Web Tools

SkillSearch

Lets your agent search the web and fetch URLs for up-to-date information beyond its training data.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Web Tools skill

About this capability

Web information retrieval expert. ALWAYS invoke this skill when the user needs to search the web, fetch a URL, or access real-time information beyond training data. Do not guess or use stale knowledge — use this skill first.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by yaoapp/yao in tools/skills/yao-web/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Two tools for web information retrieval, called via bash.

web_search

Search the web for real-time information. Returns structured results with title, URL, and content snippet.

tai tool web_search '{"query": "search terms", "limit": 5}'
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringyesSearch query
limitintegernoMax results (default 10)

web_fetch

Fetch a web page and return its content in readable format.

tai tool web_fetch '{"url": "https://example.com", "format": "markdown"}'
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringyesFully-formed URL to fetch
formatstringnomarkdown (default) or html

Guidelines

  • Use web_search to discover URLs, then web_fetch to read the content
  • Include the current year when searching for recent information
  • All output is JSON

Signals

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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
yao-web
Source
github.com/yaoapp/yao