web-research

web-research is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Illuminated2020/DeepAgents-AutoGLM. It costs 24 tokens per session (976 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of web-research, Apache-2.0.

A structured workflow for researching topics on the web and combining information from multiple sources. It uses research subagents, which are separate agent tasks assigned to investigate parts of a question.

In plain words
What is it for?
Planning web research, dividing a topic into subtopics, gathering sourced information and producing comparative or research reports.
Why use it?
It helps organize complex research and keep findings, sources and gaps together. The instructions require a research plan and a dedicated folder for the work.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions subagents.

Good fit Planning web research, dividing a topic into subtopics, gathering sourced information and producing comparative or research reports.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/illuminated2020/deepagents-autoglm/web-research
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.

Any agent
npx skills add Illuminated2020/DeepAgents-AutoGLM --skill web-research
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Illuminated2020/DeepAgents-AutoGLM

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 24 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 976 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 100% 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 $0.00024 $0.00976
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.00488
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00195
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00098

Measured 10d ago against content hash c609f8cd36e3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

web-research 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 10d 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

100% identical to web-research — 0 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.

examples/skills/web-research/SKILL.md · 103 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 103 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Web Research Skill

This skill provides a structured approach to conducting comprehensive web research using the task tool to spawn research subagents. It emphasizes planning, efficient delegation, and systematic synthesis of findings.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:

  • Research complex topics requiring multiple information sources
  • Gather and synthesize current information from the web
  • Conduct comparative analysis across multiple subjects
  • Produce well-sourced research reports with clear citations

Research Process

Step 1: Create and Save Research Plan

Before delegating to subagents, you MUST:

  1. Create a research folder - Organize all research files in a dedicated folder relative to the current working directory:

    mkdir research_[topic_name]
    

    This keeps files organized and prevents clutter in the working directory.

  2. Analyze the research question - Break it down into distinct, non-overlapping subtopics

  3. Write a research plan file - Use the write_file tool to create research_[topic_name]/research_plan.md containing:

    • The main research question
    • 2-5 specific subtopics to investigate
    • Expected information from each subtopic
    • How results will be synthesized

Planning Guidelines:

  • Simple fact-finding: 1-2 subtopics
  • Comparative analysis: 1 subtopic per comparison element (max 3)
  • Complex investigations: 3-5 subtopics

Step 2: Delegate to Research Subagents

For each subtopic in your plan:

  1. Use the task tool to spawn a research subagent with:

    • Clear, specific research question (no acronyms)
    • Instructions to write findings to a file: research_[topic_name]/findings_[subtopic].md
    • Budget: 3-5 web searches maximum
  2. Run up to 3 subagents in parallel for efficient research

Subagent Instructions Template:

Research [SPECIFIC TOPIC]. Use the web_search tool to gather information.
After completing your research, use write_file to save your findings to research_[topic_name]/findings_[subtopic].md.
Include key facts, relevant quotes, and source URLs.
Use 3-5 web searches maximum.

Read the full file on GitHub · 103 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. 10d ago First seen · 103 lines · 24 tokens per session scan A c609f8cd36e3

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web-research is a skill published in the GitHub repository Illuminated2020/DeepAgents-AutoGLM (120 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 24 tokens to every session and 976 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to web-research, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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