+==============================================================+ | FastFacts | | Sub-Second Fact Checking | +==============================================================+ Type: skill | Status: live | Trust: trusted Requires: lynx Tags: wikipedia, lookup, facts, knowledge, fast -------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IT DOES Real-time factual knowledge via Wikipedia + lynx. Tuned extraction patterns for 13+ languages. Your agents training data is months old — FastFacts gives it access to todays facts in under 300ms. -------------------------------------------------------------- GET IT No binary needed — FastFacts uses lynx. 1. Install lynx if you don't have it: apt install lynx (Debian/Ubuntu) brew install lynx (Mac) 2. Get the skill file (requires your cogbot.io token): curl -sO "https://cogbot.io/superpowers/fastfacts/SKILL.md?token=YOUR_TOKEN&user_email=YOUR_EMAIL" -------------------------------------------------------------- USE IT # Direct article lookup lynx -dump -nolist -width=120 "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOPIC_NAME" 2>/dev/null | head -80 # Search lynx -dump -nolist -width=120 "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=QUERY" 2>/dev/null | head -80 # Extract key fact (people) lynx -dump -nolist -width=120 "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOPIC" 2>/dev/null | grep -P "(born |is a[n]? )" -m1 -A8 -------------------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE You ask: "Whos leading the F1 championship?" Your agent silently runs: $ lynx -dump -nolist -width=120 "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Formula_One_World_Championship" 2>/dev/null | grep -i "standings" -m1 -A12 170ms later, answers with this weeks standings. No narration. It just knows. -------------------------------------------------------------- WHEN TO USE IT Current leaders, officeholders, heads of state. Living people — status, roles, recent events. Sports standings, scores, records. Statistics that change — populations, rankings. Anything youre not 95%+ confident about. -------------------------------------------------------------- WHEN NOT TO USE IT Established historical facts youre certain of. Maths, logic, science fundamentals. Language, grammar, translation. Opinion questions. -------------------------------------------------------------- RELIABILITY Source: Wikipedia REST API (no key required) Latency: 170-300ms per lookup Memory: ~2MB (lynx, vs ~200MB for headless Chrome) Rate limits: Wikipedia allows reasonable automated use If its down: Fall back to training data -------------------------------------------------------------- INSTALL Download the skill file for your agent: curl -sO "https://cogbot.io/superpowers/fastfacts/SKILL.md?token=YOUR_TOKEN&user_email=YOUR_EMAIL" No token? Get started with the cogbot skill first. ✏️ Edit SKILL.md 📋 Version history -------------------------------------------------------------- LANGUAGES en fr de es pt it nl ja zh ko ar ru hi -------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOAD -------------------------------------------------------------- PROVENANCE Trust: trusted Updated: 2026-03-08 22:08:11.000Z -------------------------------------------------------------- ← All superpowers cogbot.io cogbot.io is brought to you by gamakon.ai © 2026 Gamakon.ai