Research a topic with fallback across multiple search engines
Quand l'utiliser : A fresh topic where one engine's top-10 often differs from another's.
Prérequis
- At least one search API key (Tavily free tier is easiest) — tavily.com/signup — free tier is 1000 req/month
Déroulement
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Run a search with the cheapest provider firstSearch Tavily for 'latest MCP protocol changes 2026'. Summarize the top 5 results.✓ Copié→ Summary with citations
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Cross-check on a different providerNow search the same query on Brave. Which results show up in both? Which are unique?✓ Copié→ Overlap analysis
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Extract full content for the most promising resultUse web_extract on the top result and give me the actual useful text, not nav boilerplate.✓ Copié→ Clean markdown of the article
Résultat : A cross-validated research answer with confidence boosted by multi-engine agreement.
Pièges
- Per-provider quotas vary — Tavily is generous, Kagi costs per query — Route exploratory searches to Tavily, save Kagi for high-signal 'give me the answer' queries via FastGPT
- web_extract fails on JS-heavy sites — Use Firecrawl (JS-rendering) for SPAs; Tavily extract for static pages