Simon Willison Weblog Search — AI skill for Claude Code
AI-powered search over Simon Willison’s weblog—essays, TILs, Datasette, SQLite, and LLM notes—built with Next.js and Nia.
How to install Simon Willison Weblog Search
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open nozomio-labs/simon-willison-weblog-search and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Simon Willison Weblog Search does
AI-powered search over Simon Willison’s weblog—essays, TILs, Datasette, SQLite, and LLM notes—built with Next.js and Nia.
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README
Simon Willison Weblog Assistant
AI-powered search assistant for the Simon Willison weblog, built with Next.js and powered by [Nia](https://trynia.ai).
Features
- Search across the Simon Willison blog archive
- Pattern matching for specific terms, APIs, and quotes
- Direct access to full post content
- Multi-model support (Claude)
Quick Start
- Clone the repo
- Copy
.env.exampleto.envand fill in:NIA_API_KEY- Get from trynia.aiAI_GATEWAY_API_KEY- Your AI provider keyNIA_SIMONWILLISON_ID- Subscribe to the Simon Willison blog source at app.trynia.ai/explore, then copy the source UUID
- Install & run:
bun install bun run dev
Data Source
- Simon Willison’s Weblog: simonwillison.net - Posts, TILs, links, and essays
The source is indexed using [Nia](https://trynia.ai).
Docs
[docs.trynia.ai](https://docs.trynia.ai)
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