Web Search

Web Search extends your AI assistant with the ability to this skill should be used when users need to search the web for information, find current content, look up news articles, search for images, or find videos. It uses DuckDuckGo's search API to return results in clean, formatted output (text, markdown, or JSON). Use for research, fact-checking, finding recent information, or gathering web resources. Rather than leaving your conversation to handle this manually, you can ask your Claude agent directly — and it will take care of the task end-to-end, using Web Search as its underlying capability.

Web Search works across Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — an open standard that lets AI clients share tools and skills without lock-in. Because MCP is platform-agnostic by design, you install Web Search once and it becomes available across all your AI clients. Whether you're working in Claude for focused sessions or Cursor for integrated workflows, the skill behaves consistently.

Getting started with Web Search takes about two minutes. Place the skill at `~/.claude/skills/web-search/` (personal, all projects) or `.claude/skills/web-search/` (project-specific), then restart your AI client. From that point, typing `/web-search` in any conversation activates it, or the AI will use it on its own when it detects a relevant request.

With 26,525 installs, Web Search has built a substantial following in the Data & Analytics space. That install count reflects consistent demand from developers and teams who've found it genuinely useful. The source code is open on GitHub — you can inspect it, contribute fixes, or fork it to adapt the skill for your specific setup. Like all skills on DiscoverAISkills, it is free to install and use. The broader AI skills ecosystem continues to expand as developers contribute new capabilities across categories like developer tools, data analysis, writing, automation, and more.