| name | wechat-search |
| description | Search WeChat Official Account articles using OpenClaw's web search, Tavily API, and web fetch capabilities with compliance-focused design. |
WeChat Search Skill
Search for WeChat Official Account (微信公众号) articles using a compliant, three-layer approach that prioritizes legal search APIs and falls back to respectful web scraping when needed.
Features
- Compliant Design: Prioritizes legal search APIs, respects robots.txt and rate limits
- Three-Layer Strategy:
- Primary: OpenClaw web_search (Brave Search API)
- Secondary: Tavily Search API (if Brave unavailable)
- Fallback: Direct page fetching from WeChat search
- Recent Results: Returns the 5 most recent articles by default (configurable)
- Time Filtering: Support for date range and recency filters
- Multiple Output Formats: Text, JSON, and markdown formats available
Prerequisites
- OpenClaw Web Tools: Requires
web_search, web_fetch tools to be available
- API Keys (optional but recommended):
- Brave Search API Key (for primary search)
- Tavily API Key (for secondary search, already configured in your environment)
Usage
Basic Search
wechat-search "人工智能"
Advanced Options
wechat-search "机器学习" --max-results 10
wechat-search --past-week
wechat-search --from 2026-01-01 --to 2026-02-01
wechat-search --output json
wechat-search --strategy tavily_only