Record Finder

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name: record-finder
description: Find and read records. Use when someone asks for a record.
license: GPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE.txt.
compatibility: Works everywhere for planning; live lookups need one of the tools.
metadata:
  agentprise-kind: skill
---

# Steps
1. Clarify the question.
2. Use a tool from the list below when one is available.

## Tools available in this setup

### Scripts in this skill
- scripts/lookup.py: Record script.

### Record connector
Looks up records through a connector.
Use the first of these that is available in this conversation:
1. The Example Records connector. Search with the record title.
If none of them is available: Explain that no record connector is connected and offer to help write the request instead.

### Record server
Searches records on a tool server.
Use the first of these that is available in this conversation:
1. The Example search server. Ask the server for its tools first.
2. The Pinned tools server. Use search, then fetch.
If none of them is available: Say that no record server is connected.

### Record API
Calls the records API.
Say that the records API is not connected.

### Record script
Runs the lookup script.
Use the first of these that is available in this conversation:
1. The script scripts/lookup.py. Run python3 scripts/lookup.py with the search words.
If none of them is available: Say that the script cannot run here.

### Record web search
Finds record pages on the web.
Use the first of these that is available in this conversation:
1. Web search on https://records.example.org. Treat results as discovery, not a finished search.
If none of them is available: Say that web search is off.

### Manual check
Checks a record by hand.
Ask the person to paste the record.

Only report a search, lookup, or retrieval as completed when a tool returned results in this conversation.