Web Research

Patterns for agents performing structured web research.

Search Strategy

1. Break the research question into sub-queries
2. Search each sub-query independently
3. Extract relevant content from top results
4. Synthesize findings with source attribution

Search Tools

Use WebSearch for broad queries, WebFetch for specific URLs:

WebSearch: "cortextOS multi-agent orchestration 2026"
WebFetch: "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents"

Content Extraction

• Extract key facts, quotes, and data points
• Note the source URL for each finding
• Check publication dates for freshness
• Cross-reference claims across multiple sources

Research Output Format

## Finding: [Topic]
**Source:** [URL]
**Date:** [Publication date]
**Key points:**
- Point 1
- Point 2

**Relevance:** [How this relates to the research question]

Best Practices

• Always attribute sources
• Prefer primary sources over secondary
• Check for recency (information may be outdated)
• Synthesize, don't just aggregate
• Flag conflicting information explicitly