tako-agent lets your agent hand a research question to one of Tako’s agents. The Answer Agent (tako_agent) ranks, aggregates, and computes across metrics. The Company Agent (tako_company_agent) builds lists of companies and the people at them. Each agent plans its own steps, searches the web and Tako’s licensed data, and returns a cited answer with charts or lists.
An agent run costs more than a search, so the skill starts one only when you ask for it. Say “use the Tako agent to…”, “have Tako research…”, or “use Tako to build a list of companies that…”. Every other question goes to tako-search, even one that needs a ranking or a calculation.
The skill ships with the Tako plugin for Claude Code and the Gemini CLI extension. Both connect with both agent tools listed. The agents need a signed-in connection.
Which agent answers
Long runs
A run can take several minutes, and most hosts drop a tool call long before that. Each agent call returns within 45 seconds. If the run hasn’t finished, the call returnsstatus: "running" and a run_id. The skill tells your agent to call again with that run_id, which keeps waiting on the same run instead of starting and paying for a new one. On https://mcp.tako.com/mcp, the server also sends the run’s steps as MCP progress notifications, so a host that displays them shows the run as it goes.
To ask a follow-up, the agent passes the finished run’s thread_id with the new question.
What to ask
- “Use the Tako agent to rank the 10 largest UK software companies by revenue.”
- “Have Tako research how Nvidia’s and AMD’s gross margins changed over the last five years.”
- “Use Tako to build a list of UK fintechs incorporated since 2020.”
- “Have Tako find the directors of Monzo and Revolut.”