You Web Search

What it does

When your agent uses it

• You need current information beyond training data: recent releases
• Any question where facts may have changed

Example prompts

• “/you-web-search”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Node.js
• A credential in YDC_API_KEY

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Call you-search with a focused query.
2. 2Extract key facts from the results and cite the source URLs.
3. 3On the authenticated setup, for deeper dives, fetch the page content of the most relevant results with you-contents. On the keyless…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 616deb5. 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

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are json).

  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:

  • api.you.com

  Also links to:

  • you.com

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

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • YDC_API_KEY

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

Context cost

You Web Search loads about 725 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 329 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~93

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~725

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

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 davepoon/buildwithclaude at commit 616deb5, republished under its MIT licence (© davepoon). 329 words, ~725 tokens.

name

you-web-search

description

Search the live web and read URLs through the You.com MCP server. Use when you need current information beyond training data: recent releases, docs, pricing, news, or any question where facts may have changed. Two endpoints: keyless basic search at https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free, or full tools with an API key from https://you.com/platform/api-keys.

category

research

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you": {
      "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you": {
      "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${YDC_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

© davepoon, MIT. 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 plugins/all-skills/skills/you-web-search of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 616deb5