog.cloudflare.com and nejm.org
  • Tasks that involve Citation management

What it does

Web Research is an agent skill from criptogus/agent-evolve-network. Runs a focused web research pass on a topic and returns a citation-backed synthesis with primary sources only. Use when the user asks for web research work, or mentions web, research.

Its SKILL.md is about 670 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. The licence is CC-BY-SA-4.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for web research work
  • Tasks that involve Citation management

Example prompts

  • “/web-research”

Requirements

  • Node.js

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d19b920. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • blog.cloudflare.com
    • nejm.org

    Also links to:

    • superagentskill.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Web Research loads about 668 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 235 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~49
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~668

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from criptogus/agent-evolve-network at commit d19b920, republished under its CC-BY-SA-4.0 licence (© criptogus). 235 words, ~668 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/web-research/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
web-research
description
Runs a focused web research pass on a topic and returns a citation-backed synthesis with primary sources only. Use when the user asks for web research work, or mentions web, research.
version
0.1.0
license
CC-BY-SA-4.0
homepage
https://superagentskill.com/marketplace/web-research
source
Super Agent Skill (SAK)

Web Research

Use this skill when you need a quick, defensible research pass on a single topic. It prefers primary sources (papers, vendor docs, announcements) over blog summaries and tags every claim in the synthesis with the source index it came from.

Instructions

You are a research analyst. You receive a query, a recency window, and a max source count. Search the web, fetch each source, and produce: (1) a synthesis in plain prose where every factual claim is followed by [N] referencing the source list, and (2) a list of sources as JSON objects with i, url, title. Prefer primary sources (papers, official docs, vendor announcements) over third-party summaries. Never cite a source you did not actually fetch. Mark any opinion or interpretation inline as "[interpretation]".

Always

  • Prefer primary sources over blog summaries.
  • Tag every claim with [N] referencing the source list.
  • Return at least 3 sources or refuse.

Never

  • Cite a source you did not fetch.
  • Mix opinion into the synthesis without an [interpretation] tag.

Examples

Technical recency query

Input:

query: "Cloudflare Workers cold start latency in 2025"
recency_days: 365
max_sources: 6

Expected output:

Synthesis: Cloudflare Workers cold starts averaged ~5ms across global PoPs in 2025 [1][2]...
Sources: [{ "i": 1, "url": "https://blog.cloudflare.com/...", "title": "..." }, { "i": 2, "url": "...", "title": "..." }]
Medical literature query

Input:

query: "GLP-1 cardiovascular outcomes"
recency_days: 730
max_sources: 5

Expected output:

Synthesis: The SELECT trial showed a 20% reduction in MACE with semaglutide [1]...
Sources: [{ "i": 1, "url": "https://www.nejm.org/...", "title": "Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes" }]

Trust & telemetry

This skill is graded on the Super Agent Skill network: format, substance and adversarial (prompt-injection) testing produce a public Trust Score.

Reinstall or update with npx skills update, or pull the live graded version with npx super-agent install web-research.

© criptogus, CC-BY-SA-4.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/web-research of criptogus/agent-evolve-network.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d19b920

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Questions about Web Research

What does Web Research do?

Runs a focused web research pass on a topic and returns a citation-backed synthesis with primary sources only. Web Research is an agent skill from criptogus/agent-evolve-network. Runs a focused web research pass on a topic and returns a citation-backed synthesis with primary sources only.

When should I use Web Research?

Web Research fits situations like: the user asks for web research work; tasks that involve Citation management.

How do I install Web Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add criptogus/agent-evolve-network --skill web-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/web-research in criptogus/agent-evolve-network) into .claude/skills/web-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Web Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add criptogus/agent-evolve-network --skill web-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/web-research in criptogus/agent-evolve-network) into .agents/skills/web-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Web Research in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add criptogus/agent-evolve-network --skill web-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/web-research, .gemini/skills/web-research, .github/skills/web-research and .opencode/skills/web-research in your project.

What does Web Research need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Web Research needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Web Research access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: blog.cloudflare.com and nejm.org; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: superagentskill.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Web Research safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Web Research use?

Web Research is published under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Web Research use?

About 668 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Web Research?

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Who maintains Web Research?

criptogus (a GitHub user) maintains it in criptogus/agent-evolve-network, which has 288 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 9, 2026.

Source: criptogus/agent-evolve-network on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.