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Byted Infoquest Search by dvcrn — Agent Skill

Name: Byted Infoquest Search
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: dvcrn

Byted Infoquest Search

AI-optimized web search and content extraction via BytePlus InfoQuest API. Returns concise, relevant results for AI agents with time filtering and site-specific search. Get API key from https://console.byteplus.com/infoquest/infoquests

dvcrn Updated Sep 8, 2026 32 repo stars

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Byted InfoQuest Search

AI-optimized web search and content extraction using BytePlus InfoQuest API. Returns concise, relevant results with time filtering and site-specific search capabilities.

Search

node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query"
node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -d 7
node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -s github.com

Options

-d, --days <number>: Search within last N days (default: all time)
-s, --site <domain>: Search within specific site (e.g., github.com)

Extract content from URL

node {baseDir}/extract.mjs "https://example.com/article"

Examples

Recent News Search

# Search for AI news from last 3 days
node search.mjs "artificial intelligence news" -d 3

Site-Specific Research

# Search for Python projects on GitHub
node search.mjs "Python machine learning" -s github.com

Content Extraction

# Extract content from a single article
node extract.mjs "https://example.com/article"

Notes

API Access

API Key: Get from https://console.byteplus.com/infoquest/infoquests
Documentation: https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/InfoQuest/What_is_Info_Quest
About: InfoQuest is AI-optimized intelligent search and crawling toolset independently developed by BytePlus

Search Features

Time Filtering: Use -d for searches within last N days (e.g., -d 7)
Site Filtering: Use -s for site-specific searches (e.g., -s github.com)

Quick Setup

Set API key:

export INFOQUEST_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

For Node.js < 18, install fetch support:

# Node.js 18+ includes fetch natively
# For older versions, install node-fetch
npm install node-fetch

Test the setup:
```
node search.mjs "test search"
```

Error Handling

The API returns error messages starting with "Error:" for:

Authentication failures
Network timeouts
Empty responses
Invalid response formats

---name: byted-infoquest-searchdescription: AI-optimized web search and content extraction via BytePlus InfoQuest API. Returns concise, relevant results for AI agents with time filtering and site-specific search. Get API key from https://console.byteplus.com/infoquest/infoquests---# Byted InfoQuest SearchAI-optimized web search and content extraction using BytePlus InfoQuest API. Returns concise, relevant results with time filtering and site-specific search capabilities.## Search```bashnode {baseDir}/search.mjs "query"node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -d 7node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -s github.com```## Options- `-d, --days <number>`: Search within last N days (default: all time)- `-s, --site <domain>`: Search within specific site (e.g., `github.com`)## Extract content from URL```bashnode {baseDir}/extract.mjs "https://example.com/article"```## Examples### Recent News Search```bash# Search for AI news from last 3 daysnode search.mjs "artificial intelligence news" -d 3```### Site-Specific Research```bash# Search for Python projects on GitHubnode search.mjs "Python machine learning" -s github.com```### Content Extraction```bash# Extract content from a single articlenode extract.mjs "https://example.com/article"```## Notes### API Access- **API Key**: Get from https://console.byteplus.com/infoquest/infoquests- **Documentation**: https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/InfoQuest/What_is_Info_Quest- **About**: InfoQuest is AI-optimized intelligent search and crawling toolset independently developed by BytePlus### Search Features- **Time Filtering**: Use `-d` for searches within last N days (e.g., `-d 7`)- **Site Filtering**: Use `-s` for site-specific searches (e.g., `-s github.com`)## Quick Setup1. **Set API key:** ```bash export INFOQUEST_API_KEY="your-api-key-here" ```2. **For Node.js < 18, install fetch support:** ```bash # Node.js 18+ includes fetch natively # For older versions, install node-fetch npm install node-fetch ```3. **Test the setup:** ```bash node search.mjs "test search" ```## Error HandlingThe API returns error messages starting with `"Error:"` for:- Authentication failures- Network timeouts- Empty responses- Invalid response formats

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