Brave Search CLI
Skill ActiveUSE FOR web search, research, RAG, grounding, browse, find, lookups, fact-checking, documentation, agentic AI. All-in-one, optimized for AI agents. Pre-extracted, token-budgeted web content, deep research, news, images, videos, places, custom ranking
To provide AI agents with powerful, token-budgeted, and customizable web search capabilities for research, grounding, and fact-checking.
Features
- Web search with token budgeting
- AI-generated answers with citations
- Customizable search ranking with 'Goggles'
- Support for news, images, videos, and local places search
- Command-line interface (`bx`) for direct interaction
Use Cases
- AI agents performing research and grounding
- Fact-checking claims against current web content
- Finding documentation or specific information using custom domain filters
- Developers needing quick answers or code examples via web search
Non-Goals
- Performing actions on websites
- Modifying web content
- Replacing a full browser experience
- Indexing local files
Workflow
- Install the `bx` CLI tool.
- Configure the Brave Search API key.
- Execute a search query using a specific command (e.g., `bx "query"`, `bx answers "query"`).
- Process the JSON output for relevant information or display it.
Prerequisites
- Brave Search API Key
- bx binary installed
Versioning
- warning:Release ManagementThe SKILL.md and README do not explicitly declare a version number, and installation instructions point to 'main', making version pinning difficult.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add brave/brave-search-skills/plugin install brave-search-skills@brave-searchQuality Score
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