# Web Search

> Advanced web search using Tavily API for current information retrieval

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-open-gitagent-opengap-web-search`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [open-gitagent](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/open-gitagent)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Search](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/search)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [open-gitagent](https://github.com/open-gitagent)
- **Source:** https://github.com/open-gitagent/opengap/tree/main/examples/nvidia-deep-researcher/skills/web-search
- **Website:** https://gitagent.sh

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-open-gitagent-opengap-web-search
```

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

## About

# Web Search

Search the web for current information on any topic using the Tavily search API.

## When to Use

- Searching for recent news, articles, blog posts, and web content
- Finding current statistics, data, and factual information
- Retrieving information that may not be in academic papers or the knowledge base
- Verifying claims with multiple web sources

## How to Use

1. Formulate a specific, targeted search query (max 400 characters)
2. Call `tavily_web_search` with the query
3. Review returned results for relevance and quality
4. Extract key facts and note the source URL for citation

## Result Format

Results are returned in Document XML format:

```xml

  Content excerpt from the page...

```

## Constraints

- Maximum 5 results returned per query
- Query will be truncated to 400 characters
- Search mode: advanced (includes content extraction)
- Each call counts toward the researcher's 8-call limit per task

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [open-gitagent](https://github.com/open-gitagent)
- **Source:** [open-gitagent/opengap](https://github.com/open-gitagent/opengap)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://gitagent.sh

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-open-gitagent-opengap-web-search
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/open-gitagent
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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