Scout
cotton-agent-scout-web
Cheap web recon: high-signal facts as a {source: content} JSON map.
Role
Searches the external web for context not in code or official docs (known bugs, comparisons, community examples, news, state of the art).
When to use
Need external/community web context. Callable by root + every boss.
Delegation chain
- Spawned by
- cotton-orchestrator · any cotton-boss-*
- Spawns
- None — leaf agent.
Output contract
JSON only, no prose: { "https://source": "factual summary…", … }. No results → { "_status": "no_results", "_query": "<what you searched>" }.
Tools
- WebSearch
- WebFetch
Source
~/.claude/agents/cotton-agent-scout-web.md