ythx-101

Ask Search — AI skill for Claude Code

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Self-hosted web search skill for AI agents (OpenClaw/Claude Code/Antigravity) via SearxNG.

How to install Ask Search

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open ythx-101/ask-search and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Ask Search does

Self-hosted web search skill for AI agents (OpenClaw/Claude Code/Antigravity) via SearxNG.

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README

🔍 ask-search

**Self-hosted web search for AI agents — zero API key, full privacy**

[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](LICENSE) [![OpenClaw](https://img.shields.io/badge/OpenClaw-Skill-blue.svg)](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) [![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.8%2B-blue.svg)](https://python.org)

*Works in OpenClaw · Claude Code · Antigravity · Any CLI*

😡 The Problem

Your AI agent wants to search the web, but:

Brave Search API: $3/1000 queries, rate limited
Google Custom Search: $5/1000, daily caps
Bing API: paid, complex setup
Built-in web search: sends queries to third-party servers

**You just want your local agent to search Google without paying or leaking queries.**

✅ The Solution

`ask-search` wraps [SearxNG](https://github.com/searxng/searxng) — a self-hosted meta search engine that aggregates Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave and 70+ more sources. One command, all results, zero cost.

ask-search "Claude Code vs Cursor 2026"

[1] Claude Code Is Eating Cursor's Lunch
    https://techcrunch.com/2026/...
    After Anthropic launched Claude Code with agent mode...
    [google,brave]

[2] Why I switched from Cursor to Claude Code
    https://reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/...
    ...

📊 Compatibility

Environment	Integration	Status
OpenClaw	CLI Skill (`SKILL.md`)	✅
Claude Code	CLI command	✅
Antigravity	MCP Server	✅
Any shell	`ask-search` CLI	✅

🚀 Quick Start

30-second version (if SearxNG already running)

git clone https://github.com/ythx-101/ask-search
cd ask-search
bash install.sh
ask-search "hello world"

Full setup with Docker Compose (Recommended)

# Clone and navigate to the project
git clone https://github.com/ythx-101/ask-search
cd ask-search

# Generate a secure secret key
python3 -c "import secrets; print