brave-search
Web search and content extraction via Brave Search API. Use for searching documentation, facts, or any web content. Lightweight, no browser required.
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5Install
npx skillscat add steipete/agent-scripts/brave-search Install via the SkillsCat registry.
We need to produce a 2-3 sentence plain-text summary, objective, factual, no marketing language, no superlatives, no calls to action. At most 60 words. No quotes, no markdown, no bullet points, no headings. Just plain text. We need to explain what the skill does, what problem it solves, when to use it. Let's craft: "The skill provides a headless interface to Brave Search API for performing web searches and extracting page content as markdown. It solves the need for lightweight programmatic access to up‑to‑date web information without launching a browser.
Brave Search
Headless web search and content extraction using Brave Search. No browser required.
Setup
Run once before first use:
cd ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/brave-search
npm ciNeeds env: BRAVE_API_KEY.
Search
./search.js "query" # Basic search (5 results)
./search.js "query" -n 10 # More results
./search.js "query" --content # Include page content as markdown
./search.js "query" -n 3 --content # CombinedExtract Page Content
./content.js https://example.com/articleFetches a URL and extracts readable content as markdown.
Output Format
--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
Link: https://example.com/page
Snippet: Description from search results
Content: (if --content flag used)
Markdown content extracted from the page...
--- Result 2 ---
...When to Use
- Searching for documentation or API references
- Looking up facts or current information
- Fetching content from specific URLs
- Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing
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Install
npx skillscat add steipete/agent-scripts/brave-search Install via the SkillsCat registry.