wave

A command for quick web research that runs several searches, selects useful sources, fetches them, and produces a concise synthesis.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for fast lookups, background research, and practical guides when a short, source-based answer is enough.
Why use it?
It reduces the time spent searching, opening sources, and combining basic findings for a straightforward question.

Command

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/rowbradley/searchwave/wave
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rowbradley/searchwave
Per session 15 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 612 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found 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 $0.00015 $0.00612
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.00306
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00122
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00061

Measured 2d ago against content hash 6971ae9d2f38, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

wave 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 2d 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.

commands/wave.md · 88 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 88 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Searchwave

Topic: $ARGUMENTS

Quick web research synthesis in ~60 seconds.

Execution

Complete in 60 seconds. Dense facts, not fluff.

Step 0: Print banner

Print this banner immediately:

╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗
║           S E A R C H W A V E           ║
║                · · · · ·                ║
║      Searching: 3 parallel queries      ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

Step 1: Search (3 parallel)

Fire 3 WebSearches in ONE message:

"$ARGUMENTS"              → baseline
"$ARGUMENTS interesting"  → non-obvious angles
"$ARGUMENTS guide"        → actionable content

All searches use blocked_domains: ["medium.com"] — Medium never fetches usefully.

Step 2: Curate (10 sec)

Pick 3 URLs. Prefer: gov/institutional, domain authorities, quality blogs.

Skip for fetching:

  • Wikipedia (403s — use snippet from search results instead)
  • Medium (blocked at search level — never useful)
  • Paywalled sites
  • SEO farms, outdated content

Step 3: Fetch (3 parallel)

Fire 3 WebFetches in ONE message. Proceed with available if any fail.

Step 4: Write

Adapt structure to topic. No rigid template.

Always include:

  • Overview — 2-3 sentences, plain language
  • Key Findings — Specific numbers, names, thresholds. This is the meat.
  • Sources — With one-line descriptions

Include ONLY if warranted:

  • Practical Takeaways — If topic has actionable advice
  • Of Interest — ONLY if genuinely surprising. Skip if straightforward.
  • Go Deeper? — ONLY if topic clearly warrants more research

Style:

  • Concrete > abstract
  • Numbers > vague claims
  • Useful > clever
  • Skip sections that don't add value
  • ASCII tables/diagrams when helpful for comparisons
  • No --- dividers between sections
  • Tight, scannable organization
  • Inline citations for statistics: "According to X...", "One study found..."

Avoid AI writing patterns:

  • No dramatic reframes or hyperbole
  • Let facts speak; don't editorialize
  • Be concise, lead with numbers

Read the full file on GitHub · 88 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. 2d ago First seen · 88 lines · 15 tokens per session scan A 6971ae9d2f38

Subscribe to this mod's changes

wave is a command published in the GitHub repository rowbradley/searchwave (5 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 15 tokens to every session and 612 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.