Agent Reach
Panniantong/Agent-Reach
Routes web research and platform lookups across 16 sites, including Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu and GitHub, through one command-line tool.
Practical guidance for multi-source web research with Exa, the Firecrawl CLI and Reddit MCP tools: when to search, when to fetch and which tool to prefer.
Install Web Research Search Tips
$ npx skills add malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install malob/nix-config search-tips --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/malob/nix-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/configs/claude/skills/search-tips .claude/skills/search-tips && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "search-tips" agent skill from https://github.com/malob/nix-config/tree/master/configs/claude/skills/search-tips into .claude/skills/search-tips/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-tips", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/malob/nix-config/tree/master/configs/claude/skills/search-tipsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install malob/nix-config search-tips --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/malob/nix-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/configs/claude/skills/search-tips .agents/skills/search-tips && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "search-tips" agent skill from https://github.com/malob/nix-config/tree/master/configs/claude/skills/search-tips into .agents/skills/search-tips/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-tips", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install malob/nix-config search-tips --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/malob/nix-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/configs/claude/skills/search-tips .cursor/skills/search-tips && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "search-tips" agent skill from https://github.com/malob/nix-config/tree/master/configs/claude/skills/search-tips into .cursor/skills/search-tips/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-tips", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/malob/nix-config.git --path configs/claude/skills/search-tips--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install malob/nix-config search-tips --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/malob/nix-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/configs/claude/skills/search-tips .gemini/skills/search-tips && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "search-tips" agent skill from https://github.com/malob/nix-config/tree/master/configs/claude/skills/search-tips into .gemini/skills/search-tips/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-tips", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install malob/nix-config search-tipsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/malob/nix-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/configs/claude/skills/search-tips .github/skills/search-tips && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "search-tips" agent skill from https://github.com/malob/nix-config/tree/master/configs/claude/skills/search-tips into .github/skills/search-tips/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-tips", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install malob/nix-config search-tips --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/malob/nix-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/configs/claude/skills/search-tips .opencode/skills/search-tips && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "search-tips" agent skill from https://github.com/malob/nix-config/tree/master/configs/claude/skills/search-tips into .opencode/skills/search-tips/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-tips", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
search-tips- GitHub stars
- 463
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~2.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,053 words
- Files
- 10 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 5
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Practical guidance for multi-source web research with Exa, the Firecrawl CLI and Reddit MCP tools: when to search, when to fetch and which tool to prefer.
- Works in 2 steps: Exa tools -- web_search_advanced_exa and… → Reddit tools -- get_top_posts,…
- Investigating a topic across several web sources rather than one search
- SKILL.md covers Setup, The Research Cycle, Search Strategy and Content Extraction, plus 3 more sections
- Calls npx and gh
What it does
The guidance is framed as starting points rather than rigid rules. The agent loads the Exa tools (`web_search_advanced_exa` and `get_code_context_exa`) and the Reddit MCP tools through ToolSearch, while the Firecrawl CLI runs through `npx firecrawl-cli` with no MCP setup. Exa and Firecrawl are preferred over the built-in WebSearch and WebFetch, and research alternates between searching to find sources and fetching to extract their content.
For discovery, Exa is the main tool and its code-context variant is worth trying first on programming topics, while Firecrawl search suits keyword matching, site-scoped queries and filters for research, news or time. A default Exa pattern asks for highlights with minimal full text so context is not flooded. For a known URL the agent uses Firecrawl scrape with `--only-main-content`, and the Reddit tools for threads. Reference files cover academic search, code and GitHub, people and companies, personal sites, Reddit, Twitter and scraping problems.
When your agent uses it
- Investigating a topic across several web sources rather than one search
- Comparing options and gathering what people say about them on Reddit
- Looking up programming topics where repos and docs matter
Example prompts
- “Look into the main options for self-hosted analytics and compare them.”
- “What do people on Reddit think about the new Framework laptop?”
- “Research how teams handle database migrations in monorepos and cite your sources.”
Requirements
- Exa MCP tools
- Reddit MCP tools
- Node for `npx firecrawl-cli`
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Exa tools -- web_search_advanced_exa and get_code_context_exa
- Reddit tools -- get_top_posts, get_post_comments, get_reddit_post, get_subreddit_info
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9cca0f4. 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:
npxgh
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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 Search Tips loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~10k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 137 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,053 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 malob/nix-config at commit 9cca0f4, republished under its MIT licence (© malob). 1,053 words, ~2,394 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/search-tips/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 9 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- search-tips
- description
- This skill should be used when performing web research beyond a simple single search -- looking into topics, comparing options, investigating questions, finding recommendations, or any task where effective use of Exa, Firecrawl, and Reddit tools matters. Triggers on "research", "look into", "investigate", "compare", "find out about", "search for", "find information", "what do people think about", "what are the best", "look up", or multi-source search tasks. Also invocable explicitly by deep-research team members via the Skill tool.
