Awesome-openclaw-skills searxng-2

Search the web using a self-hosted SearXNG metasearch engine. Aggregates Google, Brave, DuckDuckGo, and more without API keys.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/searxng-2" ~/.claude/skills/sundial-org-awesome-openclaw-skills-searxng-2 && rm -rf "$T"
OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/searxng-2" ~/.openclaw/skills/sundial-org-awesome-openclaw-skills-searxng-2 && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/searxng-2/SKILL.md
source content

SearXNG Web Search

Privacy-respecting metasearch via your self-hosted SearXNG instance.

When to use (trigger phrases)

Use this skill when the user asks:

  • "search the web for..."
  • "look up..." / "find information about..."
  • "what is..." (when current info needed)
  • "research..." / "search for..."
  • "google..." (redirect to privacy-respecting search)

Quick start

python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/searxng/scripts/searxng_search.py "your query"
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/searxng/scripts/searxng_search.py "query" --count 10
python3 ~/.clawdbot/skills/searxng/scripts/searxng_search.py "query" --lang de

Setup

Set

SEARXNG_URL
environment variable:

export SEARXNG_URL="http://your-searxng-host:8888"

Flags

FlagDefaultDescription
-n
,
--count
5Results to return (1-20)
-l
,
--lang
autoLanguage code (en, de, fr, es, etc.)

Output

Returns JSON:

{
  "query": "search terms",
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {"title": "...", "url": "...", "description": "...", "engines": ["google", "brave"], "score": 1.5}
  ]
}

Notes

  • No API keys needed—SearXNG aggregates upstream engines
  • Results include source engines for transparency
  • Scores indicate relevance (higher = better)
  • For news, add "news" to query or use
    --lang
    for regional results