# open-websearch

A single entry skill for open-websearch: it finds a working route to live retrieval in your project, brings it up, and searches without overreaching.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2300 installs · ★ 1874
- Author: Aas-ee
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Aas-ee/open-webSearch/tree/HEAD/skills/open-websearch/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/open-websearch

## What it does

An entry-point skill for `open-websearch`. It first works out whether retrieval already works in the workspace: through a local `open-websearch` CLI or daemon, or through the MCP tools `search`, `fetchWebContent` and `fetchGithubReadme` the workspace exposes. If neither exists, it says the capability is missing and asks whether to set it up.

The setup order is fixed: detect state, gather inputs, confirm anything risky (package installs, MCP config edits, a long-running daemon), then act. Start the daemon with `open-websearch serve`, check it with `open-websearch status`. Bare `open-websearch` is not the recommended start command; read `open-websearch --help` when flags are unclear.

Retrieval stays narrow on purpose: one focused search, page fetch only when the snippet is thin, a URL from you skips search entirely, and repos go through `fetchGithubReadme`. startpage leads for English, bing is the second engine, baidu and csdn or juejin cover Chinese sources. Playwright browser mode stays out of the default flow. On a restricted network a hanging install points at the npm mirror or proxy, not at the skill.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Aas-ee/open-webSearch --skill open-websearch -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/open-websearch/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/open-websearch/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Aas-ee/open-webSearch --skill open-websearch -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/open-websearch/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Aas-ee/open-webSearch --skill open-websearch -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/open-websearch/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Aas-ee/open-webSearch open-websearch
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/open-websearch/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Aas-ee/open-webSearch --skill open-websearch -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Aas-ee/open-webSearch --path skills/open-websearch
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/open-websearch/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Aas-ee/open-webSearch --skill open-websearch -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Aas-ee/open-webSearch/tree/HEAD/skills/open-websearch/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- start a local web-search daemon from Claude Code
- check whether the open-websearch daemon answers
- pull a GitHub README without scraping the page
- cross-check one fact across two engines
- tell a missing capability apart from a broken skill

## Example prompts
- Check if `open-websearch` is usable in this workspace and take me through the local setup if it isn't.
- Search for recent write-ups on this library and open the first result.
- Fetch the README from Aas-ee/open-webSearch with `fetchGithubReadme`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: open-websearch
description: Single entry skill for open-websearch setup and focused live retrieval, preferring local CLI/daemon paths while remaining compatible with workspace-exposed MCP tools.
version: 1.4.0
version_note: Prefer local CLI/daemon onboarding and retrieval when available, while preserving MCP-compatible setup, activation, and focused web research guidance.
allowed-tools:
  - search
  - fetchWebContent
  - fetchGithubReadme
---

# Open WebSearch

Use this as the single user-facing entry skill for `open-websearch`.

Assumption:
- The preferred low-friction path is a working local `open-websearch` CLI/daemon setup.
- A workspace that already exposes the `open-websearch` MCP tools such as `search`, `fetchWebContent`, and `fetchGithubReadme` is also a valid path and should continue to work.
- If neither path is available, treat that as a missing `open-websearch` capability in the current workspace, not as a broken skill.
- If the workspace tool exposure or current MCP configuration differs from this skill, trust the actually available tools and current workspace configuration.

## Entry behavior

1. First determine whether `open-websearch` is already usable through a local CLI/daemon path or through workspace-exposed MCP tools.
2. If either path is available, use the retrieval rules below and prefer the smallest working path.
3. If neither path is available, explain the missing capability, state the consequence, ask whether the user wants to continue with setup or enablement, and then follow the smallest matching setup path.
4. Keep the line clear between `not configured`, `setup completed but not active in this runtime`, and `already searched`; do not imply live retrieval happened when it did not.
5. Treat `open-websearch --help` as the primary CLI reference. When command names, daemon flags, spawn behavior, or action parameters are unclear, check `--help` before guessing.

## Setup and activation workflow

When capability is missing, follow this order:

1. Detect the current state.
   - First determine whether the user needs local CLI/daemon setup, local MCP configuration, HTTP connection setup, source/build reuse, or only validation/reconnection.
2. Choose the smallest matching path.
   - Prefer the path that reuses what already exists instead of installing a second path.
3. Collect required inputs before doing work.
   - Confirm the target path: local CLI/daemon, existing MCP, local source/build reuse, or existing HTTP endpoint.
```
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