web-search SKILL.md skillA
web-search from linuztx/alter-zero is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add linuztx/alter-zero/web-search@git:20261013.761a5f9Pins git:20261013.761a5f9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- linuztx/alter-zero
- Path
prompts/skills/web-search/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261013.761a5f9, committed Oct 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 12, 2026
- Size
- 7,885 bytes
- Repository stars
- 126
- License
- Apache-2.0
Search the web with this skill's scripts through Exa, Parallel Search, Tavily or Jina Reader. Use when asked to search the web, look up current information, or find sources.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Web search Four Python 3 scripts in this skill's `scripts/` directory search the web from the shell, each through a provider's free tier: no API key is needed, and they use the standard library only, so there is nothing to install. | Script | Searches through | Use it for | | --- | --- | --- | | `scripts/exa_search.py` | Exa | Most searches: current facts, documentation, code, papers. Each result carries highlights from the page and, when known, its publication date. | | `scripts/parallel_search.py` | Parallel | A research question asked several ways at once. Each result carries long excerpts, usually enough to answer without opening the page. | | `scripts/tavily_search.py` | Tavily | A second index, with a short snippet per result. | | `scripts/jina_web_search.py` | Jina Reader, reading DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Wikipedia, GitHub, arXiv or Hacker News | A quick list of links, or one of those sites. | The first three call each provider's hosted MCP server through `scripts/mcp_http.py`, which has to stay beside them. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add linuztx/alter-zero/web-search@sha256:667b565e4d8891f9The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261013.761a5f9, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_z2fszrarnnd3ra4j)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Oct 12, 2026 and Oct 13, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261013.761a5f9 latest | 2026-10-13 | 761a5f9 | 7,885 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.a1a207f | 2026-10-12 | a1a207f | 7,952 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.17de744 | 2026-10-12 | 17de744 | 8,059 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.9f1fe1a | 2026-10-12 | 9f1fe1a | 8,027 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7885 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
linuztx/alter-zero · 126 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_z2fszrarnnd3ra4j GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=linuztx/alter-zero/web-search GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/667b565e4d8891f90817adb3a979cf63ddad9d490d82c40b34b2bf8e06e73e35
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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