Web Search & Extraction

Search the web and extract content via inference.sh CLI.

Quick Start

Requires inference.sh CLI (infsh ). Get installation instructions: npx skills add inference-sh/skills@agent-tools

infsh login

Search the web

infsh app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{"query": "latest AI developments 2024"}'

Available Apps

Tavily

App App ID Description

Search Assistant tavily/search-assistant

AI-powered search with answers

Extract tavily/extract

Extract content from URLs

Exa

App App ID Description

Search exa/search

Smart web search with AI

Answer exa/answer

Direct factual answers

Extract exa/extract

Extract and analyze web content

Examples

Tavily Search

infsh app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{ "query": "What are the best practices for building AI agents?" }'

Returns AI-generated answers with sources and images.

Tavily Extract

infsh app run tavily/extract --input '{ "urls": ["https://example.com/article1", "https://example.com/article2"] }'

Extracts clean text and images from multiple URLs.

Exa Search

infsh app run exa/search --input '{ "query": "machine learning frameworks comparison" }'

Returns highly relevant links with context.

Exa Answer

infsh app run exa/answer --input '{ "question": "What is the population of Tokyo?" }'

Returns direct factual answers.

Exa Extract

infsh app run exa/extract --input '{ "url": "https://example.com/research-paper" }'

Extracts and analyzes web page content.

Workflow: Research + LLM

1. Search for information

infsh app run tavily/search-assistant --input '{ "query": "latest developments in quantum computing" }' > search_results.json

2. Analyze with Claude

infsh app run openrouter/claude-sonnet-45 --input '{ "prompt": "Based on this research, summarize the key trends: <search-results>" }'

Workflow: Extract + Summarize

1. Extract content from URL

infsh app run tavily/extract --input '{ "urls": ["https://example.com/long-article"] }' > content.json

2. Summarize with LLM

infsh app run openrouter/claude-haiku-45 --input '{ "prompt": "Summarize this article in 3 bullet points: <content>" }'

Use Cases

• Research: Gather information on any topic

• RAG: Retrieval-augmented generation

• Fact-checking: Verify claims with sources

• Content aggregation: Collect data from multiple sources

• Agents: Build research-capable AI agents

Related Skills

Full platform skill (all 150+ apps)

npx skills add inference-sh/skills@agent-tools

LLM models (combine with search for RAG)

npx skills add inference-sh/skills@llm-models

Image generation

npx skills add inference-sh/skills@ai-image-generation

Browse all apps: infsh app list

Documentation

• Adding Tools to Agents - Equip agents with search

• Building a Research Agent - LLM + search integration guide

• Tool Integration Tax - Why pre-built tools matter