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Searxng by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Searxng
Author: modbender

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SearXNG - Private Web Search

Local SearXNG instance at http://localhost:8888 with Google/Bing disabled.

Search (JSON API)

Basic search:

curl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&format=json" | jq -r '.results[:5] | .[] | "[\(.title)](\(.url))\n\(.content)\n"'

With result limit:

curl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&format=json" | jq -r '.results[:10] | .[] | {title, url, content}'

Get just URLs:

curl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&format=json" | jq -r '.results[:5] | .[].url'

Time Filters

Language/Region

# English results
curl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&language=en&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'

# Specific region (US)
curl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&language=en-US&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'

Enabled Search Engines

Privacy-respecting only (no Google, Bing):

DuckDuckGo (weight 1.5)
Brave Search (weight 1.5)
Startpage (weight 1.2)
Mojeek (weight 1.0)
Qwant (weight 1.0)
Wikipedia (weight 1.5)
GitHub
StackOverflow
Reddit
arXiv
Piped/Invidious (YouTube privacy frontends)

Tips

URL-encode spaces: q=hello%20world or q=hello+world
Combine filters: categories=news&time_range=week
For complex queries, use the web UI: http://localhost:8888

Example Usage

Find recent AI news:

curl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=artificial+intelligence+news&categories=news&time_range=week&format=json" | jq -r '.results[:5] | .[] | "## \(.title)\n\(.url)\n\(.content)\n"'

Search GitHub repos:

curl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=python+web+scraper&categories=repos&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'

---name: searxng-5description: Privacy-first web search via local SearXNG instance. Google-free meta-search using DuckDuckGo, Brave, Qwant, Startpage, and more. Use for any web search query.---# SearXNG - Private Web SearchLocal SearXNG instance at `http://localhost:8888` with Google/Bing disabled.## Search (JSON API)Basic search:```bashcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&format=json" | jq -r '.results[:5] | .[] | "[\(.title)](\(.url))\n\(.content)\n"'```With result limit:```bashcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&format=json" | jq -r '.results[:10] | .[] | {title, url, content}'```Get just URLs:```bashcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&format=json" | jq -r '.results[:5] | .[].url'```## CategoriesSearch specific categories:```bash# Imagescurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&categories=images&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'# Videoscurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&categories=videos&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'# Newscurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&categories=news&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'# IT/Techcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&categories=it&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'# Sciencecurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&categories=science&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'```## Time FiltersRecent results:```bash# Last daycurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&time_range=day&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'# Last weekcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&time_range=week&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'# Last monthcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&time_range=month&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'# Last yearcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&time_range=year&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'```## Language/Region```bash# English resultscurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&language=en&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'# Specific region (US)curl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=YOUR_QUERY&language=en-US&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'```## Enabled Search EnginesPrivacy-respecting only (no Google, Bing):- DuckDuckGo (weight 1.5)- Brave Search (weight 1.5)- Startpage (weight 1.2)- Mojeek (weight 1.0)- Qwant (weight 1.0)- Wikipedia (weight 1.5)- GitHub- StackOverflow- Reddit- arXiv- Piped/Invidious (YouTube privacy frontends)## Tips- URL-encode spaces: `q=hello%20world` or `q=hello+world`- Combine filters: `categories=news&time_range=week`- For complex queries, use the web UI: http://localhost:8888## Example UsageFind recent AI news:```bashcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=artificial+intelligence+news&categories=news&time_range=week&format=json" | jq -r '.results[:5] | .[] | "## \(.title)\n\(.url)\n\(.content)\n"'```Search GitHub repos:```bashcurl -s "http://localhost:8888/search?q=python+web+scraper&categories=repos&format=json" | jq '.results[:5]'```

Frequently asked questions

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