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Selig 4c966a3ad2 Initial commit: OpenClaw Skill Collection

6 custom skills (assign-task, dispatch-webhook, daily-briefing,
task-capture, qmd-brain, tts-voice) with technical documentation.
Compatible with Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex CLI, and OpenCode.

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Web Tools Documentation

OpenClaw provides two lightweight web utilities for agent tasks:

Core Tools

web_search enables querying the internet through either Brave Search API or Perplexity Sonar. The default Brave provider returns structured results (title, URL, snippet) while Perplexity offers AI-synthesized answers with citations from real-time web search.

web_fetch performs HTTP retrieval and converts HTML to readable markdown or plain text format. It notably does not execute JavaScript, making it unsuitable for dynamic content sites requiring browser automation.

Provider Comparison

The two search options present distinct tradeoffs:

Brave (default): Fast structured output, free tier availability, but traditional search format
Perplexity: Synthesized responses with source attribution, though requiring separate API access

Configuration specifies your chosen provider through the tools.web.search.provider setting.

Setup Requirements

For Brave, users must create a Brave Search API account at https://brave.com/search/api/ and select the Data for Search plan. Keys can be stored via openclaw configure or environment variables.

Perplexity requires credentials from either direct Perplexity accounts or OpenRouter, which supports crypto, prepaid, or credit card payment options.

Technical Capabilities

Both tools cache results for 15 minutes by default. web_fetch supports Firecrawl as an optional fallback extractor and respects standard web restrictions like blocking private hostnames.

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