web-search
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.
Install / Use
npx skills add emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions --skill web-searchInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Tags
Our assessment of web-search
web-search scores 61/100 on our quality scale, 4065th of 4,614 Development & Engineering skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 2.0 KB long, split into 6 sections and no code examples: moderately detailed.
It has no GitHub stars yet, so there is no community track record; judge it on its content.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so web-search is actively maintained.
- Our last check on 2026-10-18 found the source still online.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 80/100, with 2 cautions from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.
AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-24. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-24. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
web-search compared with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| web-search (this skill)by emanuelcasco | 61 | 0 | 2mo ago | SKILL.md |
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install web-search?
- Run
npx skills add emanuelcasco/pi-mono-extensions --skill web-search. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does web-search work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is web-search safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It declares no license and scores 80/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is web-search still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 2 months ago, so web-search is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: 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.
Web Search
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 querymaxResults(number, optional, default 5, max 10): How many results to returnmaxResponseChars(number, optional): Truncate output to this many characters
Guidelines:
- Always follow up with
web_readif 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_searchresult - Reading documentation or articles
Parameters:
url(string, required): Page URL (must behttp:orhttps:)maxChars(number, optional, default 8000, max 50000): How many characters of content to returnmaxResponseChars(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.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.