Brave Search
Headless web search and content extraction using Brave Search. No browser required.
Setup
Run once before first use:
bash
cd ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/brave-search npm ci
Needs env: BRAVE_API_KEY.
Search
bash
./search.js "query" # Basic search (5 results) ./search.js "query" -n 10 # More results ./search.js "query" --content # Include page content as markdown ./search.js "query" -n 3 --content # Combined
Extract Page Content
bash
./content.js https://example.com/article
Fetches a URL and extracts readable content as markdown.
Output Format
code
--- Result 1 --- Title: Page Title Link: https://example.com/page Snippet: Description from search results Content: (if --content flag used) Markdown content extracted from the page... --- Result 2 --- ...
When to Use
- •Searching for documentation or API references
- •Looking up facts or current information
- •Fetching content from specific URLs
- •Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing
Related Search Tools
brave-search is for quick lookups. For deeper research:
| Tool | Use When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| valyu | Recursive turn-based research | valyu research "query" --turns 5 |
| deep-research | Multi-query synthesis | deep-research "query" --deep |
| lev-research | Multi-perspective analysis | lev-research "query" --template=tech_assessment |
| lev-find | Local + external unified | lev find "query" --scope=research |
| tavily-search | AI-optimized snippets | tavily-search "query" --deep |
| exa-plus | Neural search, GitHub, papers | exa search "query" --category=research |
| grok-research | Real-time X/Twitter | grok-research "query" |
| firecrawl | Content extraction | firecrawl scrape <url> |
When to use brave-search:
- •✅ Quick documentation lookups
- •✅ API references
- •✅ Fast fact-checking
- •❌ Deep research (use deep-research or valyu)
- •❌ Multi-perspective (use lev-research)
- •❌ Social sentiment (use grok-research)
See skill://lev-research for comprehensive research workflows.