web-research

name	web-research
description	Use this whenever the user asks you to research a topic, find the current state of something, compare options, or gather background from the web — e.g. "what's the latest on X", "find the best approach to Y", "compare these three tools". Drives a scope → gather → gap-check → synthesize loop.
tools	["web_search","fetch_url","memory_recall","memory_ingest","current_time"]
user_facing	true
slash	web-research

Web Research

A disciplined pipeline for turning an open question into a tight, sourced answer.

Scale to the ask

A fact lookup is one angle, one pass. "Compare X" is 3-5 dimensions. "Comprehensive analysis of X" is 5-8 dimensions and more rounds. Don't over-research a lookup or under-serve a survey.

1. Scope

Break the question into a few orthogonal dimensions — focused sub-topics that together cover it (e.g. "Rust vs Go" → perf · memory · concurrency · ecosystem · adoption). A narrow question is one dimension; don't invent angles. When dimensions are independent, fan them out as parallel task calls (or one task_batch) instead of researching them serially.

2. Gather (per dimension)

• Reuse first — memory_recall what's already known; don't re-derive it.
• Search wide, then deep — web_search the dimension; for technical or contested topics run a second angle (parent topic, or community/code sources like Reddit/HN/GitHub/SO) so you don't trust one lens. Listicles are leads, not authority; prefer primary + recent.
• Read selectively — fetch_url the 2-4 best hits per dimension; read deeply. Keep a numbered source list + a one-line key finding per dimension as you go.

3. Gap-check (conservative)

Ask: does this answer the original question? Flag only 1-3 genuine gaps (not tangents), research them as new dimensions, repeat — up to ~3 rounds. Don't rewrite the question or chase saturation.

4. Synthesize

Bottom line first; ## headings for multi-dimension answers. Every material claim carries a citation to your numbered sources, inline as [1] (or [1][3] where evidence converges). Cite both sides of a real disagreement and say which is better-supported; flag uncertainty. List sources at the end. End with Confidence: high | medium | low; for deep research add 3-5 "Related topics".

5. Persist

For substantial research, memory_ingest one concise durable finding (takeaway

• key sources) so the knowledge base compounds — not raw dumps, and not for quick lookups.

Keep it tight: the answer first, the process never. Let the citations carry the evidence.