you-research
Multi-source research with citations using You.com. Use for questions that need several sources compared and synthesized, such as library or framework comparisons, tool and vendor evaluations, market research, or deep-dive reports. Routes between a cost-conscious agentic search loop and the one-shot `you-research` MCP tool.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "youdotcom-oss/agent-skills:skills/you-research" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/youdotcom-oss/agent-skills /tmp/agent-skills && ln -s /tmp/agent-skills/skills/you-research ~/.claude/skills/you-researchFrom README
You.com Research Routing Use this skill to choose the right You.com research path for the user's goal: agent-led search with you-search and you-contents, or one-shot cited synthesis with the you-research MCP tool. Prerequisites The You.com MCP endpoint must be reachable from the host: Managed research (you-research): https://api.you.com/mcp/research with OAuth (preferred), YDCAPIKEY bearer auth, or an MPP/x402-aware MCP client. MPP/x402-aware MCP clients may receive HTTP 402 payment challenges from You.com tools, then retry with payment headers. Let the host client handle external payment and retry; do not add wallet signing logic to this skill. Managed research with the you-research MCP tool Call the you-research MCP tool when the user wants a synthesized answer with citations in one step. It runs You.com's managed research pipeline and returns a concise answer with inline citations and source metadata, so the host does not orchestrate multi-step search itself.