brave-search

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Web search and content extraction via Brave Search API. Use for searching documentation, facts, or any web content. Lightweight, no browser required.

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npx skill4agent add badlogic/pi-skills brave-search

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Brave Search

Web search and content extraction using the official Brave Search API. No browser required.

Setup

Requires a Brave Search API account with a free subscription. A credit card is required to create the free subscription (you won't be charged).
  1. Create an account at https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/register
  2. Create a "Free AI" subscription
  3. Create an API key for the subscription
  4. Add to your shell profile (
    ~/.profile
    or 
    ~/.zprofile
    for zsh):
    bash
    export BRAVE_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
  5. Install dependencies (run once):
    bash
    cd {baseDir}
npm install

Search

bash
{baseDir}/search.js "query"                         # Basic search (5 results)
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 10                   # More results (max 20)
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --content               # Include page content as markdown
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --freshness pw          # Results from last week
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --freshness 2024-01-01to2024-06-30  # Date range
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --country DE            # Results from Germany
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 3 --content          # Combined options

Options

  • -n <num>
    - Number of results (default: 5, max: 20)
  • --content
    - Fetch and include page content as markdown
  • --country <code>
    - Two-letter country code (default: US)
  • --freshness <period>
    - Filter by time: 
    • pd
      - Past day (24 hours)
    • pw
      - Past week
    • pm
      - Past month
    • py
      - Past year
    • YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD
      - Custom date range

Extract Page Content

bash
{baseDir}/content.js https://example.com/article
Fetches a URL and extracts readable content as markdown.

Output Format

--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
Link: https://example.com/page
Age: 2 days ago
Snippet: Description from search results
Content: (if --content flag used)
  Markdown content extracted from the page...

--- Result 2 ---
...

When to Use

  • Searching for documentation or API references
  • Looking up facts or current information
  • Fetching content from specific URLs
  • Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing