# Web Research

> Use this tool when you need to perform web research without relying on APIs or external service accounts. It solves problems related to searching and scraping JavaScript-rendered pages, providing a vendor-independent solution with parallel search capabilities. It takes search queries as input and returns relevant results, making it ideal for use cases where API-free web research is required.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/glenskii-web-research  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/glenskii-web-research

## Description

Web Research MCP Server provides API-free web research capabilities using DuckDuckGo for search and Playwright as a fallback for JavaScript-rendered pages. It supports parallel searches and is designed for vendor-independent use without any API keys or external service accounts. Part of the Glenski MCPs collection focused on clean, dependency-light integrations with Claude Code and Claude Desktop.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.64
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-01

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** browser-automation
- **Updated:** 2026-09-01

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/glenskii-web-research)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/glenskii/glenski-mcps>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "glenskii-web-research"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/glenskii-web-research` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/glenskii-web-research/pull`

---
SkillsRegistry indexes agent skills from public registries and GitHub. Skills we have analysed are scanned with Circle-IR and scored on six dimensions; each listing states its scan coverage. More: https://skillsregistry.net/llms.txt