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Web search skill — query the web and get results back as text or JSON.

CLI

  • •Type: custom script
  • •Binary: skills/search/search.sh
  • •Install: none — uses curl + python3

Infrastructure

  • •SearXNG running in Docker on jacks-server, port 8888
  • •Started with: docker run -d --name searxng -p 8888:8080 -v skills/search/searxng-config:/etc/searxng --restart unless-stopped searxng/searxng:latest
  • •Config: skills/search/searxng-config/settings.yml

Backend

Swappable via --backend flag or SEARCH_BACKEND env var:

BackendDescriptionDefault
searxngSelf-hosted SearXNG at localhost:8888✅
ddgDuckDuckGo Lite scrape (fallback)

To swap the SearXNG instance:

bash
export SEARXNG_INSTANCE=http://localhost:8888  # default

To use DDG instead:

bash
search "query" --backend ddg
# or permanently:
export SEARCH_BACKEND=ddg

Commands

bash
# Basic search
search <query>

# Limit results (default: 5)
search <query> --results 3

# JSON output
search <query> --format json

# Use DDG fallback
search <query> --backend ddg

Depends On

  • •Docker (for SearXNG container)
  • •curl
  • •python3 (stdlib only)

Notes

  • •Public SearXNG instances rate-limit server IPs aggressively — self-hosting avoids this entirely
  • •DDG also blocks server IPs, use only as last resort
  • •SearXNG aggregates Google, Bing, DDG simultaneously