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Agent skill

Web Search

by emanuelcasco in emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions

Search the web and read page content using native pi tools — DuckDuckGo search results, web page fetching, and Mozilla Readability extraction.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Web Search

skills CLI
$ npx skills add emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions --skill web-search -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions web-search --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/emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/extensions/web-search/skills/web-search .claude/skills/web-search && 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-search
GitHub stars
106
Token cost
~513 tokens
SKILL.md length
246 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Search the web and read page content using native pi tools — DuckDuckGo search results, web page fetching, and Mozilla Readability extraction.

  • Tasks that involve Web search
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Tools and Limitations
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Plain language and style rules

What it does

Web Search is an agent skill from emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions. Search the web and read page content using native pi tools — DuckDuckGo search results, web page fetching, and Mozilla Readability extraction. No external system tools required.

Its SKILL.md is about 510 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 Productivity & Automation, covering Web search and Plain language and style rules. The repository describes itself as: Collection of pi-mono extensions. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Web search
  • Tasks that involve Plain language and style rules

Example prompts

  • “/web-search”

Requirements

  • Node.js

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e4e047a. 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.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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 Search loads about 513 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 47 tokens; SKILL.md has 246 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~47
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~513

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 emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions at commit e4e047a, republished under its MIT licence (© emanuelcasco). 246 words, ~513 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/web-search/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
web-search
description
Search the web and read page content using native pi tools — DuckDuckGo search results, web page fetching, and Mozilla Readability extraction. No external system tools required.

Search the web and read page content using DuckDuckGo and Mozilla Readability extraction.

Prerequisites

No external system tools are required. Search and page fetching use the Node.js runtime built into pi.

Tools

web_search

Search the web using DuckDuckGo. Returns titles, URLs, and content snippets.

When to use:

  • The user asks to find information online
  • Looking up documentation not available locally
  • Verifying facts or looking up recent data

Parameters:

  • query (string, required): Search query
  • maxResults (number, optional, default 5, max 10): How many results to return
  • maxResponseChars (number, optional): Truncate output to this many characters

Guidelines:

  • Always follow up with web_read if the user needs full page content
  • DuckDuckGo is used — no API key required
  • Rate limits apply; avoid rapid repeated queries
web_read

Fetch a web page and extract readable content.

When to use:

  • You need the full content of a specific page
  • Following up on a web_search result
  • Reading documentation or articles

Parameters:

  • url (string, required): Page URL (must be http: or https:)
  • maxChars (number, optional, default 8000, max 50000): How many characters of content to return
  • maxResponseChars (number, optional): Truncate output to this many characters

Guidelines:

  • Works best on article/blog pages
  • JavaScript-heavy SPAs may return limited content (no JS execution)
  • Private/internal URLs (localhost, 127.0.0.1, 169.254.x.x, etc.) are blocked for security

Limitations

  • No JavaScript rendering: Pages that require JS to load content will return incomplete results.
  • HTML only: PDFs or other binary formats are not supported.
  • DuckDuckGo rate limiting: Aggressive querying may be throttled.

© emanuelcasco, 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 extensions/web-search/skills/web-search of emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e4e047a

Compare with similar skills

Web Search next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Web Search this skillemanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions106—~513Automated safety check: PassMIT
Scrapingbee CLIScrapingBee/scrapingbee-cli108—~3.2kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Aqua Evaluationoracle/accelerated-data-science125—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassUPL-1.0
Brave Searchbadlogic/pi-skills2.6k5 repos~592Automated safety check: PassMIT
Enterprise AI Scenario MapMetaInFLow/Enterprise-ai-scenario-map-skill632—~1.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Web Searchjjyaoao/HelloAgents3.2k1 repos~5.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Web Search

What does Web Search do?

Search the web and read page content using native pi tools — DuckDuckGo search results, web page fetching, and Mozilla Readability extraction. Web Search is an agent skill from emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions. Search the web and read page content using native pi tools — DuckDuckGo search results, web page fetching, and Mozilla Readability extraction.

When should I use Web Search?

Web Search fits situations like: tasks that involve Web search; tasks that involve Plain language and style rules.

How do I install Web Search in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions --skill web-search -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (extensions/web-search/skills/web-search in emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions) into .claude/skills/web-search in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Web Search in Codex?

Run `npx skills add emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions --skill web-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (extensions/web-search/skills/web-search in emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions) into .agents/skills/web-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Web Search 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 emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions --skill web-search -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-search, .gemini/skills/web-search, .github/skills/web-search and .opencode/skills/web-search in your project.

What does Web Search need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Web Search is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Web Search access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Web Search 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 Search use?

Web Search is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Web Search use?

About 513 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k 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 Search?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Web Search: Scrapingbee CLI (ScrapingBee/scrapingbee-cli, 108 stars), Aqua Evaluation (oracle/accelerated-data-science, 125 stars), Brave Search (badlogic/pi-skills, 2.6k stars) and Enterprise AI Scenario Map (MetaInFLow/Enterprise-ai-scenario-map-skill, 632 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Web Search?

emanuelcasco (a GitHub user) maintains it in emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions, which has 106 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 26, 2026.

Source: emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.