Web Search
Your agent answers from stale training data; this searches the live web and returns ranked, linkable results.
Web & Search
Searches the live web and returns ranked results with titles, links, and excerpts, routing your request to the right approach. Whether you need a quick answer, news, a file, a site-scoped search, or a broad topic survey, describe what you want and the skill picks the best strategy. Results are raw hits for you to triage, not a synthesized answer -- use Research for AI-written cited summaries.
Use when
You need fresh, external, or verifiable information from the live web rather than memory.
Not for
Reading a full page's text, AI-synthesized cited answers, or image, video, or local-business search.
What you can do
Each is a sub-skill of Web Search; the router picks the right one for your request.
What you get back
information
Returns ranked results (title, link, and a snippet per result), not full page text and not a synthesized answer. Snippets are excerpts to triage and cite, not the source of truth; read the linked page for the full content.
When it checks with you first
The request could mean a quick single-fact lookup or a broad multi-search topic scan, and the desired depth is unclear.
Run it
Skills run through one gateway with your Faro token. Hand it an intent in plain language; Faro routes to the right sub-skill, runs it, and bills per call.
curl -X POST "https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/web-search/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FARO_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"intent":{"prompt":"What's the latest stable version of Node.js?"}}'Example requests
- ›What's the latest stable version of Node.js?
- ›Search the React docs for useState hooks
- ›Get me the AWS S3 pricing guide as a PDF
- ›What are the latest headlines about US inflation?