Free Baidu Search

Free Baidu web search, no API key required, supports time range filtering

Security Scan

The skill's code and runtime instructions match its stated purpose (scraping Baidu search results with no credentials), with only minor non-security inconsistencies to note.

Purpose & Capability

The name/description (free Baidu web search) aligns with the included Python script which scrapes baidu.com and supports time-range filtering and result count. Requiring python3 is appropriate. There are no unrelated credential or config requests.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md tells the agent to run the provided Python script with a JSON arg; the script only performs HTTP requests to Baidu and resolves Baidu redirect links (may follow HEAD redirects to obtain the real URL). It does not read local files or environment variables. One operational note: resolving redirects can cause the agent to make additional network requests to third-party destinations (the real target URLs), which will expose the agent's network identity to those sites — expected behavior for a scrapper but worth being aware of.

Install Mechanism

No install spec (instruction-only) and no network downloads — low install risk. Minor inconsistency: package.json is present (Node metadata) while the tool is Python; also Python runtime dependencies (requests, bs4/beautifulsoup4) are used but not declared in SKILL.md or a requirements file.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables or credentials, which is appropriate. It does require network access to baidu.com (and to resolved target URLs). Nothing in the skill asks for unrelated secrets or wide system access.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request persistent system-wide changes. The script's shebang contains an absolute path to a local virtualenv (/home/guoxh/...), which appears to be a leftover and does not grant privileges — the script will run when invoked with the python binary on PATH.

Assessment

This skill is coherent with its stated purpose but review these points before installing: (1) ensure you are comfortable with the agent making outbound HTTP requests to baidu.com and to any real URLs the scraper resolves (those third-party sites will see your agent's network identity); (2) the script depends on Python packages (requests, beautifulsoup4) that are not declared — install them in the environment before use; (3) package.json is present but irrelevant (this is a Python script); (4) scraping may violate site terms of service or local law — use responsibly. If you need stronger assurance, open the script yourself and confirm there are no additional network callbacks or logging endpoints beyond standard requests to Baidu and resolved target URLs.

Baidu Search (Free)

Free Baidu web search tool, no API key or authentication required, ready to use out of box.

Features

✅ No API key required, completely free ✅ Supports Chinese/English search queries ✅ Time range filtering: 1 day/1 week/1 month/1 year/custom date range ✅ Customizable result count (up to 50 results) ✅ Automatic anti-scraping handling with retry mechanism ✅ Returns title, snippet, real URL, and publish time

Usage

python scripts/search.py '{"query": "your search keywords", "count": 10, "freshness": "pd/pw/pm/py/YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD"}'

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	yes	-	Search keywords
count	int	no	10	Number of results to return, max 50
freshness	string	no	null	Time range filter: pd(past 24h), pw(past week), pm(past month), py(past year), or custom date range in format YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD

Example

python scripts/search.py '{"query": "Linzhi Tibet travel guide", "count": 3, "freshness": "pm"}'