web-research

90 / 100 · Low risk

Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a research skill usually looks things up on the internet.

By ryanthedev/oberskills (GitHub) · research · 64 stars · scanned at commit 746b3c0

Runs parallel multi-angle web research at four depth modes (scan, brief, breadth, deep): a planner grounds the query in local context and plans search dimensions, parallel search agents pull verbatim extracts with source URLs, every mode above scan adds a standing counter-evidence dimension, and synthesis is grounded back in the local project. Use when researching a topic, library, or tool on the web, comparing options or products, surveying a landscape of approaches, or checking current, versi…

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Connects to the internet

The author does not mention this. Expected for a research skill.

Found in 5 places.

skills/web-research/SKILL.md, line 146| Web search / fetch | `WebSearch` / `WebFetch` | Host's web search and fetch tools |
mcp/src/lib/agent.ts, line 210...(args.allowNetwork ? {} : { disallowedTools: ["WebSearch", "WebFetch"] }),
mcp/src/tools/run-eval.ts, line 49"WebSearch/WebFetch disallowed unless allow_network, " +

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mcp/src/tools/run-eval.ts, line 81allow_network: z.boolean().default(false).describe("When false, WebSearch/WebFetch are disallowed in subject sessions."),
mcp/src/tools/run-eval.ts, line 87"WebSearch/WebFetch stay disallowed unless allow_network.",

Runs commands on your computer

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 6 places.

.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 12"command": "bun",
.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 16"command": "bun",
.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 26"command": "command -v bun >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0; diff -q \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/mcp/package.json\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/package.json\" >/dev/null 2>&1

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.claude-plugin/plugin.json, line 30"command": "command -v bun >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0; diff -q \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/mcp-browser/package.json\" \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/mcp-browser/package.jso
.mcp.json, line 4"command": "bash",
.mcp.json, line 8"command": "bash",

Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'web-research' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'web-research' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named web-research already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/ryanthedev/oberskills' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '746b3c0e4e57c5872df67d8b9d865d38cca86e6a' -- 'skills/web-research' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/web-research' ~/.agents/skills/'web-research' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'web-research' ~/.claude/skills/'web-research' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-08	`746b3c0`	90