Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @honestqiao/zhipu-search
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install zhipu-search
What This Skill Does
Connects to Zhipu's (智谱) web search API to retrieve current information from the internet. Uses the GLM-4-Flash model with web_search tool support via curl and jq.
Provides live web results directly in the agent workflow without requiring a browser or separate search tool.
When to use it
- Looking up today's news on a topic
- Checking current prices or availability
- Finding recent documentation or changelogs
- Researching events that happened after the model's cutoff
- Getting up-to-date facts during a conversation
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: What are the latest updates to the Go programming language?
AGENT
- 1Reads ZHIPU_API_KEY from environment
- 2Sends POST request to Zhipu API with web_search tool and query
- 3Receives search-augmented response from GLM-4-Flash
- 4Extracts content from choices[0].message.content via jq
- 5Returns the answer to the user
OUTPUT
A summary of recent Go release notes and updates sourced from the web
Requirements
Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.
ZHIPU_API_KEY environment variable — obtain from https://www.bigmodel.cn/usercenter/proj-mgmt/apikeys