Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @choihyunsus/n2-free-search
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install n2-free-search
What This Skill Does
Web search tool for AI agents powered by SearXNG. Queries 70+ search engines including Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo without requiring API keys or account registration. Supports web, news, image, video, and autocomplete search types.
Eliminates the $5/1,000-query cost and required signup of Brave Search or Google Custom Search while still covering 70+ engines.
When to use it
- Looking up current news without a paid search API subscription
- Researching product prices or reviews across multiple engines at once
- Finding recent changelogs or release notes for a software library
- Fetching image or video results inside an automated pipeline
- Getting autocomplete suggestions to expand or refine a query
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: What are the latest headlines about the EU AI Act?
AGENT
- 1Agent calls n2_news_search with query 'EU AI Act'
- 2Receives a list of recent articles with titles, sources, and URLs
- 3Agent filters results by recency
- 4Agent summarizes the top three headlines with source links
OUTPUT
A brief summary of the three most recent EU AI Act news articles with their publication sources.