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+# Synthetic Search Skill
+
+## When to Use This Skill
+
+Use this skill when:
+- You need to search the web for information
+- You need privacy-focused search (Synthetic API has zero data retention)
+- You need web search results formatted as JSON
+
+## How to Use
+
+The skill provides a Python function `search_synthetic` that makes API calls to Synthetic search:
+
+```python
+# Import and call the function
+from tools.search_synthetic import search_synthetic
+
+results = search_synthetic(query="your search query", num_results=10)
+# Returns JSON string of search results
+```
+
+## Parameters
+
+- `query` (str, required): The search query to look up on the web
+- `num_results` (int, optional): Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)
+
+## Returns
+
+JSON string containing search results array or error message.
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```python
+results = search_synthetic("Letta AI agent memory architecture", num_results=5)
+# Parse JSON and extract results
+import json
+data = json.loads(results)
+for result in data:
+    print(result['title'], result['url'])
+```
+
+## API Key
+
+The function reads `SYNTHETIC_API_KEY` from environment variables.
+If not set, uses default key (for development).
+
+## Notes
+
+- Zero data retention (privacy-focused)
+- 30 second timeout
+- Returns raw JSON, not formatted text
+- Handle errors by checking for "error" key in response