{"slug":"web-search","title":"web_search","summary":"Search the web and ingest results as wiki pages","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-24T17:51:04.245575Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/axoviq-ai/synthadoc","stars":1226,"forks":123,"license":"AGPL-3.0","updatedAt":"2026-09-20T04:13:27Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: web_search\nversion: \"1.0\"\ndescription: Search the web and ingest results as wiki pages\nentry:\nscript: scripts/main.py\nclass: WebSearchSkill\ntriggers:\nextensions: []\nintents:\n- \"search for\"\n- \"find on the web\"\n- \"look up\"\n- \"web search\"\n- \"browse\"\n- \"youtube\"\n- \"查找\"\n- \"搜索\"\n- \"网络搜索\"\n- \"在网上查\"\n- \"查一下\"\nrequires:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>tavily-python\nauthor: axoviq.com\nlicense: AGPL-3.0-or-later</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>Web Search Skill</h1>\n<p>Accepts a natural language query, calls the Tavily AI search API, and\nreturns the top matching URLs. Your agent receives those URLs and decides\nwhat to do with them — fetch each one, display them, pass them to another\nskill, etc.</p>\n<h2>Setup</h2>\n<p><strong>1. Install the dependency:</strong></p>\n<pre><code>pip install tavily-python\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>2. Set your Tavily API key</strong> (free tier: 1,000 searches/month — sign up at\n<a href=\"https://tavily.com\">https://tavily.com</a>, no credit card required):</p>\n<pre><code># macOS / Linux\nexport TAVILY_API_KEY=\"tvly-your-key-here\"\n\n# Windows (Command Prompt)\nset TAVILY_API_KEY=tvly-your-key-here\n\n# Windows (PowerShell)\n$env:TAVILY_API_KEY = \"tvly-your-key-here\"\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>3. Optional — cap the number of results</strong> (default: 20):</p>\n<pre><code>export SYNTHADOC_WEB_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS=10\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Standalone usage</h2>\n<pre><code>import asyncio\nfrom synthadoc.skills.web_search.scripts.main import WebSearchSkill\n\nskill = WebSearchSkill()\n\nasync def main():\n    result = await skill.extract(\"search for: transformer architecture papers\")\n    urls = result.metadata[\"child_sources\"]   # list[str] — top matching URLs\n    query = result.metadata[\"query\"]          # \"transformer architecture papers\"\n    print(f\"Found {len(urls)} URLs for '{query}':\")\n    for url in urls:\n        print(\" \", url)\n\nasyncio.run(main())\n</code></pre>\n<p><code>result.text</code> is always empty — the skill is a discovery step that returns\nURLs, not page content. Pass the URLs to the <code>url</code> or <code>youtube</code> skill (or\nyour own HTTP client) to fetch content.</p>\n<h2>Intent prefixes</h2>\n<p>The skill strips a leading intent phrase before sending the query to Tavily:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Input</th>\n<th>Query sent to Tavily</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><code>search for: RAG evaluation</code></td>\n<td><code>RAG evaluation</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>find on the web: LLM benchmarks</code></td>\n<td><code>LLM benchmarks</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>look up quantum computing</code></td>\n<td><code>quantum computing</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>youtube: Karpathy transformers</code></td>\n<td><code>Karpathy transformers</code> (YouTube only)</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><code>搜索: 深度学习架构</code></td>\n<td><code>深度学习架构</code></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>YouTube-specific prefixes (<code>youtube:</code>, <code>search youtube:</code>, <code>youtube video:</code>,\netc.) restrict the Tavily search to <code>youtube.com</code> and <code>youtu.be</code>.</p>\n<p>CJK intent phrases supported: 查找, 搜索, 网络搜索, 在网上查, 查一下</p>\n<h2>Domain filtering</h2>\n<p>A built-in blocklist skips sites that block automated HTTP clients:\n<code>reddit.com</code>, <code>medium.com</code>, <code>quora.com</code>, <code>twitter.com</code>/<code>x.com</code>,\n<code>linkedin.com</code>, <code>wikipedia.org</code>, IEEE Xplore, ACM DL, and common\nsubscription-only academic publishers.</p>\n<p>If <code>SYNTHADOC_WIKI_ROOT</code> is set, the skill also loads\n<code>$SYNTHADOC_WIKI_ROOT/.synthadoc/blocked_domains.json</code> (a JSON array of\ndomain strings) to extend the blocklist at runtime.</p>\n<h2>Scripts</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><code>scripts/main.py</code> — <code>WebSearchSkill</code>: intent parsing, domain filtering,\nreturns <code>child_sources</code> in metadata</li>\n<li><code>scripts/fetcher.py</code> — thin async wrapper around <code>AsyncTavilyClient</code></li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Assets</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><code>assets/search-providers.json</code> — search provider registry (currently Tavily)</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Using with full Synthadoc</h2>\n<p>When running inside Synthadoc, the Orchestrator reads <code>child_sources</code> from\nthe result metadata and automatically enqueues each URL as a separate ingest\njob, which are then processed by the <code>url</code> or <code>youtube</code> skill. 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