Source Scout

Source Scout is an OpenClaw skill for answering factual “random knowledge” questions with a better default workflow:

1. search the web,
2. cross-check the core facts,
3. cite reliable sources,
4. include a sourced image/photo/figure when useful.

It exists because quick factual answers are often where assistants silently hallucinate or omit provenance. Source Scout makes grounding the default without turning every answer into a long research report.

When to use it

Use Source Scout for questions like:

• “Where are the cells that die in Parkinson’s located?”
• “Why is the sky blue?”
• “Who discovered CRISPR?”
• “How does lithium-ion battery degradation work?”
• “What changed in the latest WHO guideline?”

It is especially useful for:

• science and medicine explainers,
• history/geography facts,
• current or mutable facts,
• anything where a diagram, map, photograph, or paper figure improves understanding.

What it does

The skill tells the agent to:

• run web search before answering from memory;
• prefer authoritative sources such as official institutions, NCBI/PubMed/PMC, review papers, government/health agencies, and reputable educational resources;
• cite 2–5 high-quality sources;
• look for an existing online figure/photo/diagram before generating a custom image;
• prefer open-license or official educational imagery;
• download images locally before attaching them when the runtime supports media attachments, because raw external media URLs may not render reliably in some clients.

Example answer shape

Short answer: ...

- Key point 1...
- Key point 2...

[image attachment or image link]

Sources:
- Source name — https://example.org/...
- Source name — https://example.org/...

Installation

Install from ClawHub once published:

clawhub install source-scout

Or copy this folder into your OpenClaw skills directory:

cp -R source-scout ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/source-scout
openclaw skills check

Files

source-scout/
├── SKILL.md
├── README.md
└── agents/
    └── openai.yaml

License

MIT-0 / MIT No Attribution. ClawHub skills are published under MIT-0 terms.