Web Search Skill
Search the web. Prefer the built-in WebSearch tool — it uses Electron's built-in BrowserWindow to perform searches, so it can handle JavaScript-rendered search results and bypass basic anti-bot measures. This is NOT a simple HTTP request — it actually opens the page in a real browser window, performs the search, and extracts results from the rendered page. Fall back to curl only if WebSearch is unavailable.
DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API (No API key needed)
# Basic search — returns instant answers
curl -s "https://api.duckduckgo.com/?q=QUERY&format=json&no_html=1" | jq '.Abstract, .RelatedTopics[:5]'DuckDuckGo HTML Search (Full results)
# Get search results page and extract links
curl -s "https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=QUERY" | grep -o 'href="https\{0,1\}://[^"]*' | head -10Google Search via SerpAPI (if API key available)
# Check if SERPAPI_KEY is set
alma config get serpapi.apiKey
# If available:
curl -s "https://serpapi.com/search.json?q=QUERY&api_key=API_KEY" | jq '.organic_results[:5] | .[] | {title, link, snippet}'Fetching Page Content
After finding URLs from search, use the WebFetch tool to get the actual page content:
WebFetch(url="https://example.com/article")Or via curl:
curl -sL "https://example.com/article" | head -200Tips
- URL-encode the query: replace spaces with
+or%20 - Use
jqto parse JSON responses - For complex queries, try multiple search approaches
- Always summarize findings for the user rather than dumping raw results
- If DuckDuckGo doesn't have good results, try fetching specific known sources directly <<<<<<< Updated upstream
- For freshness queries (
today,latest,今天,最新), use the current year from runtime context instead of hardcoding a fixed year =======
> > > > > > Stashed changes
Examples
"Latest AI news":
<<<<<<< Updated upstream
curl -s "https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=latest+AI+news+<current_year>" | grep -o 'href="https\{0,1\}://[^"]*' | grep -v duckduckgo | head -5
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curl -s "https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q=latest+AI+news+2026" | grep -o 'href="https\{0,1\}://[^"]*' | grep -v duckduckgo | head -5
>>>>>>> Stashed changes"Python 3.13 new features":
curl -s "https://api.duckduckgo.com/?q=python+3.13+new+features&format=json&no_html=1" | jq '.Abstract'