web-search
Search the web, platforms, and datasets. Use when asked to search, find, look up, research, or discover information from the web, YouTube, Amazon, eBay, news, academic sources, or any online platform.
npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill web-search --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Search — General-Purpose Web & Platform Search ## Setup Read your credentials from ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json: ```bash export GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json'))['api_key'])") export GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json')).get('api_base','https://api.gooseworks.ai'))") ``` If ~/.gooseworks/credentials.json does not exist, tell the user to run: `npx gooseworks login` All endpoints use Bearer auth: `-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY"` Search the web, platforms, and proprietary datasets. Pick the best API for the task — or combine several for comprehensive results. ## 1. Tavily — Comprehensive Web Search & Research Best for: General web search, deep research reports, site mapping, and crawling. **Search the web:** ```bash curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"api":"tavily","path":"/search"}' "query": "latest developments in AI agents", "search_depth": "advanced", "include_answer": true, "max_results": 10 }' ``` **Deep
- Setup
- 1. Tavily — Comprehensive Web Search & Research
- 2. Exa — Neural & Semantic Search
- 3. Andi — Fast Web Search
- 4. Linkup — Question-Based Search with Sourced Answers
- 5. Valyu — Web, Proprietary Datasets & News Search
- 6. SearchAPI — Multi-Platform Search
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export GOOSEWORKS_API_KEY=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json'))['api_key'])")
export GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('$HOME/.gooseworks/credentials.json')).get('api_base','https://api.gooseworks.ai'))")
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/run \
Step 1: Start research task
Step 2: Poll for results using request_id
Step 1: Create task
Step 2: Poll with researchId
Step 2: Poll for status
curl -s -X POST $GOOSEWORKS_API_BASE/v1/proxy/orthogonal/search \What does the web-search skill do?
Search the web, platforms, and datasets. Use when asked to search, find, look up, research, or discover information from the web, YouTube, Amazon, eBay, news, academic sources, or any online platform.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill web-search --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, a repository with 1,091 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.