Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
Version History
Version 1.4.0 — Expanded messaging and improved clarity. - Updated description and introductory sections for clearer positioning and audience targeting. - Added "Agitation" section to emphasize unique privacy and cost problems solved. - Enhanced feature descriptions for agent-specific benefits and market focus. - Clarified zero-leak privacy and data sovereignty messaging. - Minor language and structure improvements throughout documentation.
What This Skill Does
Connects AI agents to a self-hosted SearXNG instance running in Docker, enabling private web search across 70+ engines with no API costs. Results are returned as agent-optimized markdown and support time-based and category filters. Queries stay on the local Docker network.
Unlike Brave or Google Search APIs, queries never leave the local Docker network, so there's no risk of exposing proprietary terms to third-party ad networks or AI training pipelines.
When to use it
- Monitoring competitor news without exposing internal search terms
- Generating daily CEO briefings from the last 24 hours of news
- Searching technical documentation and GitHub repos by IT category
- Running compliance-safe research where project names can't leave the network
- Replacing Brave or Google Search API to eliminate per-query costs
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: Find real-time enterprise AI adoption news from the past 24 hours
- 1Receives query with --time day and --category news parameters
- 2Sends request to local SearXNG instance at http://localhost:8080
- 3SearXNG aggregates results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Wikipedia
- 4Formats and returns results as agent-optimized markdown
Markdown-formatted list of recent news results aggregated from multiple engines, ready for agent parsing
Requirements
Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.