pollinations/pollinations164 installs

web-research

Q: How do I install this agent skill?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/pollinations/pollinations --skill web-research.

Q: Is this agent skill safe to install?

Review the displayed partner audits, complete source, permissions, dependencies, and exact revision before installing.

Query Pollinations text API with web-search models (gemini-search, perplexity-fast, nomnom, etc.). Use when you need web search grounded answers via Pollinations.

How do I install this agent skill?

npx skills add https://github.com/pollinations/pollinations --skill web-research

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Is this agent skill safe to install?

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The skill is safe. It provides a search utility that queries the Pollinations API to perform web research. It securely manages API keys through environment variables or local configuration files and uses standard system tools for communication and data processing. No malicious patterns or security risks were identified.
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What does this agent skill do?

Web Research

Available Models

gemini-search — Google Gemini with web search grounding (default)
perplexity-fast — Perplexity AI, faster (default)
perplexity — Perplexity AI
nomnom — NomNom search model

By default, queries both gemini-search and perplexity-fast in parallel.

Requirements

curl

Authentication

Set an API key in an environment variable (preferred):

export POLLINATIONS_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"

Or create a local .env file at .claude/skills/web-research/.env:

POLLINATIONS_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"

If POLLINATIONS_API_KEY is not set, the script will prompt for a key (input hidden).

Quick usage

.claude/skills/web-research/scripts/web-research.sh "What is pollinations.ai?"

Choose a model:

.claude/skills/web-research/scripts/web-research.sh --model perplexity-fast "Fact-check this claim with sources"

Compare multiple models:

.claude/skills/web-research/scripts/web-research.sh --models gemini-search,perplexity-fast,nomnom "Compare answers"

Run multi-model in parallel:

.claude/skills/web-research/scripts/web-research.sh --models gemini-search,perplexity-fast --parallel "Compare answers"

Before reviewing a build plan

Run two searches first — "<vendor> <capability> <year>" and "<capability> MCP server" — and record the result. A first-party vendor launch in the last two quarters gets its own section ("why not the managed product"). It's the cheapest part of the review and can invalidate the whole plan, so do it before studying the design.

Numbers from PDFs or long documents

A summarizer given a leading prompt ("did X beat Y?") tends to echo the prompt, including invented quotes. Ask neutrally ("list every numeric result table") and, for any number you'll repeat, read the source text or table yourself.

Notes

Uses https://gen.pollinations.ai/v1/chat/completions
Sends Authorization: Bearer <key>

How can the creator link this skill?

Add the canonical catalog link to the repository README so users can inspect current installs and available audits. The publishing guide covers the complete discovery path.

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