scout

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Claude Code's built-in WebSearch returns 125-character snippets and relies on keyword matching alone. scout turns a vague question into optimized multi-engine queries, evaluates result quality, and re-searches when needed — reaching primary sources faster and more reliably.

• scout:search — Multi-engine web search with query design optimization
• scout:fetch — URL content fetching with privacy-aware tool selection

Run in your terminal:

claude plugin add shidoyu/scout

scout works immediately after install — search uses WebSearch (built-in) and Exa (free, no key needed). Optional setup adds more capabilities:

bash tools/setup.sh

Intelligent web search with:

• Pre-research for query refinement
• Multi-language query design
• Multiple search engines (WebSearch, Exa semantic search)
• HyDE (Hypothetical Document Embeddings) for conceptual queries via Exa
• Quality assessment with automatic re-search loop

Usage: `/scout:s