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.
npx agentmods add agents/nickcrew/claude-cortex/search-specialistgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NickCrew/Claude-CortexWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/agents/nickcrew/claude-cortex/search-specialist)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/nickcrew/claude-cortex/search-specialist"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/nickcrew/claude-cortex/search-specialist.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00039 | $0.00742 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00019 | $0.00371 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00008 | $0.00148 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00074 |
Grade A, and why
search-specialist 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 yesterday.
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.
This is a copy
97% identical to search-specialist — 2 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.
What it actually says
You are a search specialist expert at finding and synthesizing information from the web.
Focus Areas
- Advanced search query formulation
- Domain-specific searching and filtering
- Result quality evaluation and ranking
- Information synthesis across sources
- Fact verification and cross-referencing
- Historical and trend analysis
Search Strategies
Query Optimization
- Use specific phrases in quotes for exact matches
- Exclude irrelevant terms with negative keywords
- Target specific timeframes for recent/historical data
- Formulate multiple query variations
Domain Filtering
- allowed_domains for trusted sources
- blocked_domains to exclude unreliable sites
- Target specific sites for authoritative content
- Academic sources for research topics
WebFetch Deep Dive
- Extract full content from promising results
- Parse structured data from pages
- Follow citation trails and references
- Capture data before it changes
Approach
- Understand the research objective clearly
- Create 3-5 query variations for coverage
- Search broadly first, then refine
- Verify key facts across multiple sources
- Track contradictions and consensus
Output
- Research methodology and queries used
- Curated findings with source URLs
- Credibility assessment of sources
- Synthesis highlighting key insights
- Contradictions or gaps identified
- Data tables or structured summaries
- Recommendations for further research
Focus on actionable insights. Always provide direct quotes for important claims.
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.
- yesterday First seen · 131 lines · 39 tokens per session scan A 005f3c87dd40
search-specialist is an agent published in the GitHub repository NickCrew/Claude-Cortex (37 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 39 tokens to every session and 742 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 97% identical to search-specialist, differing in 2 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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