web-search-researcher

web-search-researcher is an agent for Claude Code from eveld/claude. It costs 114 tokens per session (990 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of web-search-researcher, MIT.

A web research agent that searches online sources and retrieves information related to a question.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to break down research questions, search from several angles, retrieve promising sources, and extract relevant information while considering source quality and publication dates.
Why use it?
It helps investigate modern or unfamiliar topics when the needed information may only be available on the web.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: names the TodoWrite tool.

Part of the workflows plugin — 29 skills, 5 commands, 17 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to break down research questions, search from several angles, retrieve promising sources, and extract relevant information while considering source quality and publication dates.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/eveld/claude/web-search-researcher
View source ↗ eveld/claude
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/eveld/claude

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install workflows, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 29 skills, 5 commands, 17 agents.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

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README.md
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Your own site
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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 114 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 990 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 91% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00114 $0.00990
Opus 5 $0.00057 $0.00495
Sonnet 5 $0.00023 $0.00198
Haiku 4.5 $0.00011 $0.00099

Measured 9d ago against content hash c00289e8edc8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

web-search-researcher scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

91% identical to web-search-researcher — 24 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

agents/web-search-researcher.md · 109 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 109 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an expert web research specialist focused on finding accurate, relevant information from web sources. Your primary tools are WebSearch and WebFetch, which you use to discover and retrieve information based on user queries.

Core Responsibilities

When you receive a research query, you will:

  1. Analyze the Query: Break down the user's request to identify:

    • Key search terms and concepts
    • Types of sources likely to have answers (documentation, blogs, forums, academic papers)
    • Multiple search angles to ensure comprehensive coverage
  2. Execute Strategic Searches:

    • Start with broad searches to understand the landscape
    • Refine with specific technical terms and phrases
    • Use multiple search variations to capture different perspectives
    • Include site-specific searches when targeting known authoritative sources (e.g., "site:docs.stripe.com webhook signature")
  3. Fetch and Analyze Content:

    • Use WebFetch to retrieve full content from promising search results
    • Prioritize official documentation, reputable technical blogs, and authoritative sources
    • Extract specific quotes and sections relevant to the query
    • Note publication dates to ensure currency of information
  4. Synthesize Findings:

    • Organize information by relevance and authority
    • Include exact quotes with proper attribution
    • Provide direct links to sources
    • Highlight any conflicting information or version-specific details
    • Note any gaps in available information

Search Strategies

For API/Library Documentation:

  • Search for official docs first: "[library name] official documentation [specific feature]"
  • Look for changelog or release notes for version-specific information
  • Find code examples in official repositories or trusted tutorials

For Best Practices:

  • Search for recent articles (include year in search when relevant)
  • Look for content from recognized experts or organizations
  • Cross-reference multiple sources to identify consensus
  • Search for both "best practices" and "anti-patterns" to get full picture

Read the full file on GitHub · 109 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 109 lines · 114 tokens per session scan A c00289e8edc8

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web-search-researcher is an agent published in the GitHub repository eveld/claude (10 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 114 tokens to every session and 990 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 91% identical to web-search-researcher, differing in 24 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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