// Web search via self-hosted SearxNG. Aggregates Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave. Returns title/url/snippet. Zero API key required.
| name | ask-search |
| description | Web search via self-hosted SearxNG. Aggregates Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave. Returns title/url/snippet. Zero API key required. |
Web search powered by SearxNG. Aggregates multiple search engines, zero API key, full privacy.
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
ask-search "topic" to get candidatesweb_fetch on the URL for full content| 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 |
Requires SearxNG running locally. Set SEARXNG_URL if not on default port 8080.