researching-web

Q: How do I install researching-web?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills --skill researching-web in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/researching-web/ (personal) or .claude/skills/researching-web/ (project).

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Search the web using Perplexity AI. Use when needing to search, look up, research, find current information, best practices, compare technologies, or answer factual questions about tools and libraries.

Installs: 198
Last 24h: —
Trending rank: —
Security: Not audited

Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills --skill researching-web

01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
02
Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads researching-web automatically when relevant.
03
Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Web Research with Perplexity

Use mcp__perplexity-ask__perplexity_ask for web search.

When to Use

Best practices and recommendations
Current information (releases, news)
Comparisons between technologies
Factual questions about tools/libraries

Usage

{
  "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Your research question" }]
}

Tips

Be specific: "Go error handling best practices 2024"
Include context: "Redis vs Memcached for session storage"
Ask comparisons: "Pros and cons of gRPC vs REST"

Gotchas

Search quality varies by phrasing — "X best practices" returns curated guides; "X mistakes" returns blog rants. Same intent, very different results.
Multi-source synthesis doesn't auto-detect contradictions — facts from sources A and B may directly contradict; the skill doesn't flag this.
Date filtering ("last year") is unreliable — search engines may include cached older content that was indexed recently.
Rate limits on the underlying search API silently truncate results — a "no results" finding may actually be a quota issue.
Geo-targeting: same query from different IPs returns different results — VPN switches mid-research produce inconsistent corpus.
NOT FOR official API/library reference — for those use looking-up-docs (Context7); this skill is for trends, comparisons, news.

FAQ

What does the researching-web skill do?

How do I install researching-web?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills --skill researching-web in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/researching-web/ (personal) or .claude/skills/researching-web/ (project).

Which AI agents can use researching-web?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is researching-web safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains researching-web?

It is published by julianobarbosa in julianobarbosa/claude-code-skills. It has 198 recorded installs.