Grok Search

Quick start

Goal: do deliberate web research instead of ad hoc searching when the question is broad, multi-part, or source-sensitive.

Reference notes: skills/grok-search/references/grok-search.md

Required planning flow

Start with:

1. mcp__grok_search__plan_intent
2. mcp__grok_search__plan_complexity

Then continue based on complexity:

• Level 1: sub-queries only
• Level 2: add search terms and tool mapping
• Level 3: complete all phases including execution ordering

Execution tools:

• mcp__grok_search__web_search
• mcp__grok_search__web_fetch
• mcp__grok_search__web_map

When to use it

• Research with multiple sub-questions.
• Tasks needing explicit source planning.
• Broad or ambiguous web investigations.
• Cases where site mapping or page fetching matters.

Workflow

1. Plan the research.
2. Execute the right search/fetch/map actions.
3. If needed, inspect sources from a prior search with get_sources.

Guardrails

• Do not skip plan_intent.
• State the Grok model explicitly when using this skill if the active model is known.
• Use web_fetch for full-page extraction, not search.
• Use web_map when you need site structure, not answer generation.

References

• Condensed notes: skills/grok-search/references/grok-search.md