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you-research

Q: How do I install this agent skill?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/youdotcom-oss/agent-skills --skill you-research.

Q: Is this agent skill safe to install?

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

Multi-source research with citations using You.com. Use for questions that need several sources compared and synthesized, such as library or framework comparisons, tool and vendor evaluations, market research, or deep-dive reports. Routes between a cost-conscious agentic search loop and the one-shot `you-research` MCP tool.

How do I install this agent skill?

npx skills add https://github.com/youdotcom-oss/agent-skills --skill you-research

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Is this agent skill safe to install?

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The you-research skill is a research routing tool that uses You.com and optionally Coinbase Payments MCP for payment. It involves processing external web content, which carries a low risk of indirect prompt injection, but no malicious behavior was detected.
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What does this agent skill do?

You.com Research Routing

Use this skill to choose the right You.com research path for the user's goal: agent-led search with you-search and you-contents, or one-shot cited synthesis with the you-research MCP tool.

Prerequisites

The You.com MCP endpoint must be reachable from the host:

Managed research (you-research): https://api.you.com/mcp/research with OAuth (preferred), YDC_API_KEY bearer auth, or an MPP/x402-aware MCP client.

MPP/x402-aware MCP clients may receive HTTP 402 payment challenges from You.com tools, then retry with payment headers. Let the host client handle external payment and retry; do not add wallet signing logic to this skill.

Managed research with the you-research MCP tool

Call the you-research MCP tool when the user wants a synthesized answer with citations in one step. It runs You.com's managed research pipeline and returns a concise answer with inline citations and source metadata, so the host does not orchestrate multi-step search itself.

For keyless payment with no API key and no manual signing, compose the You.com MCP server with the Coinbase Payments MCP server; see Coinbase Payments MCP path for setup and when to choose it.

If the you-research tool is unavailable or the client cannot tolerate its response time, fall back to the agent-led search pipeline in the you-web skill and say which path was used.

Decision Tree

User is cost-conscious or wants to develop/fine-tune a research skill -> use the agent-led search pipeline in the you-web skill.
User needs a one-shot synthesized answer with citations -> call the you-research MCP tool.
User needs OAuth or MPP/x402 payment handling -> use the you-research MCP tool with a payment-aware MCP client or the Coinbase Payments MCP composition.
Required MCP tools are unavailable -> tell the user what is missing, provide the setup options from the prerequisites above, and request approval before installing, connecting, or changing configuration.
Simple lookup -> use you-search once, answer directly.
URL provided -> use you-contents on those URLs.
Everything else -> use the agent-led search pipeline in the you-web skill.

Preserve the core research requirements regardless of path: read sources before relying on exact claims, cross-check key facts, cite real URLs, and finish with the best supported answer even when evidence is incomplete.

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.

<a href="https://skillzs.dev/skills/youdotcom-oss/agent-skills/you-research">View you-research on skillZs</a>