Brave Search
Headless web search and content extraction using Brave Search. No browser required.
Setup
Run once before first use:
bash
cd ~/git/agents/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