web-search-summary

Search the web for a topic and produce a structured summary with key findings, sources, and actionable takeaways. Best for quick research briefs, competitive landscape scans, and topic overviews.

Produce a structured research brief from a web search query in a single pass.

When to Use

• User asks for a summary of a topic found via web search
• Need a quick research brief with cited sources
• Competitive landscape, market scan, or technology overview
• Any "what's the latest on X" or "summarize what's happening with Y"

When NOT to Use

• Deep-dive research requiring multiple follow-up searches → use iterative search instead
• Real-time monitoring → use cron + search instead
• The user already provided the content → summarize directly, skip search

Steps

1. Search — Call web_search with the user's query, count=10, freshness set appropriately.
2. Fetch — For the top 3-5 most relevant results, call web_fetch with maxChars=3000 to get readable content.
3. Synthesize — Produce a structured summary (see format below).

Output Format

markdown

## Summary
<2-3 sentence overview>

## Key Findings
- Finding 1 (with source)
- Finding 2 (with source)
- ...

## Notable
- Point worth flagging
- ...

## Sources
1. <title> — <URL>
2. <title> — <URL>

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
query	yes	—	Search query
freshness	no	(none)	day, week, month, year
count	no	10	Number of search results (1-10)
maxChars	no	3000	Max chars per fetched page

Example

Input: "latest in AI coding agents 2026"

Output:

Summary

The AI coding agent space has matured significantly in 2026, with multi-agent orchestration and IDE-native experiences dominating...

Key Findings

• Multi-agent workflows are now standard (Source: a16z report)
• IDE-native integration has surpassed CLI-first tools (Source: Stack Overflow survey)
• ...

Sources

1. a16z — https://a16z.com/ai-coding-2026
2. Stack Overflow — https://stackoverflow.com/survey-2026