Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Search the web using a self-hosted SearXNG instance. Privacy-respecting metasearch that aggregates results from multiple engines.
Search the web using a self-hosted SearXNG instance. Privacy-respecting metasearch that aggregates results from multiple engines.
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
Search the web using your self-hosted SearXNG instance. Privacy-respecting metasearch that aggregates results from Google, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, and 70+ other engines.
SearXNG running locally or on a server. Quick Docker setup: mkdir -p ~/Projects/searxng/searxng cd ~/Projects/searxng # Create docker-compose.yml cat > docker-compose.yml << 'EOF' services: searxng: image: searxng/searxng:latest container_name: searxng ports: - "8080:8080" volumes: - ./searxng:/etc/searxng:rw environment: - SEARXNG_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8080/ restart: unless-stopped EOF # Create settings.yml with JSON API enabled cat > searxng/settings.yml << 'EOF' use_default_settings: true server: secret_key: "change-me-to-random-string" bind_address: "0.0.0.0" port: 8080 search: safe_search: 0 autocomplete: "google" default_lang: "en" formats: - html - json EOF # Start SearXNG docker compose up -d
Set the SearXNG URL (defaults to http://localhost:8080): export SEARXNG_URL="http://localhost:8080"
curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=your+query&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'
# General web search curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&categories=general&format=json" # Images curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&categories=images&format=json" # News curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&categories=news&format=json" # Videos curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&categories=videos&format=json" # IT/Tech documentation curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&categories=it&format=json" # Science/Academic curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&categories=science&format=json"
curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&language=en-US&format=json" curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&language=de-DE&format=json"
# Page 2 (results 11-20) curl "http://localhost:8080/search?q=query&pageno=2&format=json"
Each result includes: title - Result title url - Link to the result content - Snippet/description engines - Array of search engines that returned this result score - Relevance score (higher = better) category - Result category
Add to your .zshrc or .bashrc: searxng() { local query="$*" local url="${SEARXNG_URL:-http://localhost:8080}" curl -s "${url}/search?q=$(echo "$query" | sed 's/ /+/g')&format=json" | \ jq -r '.results[:10][] | "[\(.score | floor)] \(.title)\n \(.url)\n \(.content // "No description")\n"' } Usage: searxng how to make sourdough bread
# Start cd ~/Projects/searxng && docker compose up -d # Stop docker compose down # View logs docker compose logs -f searxng # Restart docker compose restart
Container won't start: docker compose logs searxng JSON format not working: Ensure formats: [html, json] is in your settings.yml No results: Some engines may be rate-limited. Check logs for errors.
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