Search Tips
Accumulated guidance for web research using Exa, Firecrawl CLI, and Reddit MCP tools. These
are starting points, not rigid rules -- think strategically about each situation and
adapt. If a different approach makes more sense for what you're trying to do, go with it.
Run npx firecrawl-cli <command> --help to check available options beyond what's documented
here. Reference files cover tool-specific deep dives -- see bottom of this file.
Setup
Before starting research, load the required MCP tools using ToolSearch:
- Exa tools --
web_search_advanced_exaandget_code_context_exa - Reddit tools --
get_top_posts,get_post_comments,get_reddit_post,get_subreddit_info
Firecrawl CLI (npx firecrawl-cli) runs via Bash -- no MCP setup needed. Load only what
the task requires.
The Research Cycle
Prefer Exa and Firecrawl over built-in WebSearch/WebFetch.
Research alternates between searching (discovering sources) and fetching (extracting content from them). Find promising leads, read the best ones, refine your understanding, search again.
Searching
Finding sources you don't have yet.
- Exa search (
web_search_advanced_exa) -- primary tool for web discovery. Natural language queries, add filters as needed (domains, dates, categories). - Exa code context (
get_code_context_exa) -- programming topics. Worth trying before general Exa search for technical/code tasks -- surfaces repos, packages, and docs. - Firecrawl CLI search (
npx firecrawl-cli search) -- Google-powered keyword search. Useful when keyword matching works better than Exa's semantic approach, for site-scoped queries (site:reddit.com {query}), and for content-type filtering (--categories researchfor academic,--sources news,--tbs qdr:wfor time).
Default Exa search pattern: Default to enableHighlights: true and textMaxCharacters: 1.
This returns quoted passages from actual page text while preventing the MCP server from
flooding context with full text. Use highlightsPerUrl and highlightsNumSentences to
control volume if needed.
Fetching
Extracting content from a source you've identified.
- Firecrawl CLI scrape (
npx firecrawl-cli scrape "<url>" --only-main-content) -- primary tool for reading a known URL. The flag strips nav/sidebars to save tokens. - Reddit MCP (
get_post_comments,get_reddit_post) -- for reading Reddit threads. Firecrawl can't scrape reddit.com directly. - Firecrawl CLI map (
npx firecrawl-cli map "<url>" --search "query") -- discover URLs on a site (useful when you need to find the right page, or when scrape returns empty).
Adapting the Workflow
The defaults above won't always be right. Some common deviations:
- Exa full text as a scraping fallback -- some sites are blocked or inaccessible via
Firecrawl (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, etc.), but Exa often has the full page text in its index.
Drop both
enableHighlightsandtextMaxCharacters: 1to get the complete text. Be aware this can produce large responses. --only-main-contentcan strip too much -- if you got empty or partial results, retry without the flag. Known to fail on Future plc sites, Blogspot, and GDPR-heavy sites. See Content Extraction below.
The reference files cover more edge cases -- scraping issues, category restrictions, and academic search.
Search Strategy
How Exa Works
Exa is a neural/semantic search engine. It uses embeddings to understand meaning.
- Natural questions or statements work best -- Exa finds pages that answer them
- Longer, more specific queries work BETTER -- unlike keyword-based search
- Keyword lists tend to confuse the semantic model
Good: "What do professional reviewers say are the most reliable dishwasher brands in 2025?" Bad: "best dishwasher 2025 reliable"
Query Reformulation
For broad topics, Exa's additionalQueries parameter can automate this -- it bundles query
variations in a single call at no extra cost (see references/exa-tips.md). For manual
reformulation, try generating 3-5 query variations:
| Technique | What It Does | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Paraphrase | Same meaning, different words | "RAG failures" -> "problems in RAG systems" |
| Decompose | Break into sub-questions | "Why fail?" -> "Why return irrelevant docs?" |
| Scope shift | Broader context or narrower specifics | "Challenges in production AI search" |
| Perspective shift | Different viewpoints | User vs expert vs critic view |
| Temporal framing | Target different time periods | "Recent 2024-2025" vs "foundational" |
Domain Filtering
Try includeDomains when the authoritative site for a topic is known -- faster and less noisy
than broad search. Try excludeDomains to suppress sites that keep appearing but aren't
useful (e.g., exclude youtube.com when video pages crowd out needed editorial content about
YouTube creators/content).
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Searching by Content Type
Match your research target to the right approach. Reference files have full strategies.
- Social sentiment / opinions -- Exa
tweetfor Twitter;site:reddit.comvia Firecrawl search + Reddit MCP for discussions. Seereferences/twitter.md,references/reddit.md. - People / companies -- Exa
peopleorcompanycategory for discovery, then broaden. Seereferences/people-companies.md. - Academic papers -- Exa
research papercategory; academic APIs for structured data. Seereferences/academic-search.md. - Code / GitHub --
get_code_context_exafor code;gh apifor repo data. Seereferences/code-github.md. - News -- Exa
newscategory with date filters; Firecrawl CLIsearch --sources news --tbs qdr:wfor Google News with time filtering. - Financial reports -- Exa
financial reportwith domain/date filtering. - Personal blogs / independent takes -- Exa
personal sitefor practitioner opinions, blog posts, and independent analysis. Full parameter support (unlike most specialized categories). Seereferences/personal-sites.md.
