# Alphaear Search

> Perform finance web searches and local context searches. Use when the user needs general finance info from the web (Jina/DDG/Baidu) or needs to retrieve finance information from a local document store (RAG).

- Skill: `jadegate/alphaear-search` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add jadegate/alphaear-search`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/jadegate/alphaear-search/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: jadegate (https://skillmd.com/u/jadegate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/jadegate/alphaear-search

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# AlphaEar Search Skill

## Overview

Unified search capabilities: web search (Jina/DDG/Baidu) and local RAG search.

## Capabilities

### 1. Web Search

Use `scripts/search_tools.py` via `SearchTools`.

-   **Search**: `search(query, engine, max_results)`
    -   Engines: `jina`, `ddg`, `baidu`, `local`.
    -   Returns: JSON string (summary) or List[Dict] (via `search_list`).
-   **Smart Cache (Agentic)**: If you want to avoid redundant searches, use the **Search Cache Relevance Prompt** in `references/PROMPTS.md`. Read the cache first and decide if it's usable.
-   **Aggregate**: `aggregate_search(query)`
    -   Combines results from multiple engines.


### 2. Local RAG

Use `scripts/hybrid_search.py` or `SearchTools` with `engine='local'`.

-   **Search**: Searches local `daily_news` database.

## Dependencies

-   `duckduckgo-search`, `requests`
-   `scripts/database_manager.py` (search cache & local news)