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name: record-finder

description: Find and read records. Use when someone asks for a record.

license: GPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE.txt.

compatibility: Works everywhere for planning; live lookups need one of the tools.

metadata:

agentprise-kind: skill

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# Steps

1. Clarify the question.

2. Use a tool from the list below when one is available.

## Tools available in this setup

### Record connector

Looks up records through a connector.

Use the first of these that is available in this conversation:

1. The Example Records connector. Search with the record title.

If none of them is available: Explain that no record connector is connected and offer to help write the request instead.

### Record server

Searches records on a tool server.

Use the first of these that is available in this conversation:

1. The Example search server. Ask the server for its tools first.

2. The Pinned tools server. Use search, then fetch.

If none of them is available: Say that no record server is connected.

### Record API

Calls the records API.

Say that the records API is not connected.

### Record script

Runs the lookup script.

Use the first of these that is available in this conversation:

1. The script scripts/lookup.py. Run python3 scripts/lookup.py with the search words.

If none of them is available: Say that the script cannot run here.

### Record web search

Finds record pages on the web.

Use the first of these that is available in this conversation:

1. Web search on https://records.example.org. Treat results as discovery, not a finished search.

If none of them is available: Say that web search is off.

### Manual check

Checks a record by hand.

Ask the person to paste the record.

Only report a search, lookup, or retrieval as completed when a tool returned results in this conversation.