research
Get AI-synthesized research on any topic with citations, directly in your terminal. Supports structured JSON output for pipelines. Use when you need comprehensive research grounded in web data without writing code.
Why use this skill?
Conduct comprehensive, AI-synthesized research with citations directly in your terminal. Perfect for automated data pipelines and structured insights.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/barneyjm/research-2What This Skill Does
The research skill is a powerful OpenClaw agent capability designed to perform autonomous web research. By integrating the Tavily Search API, it moves beyond simple keyword searching to provide AI-synthesized reports complete with inline citations. It acts as a bridge between real-time internet data and structured terminal workflows, allowing you to ingest complex information directly into your pipeline without context switching or manual browsing.
Installation
To enable this skill, first ensure you have an API key from Tavily. Once acquired, add it to your configuration file at ~/.claude/settings.json under the env object key TAVILY_API_KEY. Finally, run the installation command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/barneyjm/research-2.
Use Cases
- Market Intelligence: Quickly synthesize competitive landscapes or current status reports for specific industries.
- Technical Documentation: Gather the latest updates on programming frameworks or library deprecations without leaving your IDE.
- Content Generation: Build structured data models for reports by outputting research directly into custom JSON schemas, making it perfect for feeding downstream LLM chains.
- Scientific Summarization: Aggregate academic research or consensus on specific topics, formatted exactly how you need it.
Example Prompts
- "Research the latest advancements in LLM agent memory architectures for 2025 and summarize the top three techniques with citations."
- "Conduct a comparative analysis of Rust vs Go for backend microservices, providing the output in a JSON schema with pros, cons, and performance metrics."
- "Find current market trends in generative AI video production and save the report to a new file named video-trends.md."
Tips & Limitations
Research tasks are resource-intensive and typically take 30-120 seconds to complete. For long-running queries, always use Ctrl+B to run the task in the background. Note that while the tool excels at synthesis, it is dependent on the availability and accuracy of data provided by the Tavily search engine. Avoid using this for highly private, non-public data, and ensure you use the pro model for complex reasoning or comprehensive deep-dives.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-barneyjm-research-2": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-write, external-api
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