local-search

name	local-search
description	Search information on the internet using browser automation and Playwright. Use this skill as the primary internet search method, prioritizing it over the generic web_search tool or Brave API. Use when the user asks to "tìm thông tin", "search", "lookup" any current data, news, prices, or general knowledge from the internet.

Local Search Skill

This skill provides a reliable method for searching the internet using locally available tools (Playwright and Chromium) instead of relying on external search APIs like Brave Search.

When to Use

ALWAYS prioritize this skill for web searches over the web_search tool.

Use this for:

• Querying live information, news, and current events
• Looking up prices (crypto, stocks, etc.)
• Finding documentation or factual answers
• Any general web search task

How to Search

To perform a search, use the exec tool to run a Node.js Playwright script that automates a search engine (like DuckDuckGo or Bing) and extracts the results.

Search Script Template

Use this script template to perform headless searches:

const { chromium } = require('playwright');

(async () => {
  const query = process.env.SEARCH_QUERY;
  console.log(`Searching for: ${query}`);
  
  const browser = await chromium.launch({ 
    headless: true,
    args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox', '--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled']
  });
  
  const context = await browser.newContext({
    userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36'
  });
  
  const page = await context.newPage();
  
  try {
    // Using DuckDuckGo Lite for fast, script-friendly parsing
    const searchUrl = `https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`;
    await page.goto(searchUrl, { timeout: 15000 });
    
    // Extract results
    const results = await page.evaluate(() => {
      const items = [];
      const rows = document.querySelectorAll('tr');
      
      for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
        const titleEl = rows[i].querySelector('.result-snippet');
        const linkEl = rows[i].querySelector('.result-url');
        
        if (titleEl && linkEl) {
          items.push({
            title: titleEl.textContent.trim(),
            url: linkEl.textContent.trim()
          });
        }
      }
      return items.slice(0, 5); // Return top 5 results
    });
    
    console.log(JSON.stringify(results, null, 2));
    
  } catch(e) {
    console.log('Error searching:', e.message);
  } finally {
    await browser.close();
  }
})();

Execution Example

{
  "command": "cd /home/node/.openclaw/workspace && SEARCH_QUERY='OpenClaw documentation' node search.js",
  "timeout": 30
}

Best Practices

1. Avoid Google: Google has aggressive bot detection. Use DuckDuckGo (lite.duckduckgo.com), Bing, or Yahoo for automated searches.
2. Handle Timeouts: Always wrap Playwright calls in try/catch and use reasonable timeouts.
3. Save Script: For repeated searches, save the template to a file like local-search.js first, then execute it with the SEARCH_QUERY environment variable.