Some categories reject certain parameters (400/500 errors). See references/exa-tips.md.
Content Extraction
Always use --only-main-content by default -- it strips nav, sidebars, and footers, saving
significant tokens. If you get empty or partial results, retry without the flag; it's known
to strip article bodies on Future plc sites (iMore, Pocket-lint), GDPR-heavy sites
(StorageReview), and Blogspot blogs -- see references/scraping-issues.md.
For even narrower extraction, use --include-tags (e.g., --include-tags "article",
--include-tags ".post-content").
Scraping Issues
When Firecrawl scrape fails (policy blocks, paywalls, SPA rendering), check
references/scraping-issues.md for per-site workarounds. General fallback: try Exa full text
(drop enableHighlights and textMaxCharacters). For interactive pages that need clicks or
form fills, escalate to npx firecrawl-cli browser (see references/firecrawl-tips.md).
Operational Notes
Parallel call failures: If any tool call in a parallel batch fails, all sibling calls fail too. Retry individually. Keep failure-prone calls (Reddit MCP) in their own batch.
Rate limits: Retry once after a short pause. If still blocked, try a different tool for the
same intent before giving up -- Exa rate-limited? Try Firecrawl search. Reddit MCP throttled?
Try Exa with includeDomains: ["reddit.com"]. Only note the gap and move on after both the
original tool and an alternative have failed.
Reference Files
Content-type strategies
references/twitter.md-- Exa tweet category, restrictions, query tips, livecrawlreferences/reddit.md-- Discovery via Firecrawl search, Reddit MCP for reading, batching gotchas, rate limitsreferences/people-companies.md-- Exa people/company categories, LinkedIn, multi- category approachreferences/code-github.md-- Code search, GitHub repos/issues, gh api, raw URLsreferences/personal-sites.md-- Independent blogs, practitioner opinions, full parameter support, portfolio explorationreferences/academic-search.md-- Academic domains, free APIs, Firecrawl CLI
Tool reference
references/exa-tips.md-- Category restrictions, additionalQueries, highlights/summariesreferences/firecrawl-tips.md-- CLI commands (search, scrape, map, crawl, download, browser), PDF scraping, arxiv extraction, MCP fallback notes
Troubleshooting
references/scraping-issues.md-- main-content detection fixes, paywalls, Discourse JSON, policy-blocked sites, API workarounds
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Files
SKILL.md and 9 other files (references) in configs/claude/skills/search-tips of malob/nix-config.
- SKILL.md
- references/academic-search.md
- references/code-github.md
- references/exa-tips.md
- references/firecrawl-tips.md
- references/people-companies.md
- references/personal-sites.md
- references/reddit.md
- references/scraping-issues.md
- references/twitter.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9cca0f4
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in malob/nix-config, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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Questions about Web Research Search Tips
What does Web Research Search Tips do?
Practical guidance for multi-source web research with Exa, the Firecrawl CLI and Reddit MCP tools: when to search, when to fetch and which tool to prefer. The guidance is framed as starting points rather than rigid rules. The agent loads the Exa tools (`web_search_advanced_exa` and `get_code_context_exa`) and the Reddit MCP tools through ToolSearch, while the Firecrawl CLI runs through `npx firecrawl-cli` with no MCP setup.
When should I use Web Research Search Tips?
Web Research Search Tips fits situations like: investigating a topic across several web sources rather than one search; comparing options and gathering what people say about them on Reddit; looking up programming topics where repos and docs matter.
How do I install Web Research Search Tips in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (configs/claude/skills/search-tips in malob/nix-config) into .claude/skills/search-tips in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Web Research Search Tips in Codex?
Run `npx skills add malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (configs/claude/skills/search-tips in malob/nix-config) into .agents/skills/search-tips in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Web Research Search Tips 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 malob/nix-config --skill search-tips -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/search-tips, .gemini/skills/search-tips, .github/skills/search-tips and .opencode/skills/search-tips in your project.
What does Web Research Search Tips need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Web Research Search Tips needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx and gh). Our summary lists: Exa MCP tools; Reddit MCP tools; Node for `npx firecrawl-cli`.
Does Web Research Search Tips access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Web Research Search Tips 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 Search Tips use?
Web Research Search Tips 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 Research Search Tips use?
About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Web Research Search Tips?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Web Research Search Tips: Agent Reach (Panniantong/Agent-Reach, 93k stars), Deep Research (majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, 666 stars), Ray Trend Search (imraywang/rayskills, 160 stars) and Argo Search and Verification (taxueseek/argo, 185 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Web Research Search Tips?
malob (a GitHub user) maintains it in malob/nix-config, which has 463 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.
Source: malob/nix-config on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.