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Install the belt CLI skill: npx skills add belt-sh/cli

Web Search & Extraction

Name: web-search
Author: inference-sh

Search the web and extract content via inference.sh CLI.

Quick Start

Requires inference.sh CLI (belt). Install instructions

belt login

# Search the web
belt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{"query": "latest AI developments 2024"}'

Available Apps

Tavily

App	App ID	Description
Search Assistant	`tavily/search-assistant`	AI-powered search with answers
Extract	`tavily/extract`	Extract content from URLs

Exa

App	App ID	Description
Search	`exa/search`	Smart web search with AI
Answer	`exa/answer`	Direct factual answers
Extract	`exa/extract`	Extract and analyze web content

Examples

Tavily Search

belt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{
  "query": "What are the best practices for building AI agents?"
}'

Returns AI-generated answers with sources and images.

Tavily Extract

belt app run tavily/extract --input '{
  "urls": ["https://example.com/article1", "https://example.com/article2"]
}'

Extracts clean text and images from multiple URLs.

Exa Search

belt app run exa/search --input '{
  "query": "machine learning frameworks comparison"
}'

Returns highly relevant links with context.

Exa Answer

belt app run exa/answer --input '{
  "question": "What is the population of Tokyo?"
}'

Returns direct factual answers.

Exa Extract

belt app run exa/extract --input '{
  "url": "https://example.com/research-paper"
}'

Extracts and analyzes web page content.

Workflow: Research + LLM

# 1. Search for information
belt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{
  "query": "latest developments in quantum computing"
}' > search_results.json

# 2. Analyze with Claude
belt app run openrouter/claude-sonnet-45 --input '{
  "prompt": "Based on this research, summarize the key trends: <search-results>"
}'

Workflow: Extract + Summarize

# 1. Extract content from URL
belt app run tavily/extract --input '{
  "urls": ["https://example.com/long-article"]
}' > content.json

# 2. Summarize with LLM
belt app run openrouter/claude-haiku-45 --input '{
  "prompt": "Summarize this article in 3 bullet points: <content>"
}'

Use Cases

Research: Gather information on any topic
RAG: Retrieval-augmented generation
Fact-checking: Verify claims with sources
Content aggregation: Collect data from multiple sources
Agents: Build research-capable AI agents

Related Skills

# Full platform skill (all apps)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@infsh-cli

# LLM models (combine with search for RAG)
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@llm-models

# Image generation
npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-image-generation

Browse all apps: belt app list

Documentation

Adding Tools to Agents - Equip agents with search
Building a Research Agent - LLM + search integration guide
Tool Integration Tax - Why pre-built tools matter

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/inference-sh-skills-web-search/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

inference-sh-skills-web-search.ocm.jsonjson

{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "inference-sh-skills-web-search",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "web-search",
  "description": "Web search and content extraction with Tavily and Exa via inference.sh CLI. Apps: Tavily Search, Tavily Extract, Exa Search, Exa Answer, Exa Extract. Capabilities: AI-powered search, content extraction, direct answers, research. Use for: research, RAG pipelines, fact-checking, content aggregation, agents. Triggers: web search, tavily, exa, search api, content extraction, research, internet search, ai search, search assistant, web scraping, rag, perplexity alternative",
  "publisher": "inference-sh",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "coding"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "skills-sh"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ]
  },
  "quality_prior": 0.6,
  "examples": [
    "Web search and content extraction with Tavily and Exa via inference.sh CLI. Apps: Tavily Search, Tavily Extract, Exa Search, Exa Answer, Exa Extract. Capabilities: AI-powered search, content extraction, direct answers, research. Use for: research, RAG pipelines, fact-checking, content aggregation, agents. Triggers: web search, tavily, exa, search api, content extraction, research, internet search, ai search, search assistant, web scraping, rag, perplexity alternative"
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "skills.sh",
      "repository": "https://github.com/inference-sh/skills",
      "path": "tools/llm/web-search/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "url": "https://www.skills.sh/inference-sh/skills/web-search",
      "key": "inference-sh/skills/tools/llm/web-search/SKILL.md"
    },
    "allowed_tools": [
      "Bash(belt",
      "*)"
    ]
  },
  "instructions": "> **Install the belt CLI skill:** `npx skills add belt-sh/cli`\n\n# Web Search & Extraction\n\nSearch the web and extract content via [inference.sh](https://inference.sh) CLI.\n\n![Web Search & Extraction](https://cloud.inference.sh/app/files/u/4mg21r6ta37mpaz6ktzwtt8krr/01kgndqjxd780zm2j3rmada6y8.jpeg)\n\n## Quick Start\n\n> Requires inference.sh CLI (`belt`). [Install instructions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inference-sh/skills/refs/heads/main/cli-install.md)\n\n```bash\nbelt login\n\n# Search the web\nbelt app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{\"query\": \"latest AI developments 2024\"}'\n```\n\n\n## Av",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 886
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/inference-sh-skills-web-search/manifest?version=1.0.0

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