{"skill":{"slug":"local-web-search-skill","displayName":"Local Web Search","summary":"Free local web search via DuckDuckGo HTML scraping with no API key. Use when web_search tool is unavailable or missing API keys, and you need fast query resu...","description":"---\nname: local-web-search\ndescription: Free local web search via DuckDuckGo HTML scraping with no API key. Use when web_search tool is unavailable or missing API keys, and you need fast query results with source trust scoring, retry/backoff handling, and JSON output suitable for pipelines.\n---\n\n# Local Web Search\n\nRun local search without paid APIs.\n\n## Command\n\n```bash\n./skills/local-web-search/scripts/local_search.py \"<query>\" --max 8\n```\n\n## Output\n\nReturns JSON with:\n- query\n- count\n- disclaimer\n- security\n- results[] {title, url, snippet, trust{score,tier,reason}}\n\n## Trust Scoring\n\n- high: docs/papers/.gov/.edu/authoritative domains\n- medium: reputable publications/default domains\n- low: user-generated platforms (e.g., dev.to, medium, substack)\n\nUse trust score for ranking/filtering only; always verify key claims with primary sources.\n\n## Security\n\n- No environment/token exfiltration\n- No external writes\n- Outbound HTTPS GET only to search endpoint\n\n## Reliability\n\n- Handles transient errors with exponential backoff + jitter\n- Public scraping behavior can change; parser may need updates\n","topics":["Web Search","Json"],"tags":{"latest":"0.1.0"},"stats":{"comments":0,"downloads":7900,"installsAllTime":259,"installsCurrent":23,"stars":1,"versions":1},"createdAt":1771804223783,"updatedAt":1778491612653},"latestVersion":{"version":"0.1.0","createdAt":1771804223783,"changelog":"- Initial release of local-web-search skill.\n- Enables free local web search using DuckDuckGo HTML scraping; no API key required.\n- Provides JSON output with query, result count, disclaimers, security notes, and results including trust scores.\n- Implements trust scoring to rate result reliability; encourages primary source verification.\n- Designed with security best practices: only outbound HTTPS GET, no token/exfiltration risks.\n- Includes error handling with retry, exponential backoff, and jitter for reliability.","license":null},"metadata":null,"owner":{"handle":"mes28io","userId":"s17f4asmmbk384vzwe6z88t6hn885rb9","displayName":"mes","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/106491563?v=4"},"moderation":null}