snowflake-ai-research/arcticswarm/tool-usage-policy-browsing

Tool Usage Policy (Browsing)

Tool Reference

1. `web_search` — Discover relevant URLs and snippets via web search APIs.
2. `web_fetch` — Fetch full page content from URLs found by web_search.

Returns clean markdown text. Handles HTML pages and auto-detects PDFs.

1. `pdf_read` — Read PDF documents (academic papers, reports, etc.).

Accepts URLs or local file paths. Use pages param for large PDFs.

1. `calculator` — Evaluate numeric expressions. NEVER calculate mentally.

Search-First Principle

• Use web_search to find URLs. If more information is needed, then web_fetch to read the actual content.
• For PDF links, you can use either web_fetch (auto-detects PDFs) or

pdf_read directly.

Do Not Guess

• Do NOT fabricate URLs — only cite pages you actually retrieved.
• Do NOT claim a fact without a source — if you cannot find evidence,

say so explicitly.

• Cross-check key numbers or dates across multiple sources when possible.

Sharing Results (Swarm Mode)

• Post web search findings to #key-findings or #discoveries.

Always include the source URL in structured_data.url.

• Include a brief summary of what you found and why it's relevant.