ask-search

Web search via self-hosted SearxNG. Aggregates Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave. Returns title/url/snippet. Zero API key required.

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Install skill "ask-search" with this command: npx skills add ythx-101/ask-search/ythx-101-ask-search-ask-search

ask-search

Web search powered by SearxNG. Aggregates multiple search engines, zero API key, full privacy.

Usage

ask-search "your query"                    # top 10 results
ask-search "query" --num 5                 # limit results
ask-search "AI news" --categories news     # news only
ask-search "query" --lang zh-CN            # Chinese results
ask-search "query" --urls-only             # URL list (pipe to web_fetch)
ask-search "query" --json                  # raw JSON

Agent Workflow

  1. Run ask-search "topic" to get candidates
  2. Check snippet — if enough, answer directly
  3. If snippet truncated, use web_fetch on the URL for full content

Parameters

FlagShortDescription
--num N-nMax results (default 10)
--engines-egoogle,bing,duckduckgo,brave
--lang-lzh-CN, en, ja, ko
--categories-cgeneral,news,images,science
--json-jRaw JSON output
--urls-only-uURLs only

Setup

Requires SearxNG running locally. Set SEARXNG_URL if not on default port 8080.

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