# web-search-plus

Searches across 11 providers with automatic query routing and extracts web page text. It switches providers instantly when one fails or lags.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 25
- Author: robbyczgw-cla
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-10
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/web-search-plus

## What it does

The skill acts as a source-only gateway to eleven search backends, including Brave, Serper, Exa, and SearXNG. It delivers ranked URLs and plain extracted content without generative summaries. Query routing operates automatically: docs and research queries head to Exa, general news goes to Brave, and security topics route to Serper. If a provider stalls for 2.5 seconds or fails, the skill rolls over to the next candidate.

Running searches requires only `python3`, `bash`, and a single provider API key or a `SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL`. Page extraction relies on services like Firecrawl, Linkup, or Tavily. By default, responses land in `.cache`, while requests targeting loopback addresses or cloud metadata endpoints are stopped upfront.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus --skill web-search-plus -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus --skill web-search-plus -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus --skill web-search-plus -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus web-search-plus
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/web-search-plus/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus --skill web-search-plus -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus --skill web-search-plus -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/robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- route queries across multiple search providers automatically
- extract readable text from web pages without markup
- fall back to alternative engines when a search fails or times out
- query self-hosted SearXNG instances without exposing keys

## Example prompts
- search the web for the latest Python release notes
- extract url content from a project documentation page
- multi-provider web search for security advisories

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: web-search-plus
version: 5.0.1
description: Search the web and extract URLs with routing across Serper, Brave, Tavily, Querit, Linkup, Exa, Firecrawl, You.com, SearXNG, SerpBase, and Keenable. Returns ranked sources and page text; supports freshness filters and research across providers.
tags: [search, keenable, news, locale, web-search, web-extract, serper, brave, tavily, querit, linkup, exa, firecrawl, you, searxng, serpbase, google, multilingual-search, research, semantic-search, auto-routing, multi-provider, shopping, rag, free-tier, privacy, self-hosted]
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# Web Search Plus

**Stop choosing search providers. Let the skill do it for you.**

One command searches across **11 search providers**, and a companion command extracts page text from URLs. Since 5.0 the skill runs the same engine as Web Search Plus 5.0.1: automatic routing picks the first provider by query type and moves on quickly when a provider fails, is slow or returns nothing.

This skill is **source-only**: ranked links and extracted page text, not model-written answers. The native OpenClaw plugin is `web-search-plus-plugin-v2`.

---

## 🔐 Data Handling & Privacy

**Read this before searching with sensitive queries.**
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