Agent skill
web-research
Query Pollinations text API with web-search models (gemini-search, perplexity-fast, nomnom, etc.). Use when you need web search grounded answers via Pollinations.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/other/web-research
SKILL.md
Web Research
Available Models
- gemini-search — Google Gemini with web search grounding (default)
- perplexity-fast — Perplexity AI, faster (default)
- perplexity — Perplexity AI
- nomnom — NomNom search model
By default, queries both gemini-search and perplexity-fast in parallel.
Requirements
curl
Authentication
Set an API key in an environment variable (preferred):
export POLLINATIONS_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"
Or create a local .env file at .claude/skills/web-research/.env:
POLLINATIONS_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"
If POLLINATIONS_API_KEY is not set, the script will prompt for a key (input hidden).
Quick usage
.claude/skills/web-research/scripts/web-research.sh "What is pollinations.ai?"
Choose a model:
.claude/skills/web-research/scripts/web-research.sh --model perplexity-fast "Fact-check this claim with sources"
Compare multiple models:
.claude/skills/web-research/scripts/web-research.sh --models gemini-search,perplexity-fast,nomnom "Compare answers"
Run multi-model in parallel:
.claude/skills/web-research/scripts/web-research.sh --models gemini-search,perplexity-fast --parallel "Compare answers"
Notes
- Uses
https://gen.pollinations.ai/v1/chat/completions - Sends
Authorization: Bearer <key>
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