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Run deep web, news and academic searches and turn the results into sourced research.
Academic Research
Search academic papers, scholarly articles, and research publications through SandBase. Use when asked for literature review, academic citations, scholarly research, paper discovery, or scientific evidence gathering.
Academic Trend Research
Research emerging academic trends by combining scholarly databases, web sources, and news to identify rising research areas, breakthrough papers, and shifting scientific consensus. Ideal for R&D teams tracking frontier science.
Event Tracker
Track real-time events, announcements, and breaking developments across Twitter, Reddit, news outlets, and web search. Monitors event progression, public reaction, key moments, and aftermath coverage for crisis response and opportunity detection.
Exa Deep Search
Search, extract, and compare high-quality public sources with Exa through SandBase. Use when asked for deep web research, source discovery, current evidence, topic investigation, company research, or citation-ready findings.
Exa Similar Finder
Find web pages and content similar to a given URL using Exa's neural similarity search. Ideal for competitor discovery, alternative source finding, related content research, and expanding research beyond known sources.
Google News Research
Search and monitor news articles across Google News through SandBase. Use when asked for news monitoring, current events research, news coverage analysis, or media tracking.
Last 30 Days Research
Research any topic across the last 30 days using Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, Hacker News, web search, and news sources through SandBase. Use when asked for recent trends, launch reactions, competitor activity, person/company profiles, or current event analysis.
Multi-Source Search
Portable multi-source research with cross-source validation and an offline evidence ledger. Use for fact-checking, comprehensive research, or any question requiring multiple independent perspectives; work with the host agent's search tools and optionally add SandBase Tavily, Exa, Scholar, and Cloudsway coverage.
News Aggregator
Aggregate news from Google News, Tavily, and Exa to get comprehensive coverage of any topic. Cross-references multiple news sources, identifies publication velocity, detects emerging stories, and provides citation-ready news intelligence.
Newsletter Research
Research industry newsletters, email publications, and WeChat articles to discover content leaders, track topics, and identify distribution opportunities. Covers newsletter discovery, content analysis, audience research, and partnership prospecting.
Podcast Research
Research podcasts, episodes, and audio content by searching YouTube (where most podcasts crosspost), web sources, and transcript databases. Discover relevant shows, track guest appearances, and analyze topic coverage in the podcast ecosystem.
Tavily Deep Research
Advanced web search, content extraction, and site mapping through Tavily via SandBase. Use when asked for web research, URL content extraction, full article reading, news search, or site structure discovery.
Topic Deep Dive
Research any topic in exhaustive depth by combining web search, academic papers, social discussions, and community conversations. Produces comprehensive briefings with evidence from every available source type, confidence scoring, and identified knowledge gaps.
Industry Landscape
Map any industry's competitive landscape using company databases, academic research, news coverage, LinkedIn activity, and job market signals. Produces industry overviews with key players, market segments, growth indicators, and emerging disruptors.
Startup Research
Research startups and emerging companies with funding data, team composition, product positioning, market traction, and news coverage. Combines Apollo firmographics, LinkedIn team data, and web intelligence for comprehensive startup due diligence.
PR & Media Monitor
Track media coverage, press mentions, journalist activity, and industry narrative across news outlets, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Ideal for PR teams monitoring earned media, tracking campaign impact, and identifying journalist relationships.
Market Research
Conduct comprehensive market research combining web search, academic sources, news coverage, and industry data. Produces market sizing signals, competitive landscape overviews, trend analysis, and evidence-backed market opportunity assessments.
Trend Spotter
Identify emerging trends early by monitoring signals across Twitter trending, TikTok viral content, YouTube rising videos, Google News velocity, and Reddit community buzz. Combines platform-specific trend indicators into a unified trend confidence score.
WeChat Search
Search articles, videos, and content within the WeChat ecosystem. Covers cross-content-type search including Official Account articles, video channels, and mini-programs — the gateway to China's largest private-traffic platform.
THE FIELD GUIDE
A working guide to search & research Skills.
Run deep web, news and academic searches and turn the results into sourced research.
Install the Skill in your agent, connect SandBase and state the question, time range and sources you trust.
Connect your task to a workflow.
Start with a task, then explore the possibilities.
Market & competitors
Research markets, competitors, pricing and reviews with live data your agent gathers through SandBase.
Explore Market & competitorsFIND YOUR FIT
Choose your search & research workflow.
Compare the inputs and deliverables before you begin.
| What you have | What to look for | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| A clear brief | Install the Skill in your agent, connect SandBase and state the question, time range and sources you trust. | Browse this collection |
| A connected agent | Install the Skill with its NPX command and connect your agent to SandBase. API calls are billed to your SandBase organization. | Read the Skills guide |
| A different output | Create visual stories, short videos and imagery around an idea your audience can connect with. | Social media |
PUT IT TO WORK
From install to a sourced answer.
Install the Skill
Copy the NPX command from the Skill page and run it in SandBase Agent, Codex, Claude or Cursor.
Connect SandBase
Connect your agent to SandBase so the Skill can call its data APIs.
Ask and check
Describe what you need, then check the sources in the output before you use it.
FAQ
Search & research Skills: common questions.
A few things to know before you start.
What is an API Skill?
A set of instructions your agent follows to call SandBase data APIs, such as search, social or business data, and turn the results into a sourced answer.
What account do I need, and who pays for the calls?
You need a SandBase account connected to your agent. SandBase API calls are billed to your SandBase organization.
Which agents are supported?
SandBase Agent, Codex, Claude and Cursor. Each Skill page lists its supported agents and the install command.