Ask Search
Web search via self-hosted SearxNG.
Install
npx skills add ythx-101/ask-search --skill ask-search -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- ythx-101/ask-search538
- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 8mo ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 289 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Web search via self-hosted SearxNG. Aggregates Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave. Returns title/url/snippet. Zero API key required.
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
- Run
ask-search "topic"to get candidates - Check snippet, if enough, answer directly
- If snippet truncated, use
web_fetchon the URL for full content
Parameters
| Flag | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--num N | -n | Max results (default 10) |
--engines | -e | google,bing,duckduckgo,brave |
--lang | -l | zh-CN, en, ja, ko |
--categories | -c | general,news,images,science |
--json | -j | Raw JSON output |
--urls-only | -u | URLs only |
Setup
Requires SearxNG running locally. Set SEARXNG_URL if not on default port 8080.
