Baidu Search Pro

Compatibility entry for our in-house Baidu realtime search chain. Use for live information, documentation, or research topics.

Security Scan

This is a thin compatibility alias that delegates to a separate realtime-web-search script and only requires a Baidu API key; function and required secrets align with its stated purpose, but it executes code outside its own directory which is a supply-chain consideration.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match required artifacts: the skill is an alias for a Baidu realtime search chain and declares BAIDU_API_KEY and Python as required. Requesting a Baidu API key is appropriate for a Baidu search integration.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructions are narrowly scoped and match the alias behavior. However the included script uses runpy.run_path to execute a canonical script located at ../../..../custom-skills/realtime-web-search/scripts/search.py (outside the skill directory). That means this package simply forwards execution to code elsewhere on disk — review the target script before trusting the alias.

Install Mechanism

No install spec — instruction-only plus a tiny wrapper file. Nothing is downloaded or written by an installer.

Credentials

Only BAIDU_API_KEY is required (with optional endpoint overrides). The environment access requested is proportional to a web-search integration.

Persistence & Privilege

always:false and normal invocation settings. The skill does not request elevated persistence or alter other skills' configuration.

Assessment

This skill is a lightweight compatibility alias that simply runs the realtime-web-search script from a shared custom-skills directory. The BAIDU_API_KEY requirement is expected. Before installing, verify that the canonical script (custom-skills/realtime-web-search/scripts/search.py) is trustworthy and owned by a known maintainer, because this alias will execute that external script at runtime (supply-chain risk). Also note the _meta.json ownerId differs slightly from the registry ownerId — this may be benign (stale metadata) but is worth checking. If you don't have or don't trust the realtime-web-search implementation, prefer installing the real realtime-web-search skill directly or review its code and endpoints first.

Baidu Search (compat alias)

Cross-platform Python: on Windows prefer py -3.11; on Linux/macOS prefer python3; if plain python already points to Python 3, it also works.

This skill is a backward-compatible alias for realtime-web-search. Use it only when an existing workflow still calls skills/baidu-search; new installs should prefer realtime-web-search directly.

What this alias keeps working

Both commands run the same canonical Baidu-based search chain:

py -3.11 skills/baidu-search/scripts/search.py '<JSON>'
py -3.11 skills/realtime-web-search/scripts/search.py '<JSON>'

Recommended modes

• mode=auto (default): web_search -> chat -> web_summary
• mode=search: web_search -> chat
• mode=summary: web_summary only

Prefer mode=search for speed and stability.

Minimal request example

py -3.11 skills/baidu-search/scripts/search.py '{"query":"人工智能","mode":"search"}'

Required environment variable

• BAIDU_API_KEY

Optional endpoint overrides

• BAIDU_WEB_SEARCH_ENDPOINT
• BAIDU_CHAT_SEARCH_ENDPOINT
• BAIDU_SUMMARY_ENDPOINT