web-skill
Local web search and page fetching for AI agents via SearXNG and Firecrawl. Use when you need to search the web, fetch page content as markdown, or gather information from URLs. No API keys required.
SKILL.mdskills_archive/web-skill/SKILL.md
GitHubWeb Skill
Local web search (SearXNG) and page scraping (Firecrawl) — no external API keys needed.
Ports: search = localhost:8899, fetch = localhost:8898
Search
web_search "query" # 5 results
web_search "query" -n 10 # more results
web_search "query" --engines google,bing # specific engines
Fetch Page Content
web_fetch https://example.com # markdown output
web_fetch https://example.com --formats markdown,links # include links
Install path via link-dotfiles: ~/.local/bin/web_search, ~/.local/bin/web_fetch
Source files: tools/search.ts, tools/fetch.ts
Output Format
Search
--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
URL: https://example.com/page
Snippet: Description from search results
Engines: google, bing
Fetch
# Page Title
Source: https://example.com
Status: 200
Markdown content of the page...
One-Time Setup
Only needed if SearXNG/Firecrawl aren't already running on ports 8899/8898:
cd ~/Projects/dotfiles/skills/web-skill
podman compose ps
If services are missing or stopped, start them:
cd ~/Projects/dotfiles/skills/web-skill
podman compose up -d
Verify: podman compose ps — 7 containers should be running.
Teardown: podman compose down (add -v to remove data volumes).
When to Use
- Searching for documentation, API references, or current information
- Fetching and reading content from specific URLs as clean markdown
- Gathering information from multiple sources in parallel
- Any task requiring web access without interactive browsing