# Web Research

> Use this skill for requests related to web research; it provides a structured approach to conducting comprehensive web research.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-dougtrajano-pydantic-ai-skills-web-research`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [DougTrajano](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/dougtrajano)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [DougTrajano](https://github.com/DougTrajano)
- **Source:** https://github.com/DougTrajano/pydantic-ai-skills/tree/main/examples/skills/web-research
- **Website:** https://dougtrajano.github.io/pydantic-ai-skills/

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-dougtrajano-pydantic-ai-skills-web-research
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Web Research Skill

This skill provides guidance on conducting comprehensive web research. It emphasizes planning, efficient information gathering, and systematic synthesis of findings.

**Note:** This skill provides a methodology and best practices for web research. It does not include executable scripts or tools beyond what's available in your agent's toolset.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:

- Research complex topics requiring multiple information sources
- Gather and synthesize current information from the web
- Conduct comparative analysis across multiple subjects
- Produce well-sourced research reports with clear citations

## Research Process

### Step 1: Create and Save Research Plan

Before conducting research:

1. **Analyze the research question** - Break it down into distinct, non-overlapping subtopics

2. **Create a research plan** - Determine:
   - The main research question
   - 2-5 specific subtopics to investigate
   - Expected information from each subtopic
   - How results will be synthesized

**Planning Guidelines:**

- **Simple fact-finding**: 1-2 subtopics
- **Comparative analysis**: 1 subtopic per comparison element (max 3)
- **Complex investigations**: 3-5 subtopics

### Step 2: Gather Information

For each subtopic in your plan:

1. **Use available web search tools** to gather information with:
   - Clear, specific search queries
   - Target: 3-5 searches per subtopic maximum

2. **Organize findings** as you gather them

### Step 3: Synthesize Findings

After gathering information:

1. **Review all collected information** from your searches

2. **Synthesize the information** - Create a comprehensive response that:
   - Directly answers the original question
   - Integrates insights from all subtopics
   - Cites specific sources with URLs
   - Identifies any gaps or limitations

## Best Practices

- **Plan before searching** - Understand what you need to find and organize your approach
- **Clear subtopics** - Ensure each search has a distinct, non-overlapping scope
- **Systematic synthesis** - Review all findings before creating final response
- **Stop appropriately** - Don't over-research; 3-5 searches per subtopic is usually sufficient
- **Cite sources** - Always include URLs to sources in your final response

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [DougTrajano](https://github.com/DougTrajano)
- **Source:** [DougTrajano/pydantic-ai-skills](https://github.com/DougTrajano/pydantic-ai-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://dougtrajano.github.io/pydantic-ai-skills/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-dougtrajano-pydantic-ai-skills-web-research
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/dougtrajano
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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