name: research-tools description: External research via Context7 (docs), Grep.app (code examples), Exa (web search), and Tavily (web search). Loads MCPs on-demand via skill_mcp. license: MIT compatibility: opencode metadata: category: research triggers: docs, documentation, code examples, web search, how do others, library, API, current info, crawl, extract, scrape

Research Tools

CRITICAL: skill_mcp Syntax

skill_mcp(mcp_name="<MCP_SERVER>", tool_name="<TOOL>", arguments='<JSON>')

• mcp_name = MCP server (context7, grep_app, tavily, websearch) — NOT "research-tools"
• tool_name = Tool name without prefix — NOT context7_resolve-library-id

Tools

Examples

Context7 (2-step: resolve ID → query docs):

skill_mcp(mcp_name="context7", tool_name="resolve-library-id", arguments='{"libraryName": "react", "query": "hooks"}')
skill_mcp(mcp_name="context7", tool_name="query-docs", arguments='{"libraryId": "/facebook/react", "query": "useEffect"}')

Grep.app (search literal code patterns, not keywords):

skill_mcp(mcp_name="grep_app", tool_name="searchGitHub", arguments='{"query": "useActionState(", "language": ["TypeScript", "TSX"]}')

Exa:

skill_mcp(mcp_name="websearch", tool_name="web_search_exa", arguments='{"query": "Next.js 15 features", "numResults": 5}')

Tavily Search (real-time web search with topic filtering):

skill_mcp(mcp_name="tavily", tool_name="tavily_search", arguments='{"query": "Next.js 15 features", "max_results": 5}')
skill_mcp(mcp_name="tavily", tool_name="tavily_search", arguments='{"query": "OpenAI API pricing", "topic": "news", "days": 7}')
skill_mcp(mcp_name="tavily", tool_name="tavily_search", arguments='{"query": "AAPL stock", "topic": "finance"}')

Common Mistakes