# Web Search

> Use this tool when you need to perform web searches, extract content from URLs, or summarize information from online sources. It solves problems related to information gathering, research, and data extraction, providing outputs in various formats such as markdown, plain text, and PDF. It is particularly useful when you require flexible and secure web search capabilities with features like smart truncation and semantic content processing.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/tickernelz-web-search  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/tickernelz-web-search

## Description

Provides web search capabilities and content extraction without requiring API keys, featuring a two-tier search system that starts with fast DuckDuckGo HTML search and escalates to Puppeteer-driven Bing search when needed. Includes tools for fetching and extracting content from URLs with smart truncation modes, Wikipedia summaries in multiple languages, and semantic content processing that preserves important sections like headings and code blocks. Built with SSRF protection and supports both HTML and PDF content extraction with configurable output formats including markdown and plain text.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.64
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-02

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** browser-automation
- **Updated:** 2026-09-02

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/tickernelz-web-search)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/tickernelz/mcp-web-search>

## 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": "tickernelz-web-search"
    }
  }
}
```

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