| name | today |
| description | Get today's date for web searches and date-sensitive tasks. Auto-invoke before any WebSearch that includes a year (e.g., "React 2024", "Python 2025"), when searching for current documentation, latest releases, or recent information. Ensures searches use the correct current year instead of outdated dates. |
Today's Date
Get the current date before performing web searches or date-sensitive operations.
Instructions
- Run
date "+%Y-%m-%d"to get today's date - Extract the current year from the result
- Use this year in web search queries instead of any assumed or hardcoded year
- Report the current date, then proceed with the task using correct dates
When to use
- Before web searches that would include a year (e.g., "React Query 2024" should become "React Query 2025" if we're in 2025)
- When searching for "latest", "current", "recent", or "up-to-date" documentation
- When the user asks about recent releases, current versions, or contemporary information
- Any task where using an outdated year would return stale results
Example
If asked to search for "Next.js best practices 2024" and today is 2025-12-25:
- Get current date: 2025-12-25
- Update search to: "Next.js best practices 2025"
- Perform the corrected search