web-search

name	web-search
description	Search the web via SearXNG (or DuckDuckGo fallback) and optionally fetch result pages as raw Markdown content.
distribution	public

Web Search

Use this when you need search results and fetched page content.

If you only need short summaries, use web-search-summary.

Search engine selection

• If PICLAW_SEARX_URL is set or --searx-url is passed, the script uses SearXNG.
• Otherwise, it falls back to DuckDuckGo HTML search (no API key required).

Examples

Search only:

bun /workspace/.pi/skills/web-search/web-search.ts --query "your query"

Fetch top results and convert them to Markdown:

bun /workspace/.pi/skills/web-search/web-search.ts --query "your query" --fetch true --fetch-limit 2

Output shape

The script prints JSON like:

{
  "query": "...",
  "searxUrl": "http://.../search",
  "limit": 5,
  "fetch": true,
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "...",
      "url": "https://...",
      "content": "snippet or fetched markdown"
    }
  ]
}

• Without --fetch, results[].content is the search-result snippet when available.
• With --fetch, fetched items replace content with converted Markdown.

Failure behaviour

• If the search request fails, the script exits non-zero.
• If page fetch fails for an individual result, the search still succeeds and that item gets content: "Failed to fetch: ...".

Options

• --query / --q — required search query
• --limit — number of search results to return (default 5)
• --fetch — fetch and convert result pages (true / 1)
• --fetch-limit — how many results to fetch and convert (default 2)
• --searx-url — override the SearXNG endpoint (env: PICLAW_SEARX_URL; falls back to DuckDuckGo if unset)
• --timeout — fetch timeout in milliseconds (default 15000)

Notes

• HTML conversion uses turndown + linkedom.
• The converter prefers <article>, <main>, or [role='main'] when present.