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Searxng Search by varlabz — Agent Skill

Name: Searxng Search
Author: varlabz

Searxng Search

Search the web using a local SearXNG instance. Use for web searches, finding current information, researching topics, checking news, looking up documentation, or finding recent events. Supports categories: general, news, images, videos, it, science, social media.

varlabz Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

SearXNG Web Search

When to Use

You need up-to-date information not in your training data
Researching a topic, technology, library, or recent event
Searching for news articles or current affairs
Finding documentation, tutorials, or code examples
Looking up anything that benefits from a live web search

Procedure

Run the search script with your query:

./scripts/search "<query>"

Categories can be combined with a comma: --category "general,news"

General web search

./scripts/search "Python asyncio best practices"

News search with time filter

./scripts/search "AI announcements" --category news --time-range week

Technical / IT search

./scripts/search "Docker multi-stage build" --category "general,it" --max-results 15

Science or academic topics

./scripts/search "transformer architecture attention mechanism" --category "science"

Video search

./scripts/search "transformer architecture attention mechanism" --category "general,videos"

Options

Flag	Short	Default	Description
`--category`	`-c`	`general`	Category (comma-separated for multiple): `general`, `news`, `images`, `videos`, `it`, `science`, `files`, `social media`, `music`, `map`
`--max-results`	`-m`	`10`	Number of results to return
`--time-range`	`-t`	—	Filter by `day`, `week`, `month`, or `year`
`--language`	`-l`	`en-US`	Language code (e.g. `zh-CN`, `fr-FR`)
`--format`	`-f`	`json`	Output format: `json` or `text`
`--server`	`-s`	`http://localhost:8080`	Override the SearXNG instance URL
`--safesearch`	`-S`	`0`	Safe search level: `0` (off), `1` (moderate), `2` (strict)

---name: searxng-searchdescription: Search the web using a local SearXNG instance. Use for web searches, finding current information, researching topics, checking news, looking up documentation, or finding recent events. Supports categories: general, news, images, videos, it, science, social media.---# SearXNG Web Search## When to Use- You need up-to-date information not in your training data- Researching a topic, technology, library, or recent event- Searching for news articles or current affairs- Finding documentation, tutorials, or code examples- Looking up anything that benefits from a live web search## ProcedureRun the [search script](./scripts/search) with your query:```bash./scripts/search "<query>"```> **Categories** can be combined with a comma: `--category "general,news"`### General web search```bash./scripts/search "Python asyncio best practices"```### News search with time filter```bash./scripts/search "AI announcements" --category news --time-range week```### Technical / IT search```bash./scripts/search "Docker multi-stage build" --category "general,it" --max-results 15```### Science or academic topics```bash./scripts/search "transformer architecture attention mechanism" --category "science"```### Video search```bash./scripts/search "transformer architecture attention mechanism" --category "general,videos"```## Options| Flag | Short | Default | Description ||------|-------|---------|-------------|| `--category` | `-c` | `general` | Category (comma-separated for multiple): `general`, `news`, `images`, `videos`, `it`, `science`, `files`, `social media`, `music`, `map` || `--max-results` | `-m` | `10` | Number of results to return || `--time-range` | `-t` | — | Filter by `day`, `week`, `month`, or `year` || `--language` | `-l` | `en-US` | Language code (e.g. `zh-CN`, `fr-FR`) || `--format` | `-f` | `json` | Output format: `json` or `text` || `--server` | `-s` | `http://localhost:8080` | Override the SearXNG instance URL || `--safesearch` | `-S` | `0` | Safe search level: `0` (off), `1` (moderate), `2` (strict) |

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