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Skills searxng

Privacy-respecting metasearch using your local SearXNG instance. Search the web, images, news, and more without external API dependencies.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/asterisk622/xiaoding-searxng" ~/.claude/skills/openclaw-skills-searxng-d99d06 && rm -rf "$T"
OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/asterisk622/xiaoding-searxng" ~/.openclaw/skills/openclaw-skills-searxng-d99d06 && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/asterisk622/xiaoding-searxng/SKILL.md
tags
#search#privacy#metasearch#api#web-scraping
source content

SearXNG Search

Search the web using your local SearXNG instance - a privacy-respecting metasearch engine.

Commands

Web Search

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/searxng.py search "query"              # Top 10 results
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/searxng.py search "query" -n 20        # Top 20 results
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/searxng.py search "query" --format json # JSON output

Category Search

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/searxng.py search "query" --category images
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/searxng.py search "query" --category videos

Advanced Options

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/searxng.py search "query" --language en
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/searxng.py search "query" --time-range day

Configuration

Required: Set the 

SEARXNG_URL
environment variable to your SearXNG instance:

export SEARXNG_URL=https://your-searxng-instance.com

Or configure in your Clawdbot config:

{
  "env": {
    "SEARXNG_URL": "https://your-searxng-instance.com"
  }
}

Default (if not set): 

http://localhost:8080

Features

  • 🔒 Privacy-focused (uses your local instance)
  • 🌐 Multi-engine aggregation
  • 📰 Multiple search categories
  • 🎨 Rich formatted output
  • 🚀 Fast JSON mode for programmatic use

API

Uses your local SearXNG JSON API endpoint (no authentication required by default).