Agent skill

Public Web Search Rules

by yixinforu in yixinforu/ops-mind-agent

Tells the agent when and how to search the public web for recent information, with cited sources, exact dates and no invented facts.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Public Web Search Rules

skills CLI
$ npx skills add yixinforu/ops-mind-agent --skill web-search -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install yixinforu/ops-mind-agent 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/yixinforu/ops-mind-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/main/resources/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
125
Token cost
~507 tokens
SKILL.md length
254 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Tells the agent when and how to search the public web for recent information, with cited sources, exact dates and no invented facts.

  • Looking up the latest release notes or version of a product
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, When To Use, Tool To Call and Response Rules, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Finding official announcements, vendor notices or security advisories

What it does

This skill tells the agent when to reach for web search: recent or public information such as official announcements, release notes, documentation updates, news, vulnerability notices and vendor statements, or any question phrased with latest, current, recent, today or this week. It applies when internal documentation is not enough. The agent reads the skill, then calls the searchWeb tool.

Answer rules require summarizing instead of pasting long passages, always citing source links, preferring official sites and release pages, ordering results by publication or update date for time-sensitive asks, and giving exact dates. If results are older than the requested period it says so, and if nothing reliable turns up it says that rather than fabricating facts. Public search results are not treated as internal company facts, and internal procedures belong with the internal docs tool.

When your agent uses it

  • Looking up the latest release notes or version of a product
  • Finding official announcements, vendor notices or security advisories
  • Checking public documentation that internal docs do not cover
  • Answering requests phrased as latest, current or this week

Example prompts

  • “Find the latest release notes for Spring AI and cite the source.”
  • “Check the official Kubernetes documentation on liveness probes.”
  • “Look for recent official vulnerability notices about our message broker.”

Requirements

  • A searchWeb tool available to the agent

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e39575c. 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

Public Web Search Rules loads about 507 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 45 tokens; SKILL.md has 254 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~45
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~507

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 yixinforu/ops-mind-agent at commit e39575c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© yixinforu). 254 words, ~507 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/web-search/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
web-search
description
Use this skill when the user needs recent public internet information such as official announcements, release notes, news, vulnerability notices, or public documentation.

Web Search Skill

Purpose

Use this skill when the user needs recent or public information from the internet, such as official announcements, release notes, documentation updates, news, vulnerability notices, or public best practices.

When To Use

  • The user asks for the latest, current, recent, today, this week, or official public information.
  • The user asks for product release notes, version updates, official documentation, news, public incidents, or vendor announcements.
  • Internal documentation is not enough and the answer depends on public information outside the private knowledge base.

Tool To Call

  • Read this skill first, then call searchWeb.

Response Rules

  • Summarize the search findings instead of copying long passages.
  • Always keep and cite the source links in the answer.
  • Prefer official websites, vendor documentation, project release pages, or high-quality public references.
  • When the user asks for latest, current, recent, today, or this week information, prioritize the newest results by published date or last updated date.
  • If the returned results are older than the user's requested time range, explicitly say that the available sources are not from today or not from the latest period.
  • Mention exact dates when answering time-sensitive questions instead of vague wording.
  • If no reliable result is found, state that clearly and do not fabricate external facts.
  • Do not treat public search results as internal company facts.

Limits

  • This skill is for public internet information, not for private internal procedures.
  • For internal SOP, platform operations, or company-specific knowledge, prefer the internal docs tool.

Examples

  • "Spring AI 最新版本是什么?"
  • "帮我查一下 Kubernetes 官方文档关于 liveness probe 的说明。"
  • "近期有没有关于某中间件漏洞的官方公告?"
  • "帮我看一下某产品最新发布说明。"

© yixinforu, Apache-2.0. 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 src/main/resources/skills/web-search of yixinforu/ops-mind-agent.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e39575c

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OpenCLI Smart Search Routerjackwener/OpenCLI30k2 repos~753Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Brave Searchbadlogic/pi-skills2.6k5 repos~592Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Public Web Search Rules

What does Public Web Search Rules do?

Tells the agent when and how to search the public web for recent information, with cited sources, exact dates and no invented facts. This skill tells the agent when to reach for web search: recent or public information such as official announcements, release notes, documentation updates, news, vulnerability notices and vendor statements, or any question phrased with latest, current, recent, today or this week. It applies when internal documentation is not enough.

When should I use Public Web Search Rules?

Public Web Search Rules fits situations like: looking up the latest release notes or version of a product; finding official announcements, vendor notices or security advisories; checking public documentation that internal docs do not cover; answering requests phrased as latest, current or this week.

How do I install Public Web Search Rules in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add yixinforu/ops-mind-agent --skill web-search -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/main/resources/skills/web-search in yixinforu/ops-mind-agent) into .claude/skills/web-search in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Public Web Search Rules in Codex?

Run `npx skills add yixinforu/ops-mind-agent --skill web-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/main/resources/skills/web-search in yixinforu/ops-mind-agent) into .agents/skills/web-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Public Web Search Rules 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 yixinforu/ops-mind-agent --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 Public Web Search Rules need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Public Web Search Rules is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: A searchWeb tool available to the agent.

Does Public Web Search Rules 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 Public Web Search Rules 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 Public Web Search Rules use?

Public Web Search Rules is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Public Web Search Rules use?

About 507 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Public Web Search Rules?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Public Web Search Rules: Web Access via Browser CDP (eze-is/web-access, 9.1k stars), Agent Reach (Panniantong/Agent-Reach, 95k stars), Tavily Web Search (allenpeng0705/EnvoyMesh, 3.1k stars) and OpenCLI Smart Search Router (jackwener/OpenCLI, 30k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Public Web Search Rules?

yixinforu (a GitHub user) maintains it in yixinforu/ops-mind-agent, which has 125 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on June 30, 2026.

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