Web Search Pro

Agent-first web search and retrieval for live web search, news search, docs lookup, code lookup, company research, site crawl, site map, and structured evidence packs. Includes a no-key baseline plus optional Tavily, Exa, Querit, Serper, Brave, SerpAPI, You.com, SearXNG, and Perplexity / Sonar providers for wider coverage and answer-first routing.

Web Search Pro 2.1 Core Profile

This ClawHub package publishes the core retrieval profile of web-search-pro. It is a code-backed Node runtime package, not an instruction-only bundle.

Use This Skill When

• the caller needs live web search or news search
• the caller needs docs lookup or code lookup
• the caller may continue from search into extract, crawl, map, or research
• the agent needs explainable routing and visible federated-search gains
• the first run needs a real no-key baseline

Quick Start

The shortest successful path is:

• Option A: No-key baseline
• Option B: Add one premium provider
• Then try docs, news, and research

Option A: No-key baseline

No API key is required for the first successful run.

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/doctor.mjs --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/bootstrap.mjs --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "OpenAI Responses API docs" --json

Option B: Add one premium provider

If you only add one premium provider, start with TAVILY_API_KEY.

bash

export TAVILY_API_KEY=tvly-xxxxx
node {baseDir}/scripts/doctor.mjs --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "latest OpenAI news" --type news --json

First successful searches

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "OpenClaw web search" --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "OpenAI Responses API docs" --preset docs --plan --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "https://platform.openai.com/docs" --json

Then try docs, news, and research

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "OpenAI Responses API docs" --preset docs --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "latest OpenAI news" --type news --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/research.mjs "OpenClaw search skill landscape" --plan --json

Install Model

ClawHub installs this bundle directly as a code-backed Node skill pack.

• hard runtime requirement: node
• no remote installer, curl-to-shell bootstrap, or Python helper transport in the baseline path
• optional runtime config file: config.json
• local state directory: .cache/web-search-pro

Why Federated Search Matters

Federation is not just "more providers". It exposes compact gain metrics:

• federated.value.additionalProvidersUsed
• federated.value.resultsRecoveredByFanout
• federated.value.resultsCorroboratedByFanout
• federated.value.duplicateSavings
• routingSummary.federation.value

Runtime Contract

• selectedProvider The planner's primary route.
• routingSummary Compact route explanation with confidence and federation summary.
• routing.diagnostics Full route diagnostics exposed by --explain-routing or --plan.
• federated.providersUsed The providers that actually returned results when fanout is active.
• federated.value Compact federation gain summary for added providers, recovered results, corroboration, and duplicate savings.
• cached / cache Cache hit plus TTL telemetry for agents.
• topicType, topicSignals, researchAxes Structured planning summaries for the model-facing research pack.

Commands By Task

Included commands:

• search.mjs
• extract.mjs
• crawl.mjs
• map.mjs
• research.mjs
• doctor.mjs
• bootstrap.mjs
• capabilities.mjs
• review.mjs
• cache.mjs
• health.mjs

Runtime notes:

• Node is the only hard runtime requirement.
• No API key is required for the baseline.
• Optional provider credentials or endpoints widen coverage.
• Baseline outbound requests use curl when available and fall back to built-in fetch.

Baseline:

• No API key is required for the baseline.
• ddg is best-effort no-key search.
• fetch is the no-key extract / crawl / map fallback.

Optional provider credentials or endpoints unlock stronger coverage:

bash

TAVILY_API_KEY=tvly-xxxxx
EXA_API_KEY=exa-xxxxx
QUERIT_API_KEY=xxxxx
SERPER_API_KEY=xxxxx
BRAVE_API_KEY=xxxxx
SERPAPI_API_KEY=xxxxx
YOU_API_KEY=xxxxx
SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL=https://searx.example.com

# Perplexity / Sonar: choose one transport path
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=xxxxx
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=xxxxx
OPENROUTER_BASE_URL=https://openrouter.ai/api/v1  # optional override
KILOCODE_API_KEY=xxxxx

# Or use a custom OpenAI-compatible gateway
PERPLEXITY_GATEWAY_API_KEY=xxxxx
PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL=https://gateway.example.com/v1
PERPLEXITY_MODEL=perplexity/sonar-pro  # accepts sonar* or perplexity/sonar*

Review and diagnostics:

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/capabilities.mjs --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/doctor.mjs --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/bootstrap.mjs --json
node {baseDir}/scripts/review.mjs --json

Search keywords:

web search, news search, latest updates, current events, docs search, API docs, code search, company research, competitor analysis, site crawl, site map, multilingual search, Baidu search, answer-first search, cited answers, explainable routing, no-key baseline