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Search the internet with Google or DuckDuckGo, inspect results, and extract selected pages as readable Markdown. Use when answers require current web sources, JavaScript-rendered pages, or browser access that can handle bot protection. Prefer dedicated tools such as GitHub CLI for GitHub data and curl for direct files or simple URLs.

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Sourceogulcancelik/agent-skills

Added on2026-07-18

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add ogulcancelik/agent-skills web-search

SKILL.md Content

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Web Search

Use the bundled CLI to search through a local browser, visit results, and extract pages as clean Markdown for agent context. The persistent browser daemon reduces bot-detection failures and avoids repeated browser startup costs.

The entry point is

{baseDir}/web-search.js

, where

{baseDir}

is the absolute directory containing this

SKILL.md

. Always invoke that absolute path. Never run

./web-search.js

from the caller's project directory.

Setup

If dependencies are missing, run

bun install

in the skill directory.

The CLI auto-detects Chromium-family browsers. Override detection with

WEB_SEARCH_BROWSER_BIN

or

--browser-bin <path>

.

Search and fetch

bash

{baseDir}/web-search.js "query"
{baseDir}/web-search.js "query" -n 10
{baseDir}/web-search.js --from <result-set-id> --fetch 1,3,5
{baseDir}/web-search.js --url https://example.com
{baseDir}/web-search.js --url https://example.com --full

Each search prints a result-set ID. Always pass that ID with

--from

when fetching numbered results; result sets expire after ten minutes. Use

--full

only when the complete page text is needed.

Browser daemon

Direct calls use a local daemon by default for a warm browser session.

bash

{baseDir}/web-search.js --daemon status
{baseDir}/web-search.js --daemon start
{baseDir}/web-search.js --daemon stop
{baseDir}/web-search.js --daemon restart
{baseDir}/web-search.js --no-daemon --url https://example.com

Troubleshooting

Treat one blocked page as a normal site-specific failure. Retry once, use another result, or try the direct URL before changing browser state.

For repeated timeouts, daemon errors, or blocks across multiple attempts:

Check
```
{baseDir}/web-search.js --daemon status
```
.

Run

{baseDir}/web-search.js --daemon restart

and retry.

If blocks persist, inspect
```
health.profileDir
```
in the status output. Stop the daemon, delete only that hidden skill profile directory, then start the daemon again. This resets stale cookies and browser storage without touching the user's normal browser profile.

Never clear the profile after a single block. Profile reset is a last resort for persistent failures.

Reporting

Use the URLs actually searched or fetched as sources. Cite those URLs when answering from web material.