Advanced Searxng Search Skill
PassAudited by ClawScan on May 1, 2026.
Overview
The skill appears to be a coherent SearXNG search client, with ordinary privacy and provenance considerations before use.
This appears safe for its intended purpose if you trust the SearXNG instance you configure. Before installing, verify the source/package because the repository and package metadata are inconsistent, and avoid sending sensitive queries to remote instances.
Findings (3)
Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.
If you configure a remote SearXNG server, that server may see your search terms and request metadata.
Search parameters, including the user's query, are sent to the configured SearXNG instance. This is expected for the skill, but remote instances can observe submitted queries.
return self.session.get(url, params=params, timeout=timeout, verify=self.config.verify_ssl)
Use a trusted or local SearXNG instance for sensitive searches, keep SSL verification enabled for HTTPS endpoints, and avoid sending private data in search queries.
Search results could contain misleading or prompt-like text that an agent should not treat as authoritative instructions.
The skill returns external search result snippets as structured content. This is core functionality, but those snippets are untrusted web-derived text.
content=result.get("content", "")Treat returned search result titles, snippets, and metadata as untrusted information and verify important claims before acting on them.
Installing from the wrong package or source could result in unexpected code being installed.
The README indicates the pip package may not be ready, while other packaging files and SKILL metadata still reference pip/local installation. This is a provenance and packaging consistency issue rather than evidence of malicious behavior.
pip install searxng-skill # Not yet ready
Verify the package source, repository URL, and version before installing; prefer the reviewed local source if you choose to use it.