Openclaw Ask Search

Web search via self-hosted SearxNG. Aggregates Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave. Returns title/url/snippet. Zero API key required.

ask-search

Web search powered by SearxNG. Aggregates multiple search engines, zero API key, full privacy.

Usage

ask-search "your query"                    # top 10 results
ask-search "query" --num 5                 # limit results
ask-search "AI news" --categories news     # news only
ask-search "query" --lang zh-CN            # Chinese results
ask-search "query" --urls-only             # URL list (pipe to web_fetch)
ask-search "query" --json                  # raw JSON

Agent Workflow

1. Run ask-search "topic" to get candidates
2. Check snippet — if enough, answer directly
3. If snippet truncated, use web_fetch on the URL for full content

Parameters

Flag	Short	Description
--num N	-n	Max results (default 10)
--engines	-e	google,bing,duckduckgo,brave
--lang	-l	zh-CN, en, ja, ko
--categories	-c	general,news,images,science
--json	-j	Raw JSON output
--urls-only	-u	URLs only

Setup

Requires SearxNG running locally. Set SEARXNG_URL if not on default port 8080.