$npx -y skills add alexei-led/cc-thingz --skill researching-webFollow the base skill. This Claude overlay only defines tool use and execution details.
| 1 | # Web Research |
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| 3 | Follow the base skill. This Claude overlay only defines tool use and execution details. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## Claude tool rules |
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| 7 | - Use Perplexity for broad research questions, comparisons, or source discovery when it is available. |
| 8 | - Use `WebFetch` to inspect primary or official sources directly after source discovery. |
| 9 | - Do not answer research questions from memory. |
| 10 | - Do not route exact API syntax or code-example questions here; use `looking-up-docs`. |
| 11 | - Do not route repo-specific questions here when local files can answer them. |
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| 13 | ## Tool selection on Claude |
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| 15 | - Simple factual question: use the smallest web query that can answer it. |
| 16 | - Source selection: use Perplexity or another available search-capable tool, then fetch the best sources. |
| 17 | - Broad investigation: use Perplexity first when it fits; if the runtime offers a deeper research mode, use it when the question truly needs it. |
| 18 | - Follow-up detail: fetch only the sources needed to support the claim. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Inspect enough sources to support the answer. Do not fetch every citation unless the |
| 21 | risk or ambiguity justifies it. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ## Source handling |
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| 25 | - Prefer official docs, standards, vendor docs, maintainer posts, and primary announcements. |
| 26 | - Treat forum summaries and secondary blogs as supporting evidence, not sole authority, when stronger sources should exist. |
| 27 | - If sources conflict, show the conflict and reduce confidence. |
| 28 | - If only a research plan is possible, say that final evidence must be grounded in URL-cited sources. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ## Optional delegation |
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| 32 | Use `Task` only for broad background research that can run independently without |
| 33 | changing the output contract. Keep the prompt bounded and ask it to return cited |
| 34 | facts, not final recommendations. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | ## Output |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Use the base skill's `Research Result` output contract exactly. |