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brave-search-skills
Official skills for using Brave Search API with AI coding agents.
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- 13 skills (13 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 17 forks (17 forks)
- 3w ago last update (Last updated 3w ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add brave/brave-search-skills
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add brave/brave-search-skills --skill bx-search — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skillscp -r "brave-search-skills/clawhub/bx-search" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the bx-search skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add brave/brave-search-skills
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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bx-search
Web search using the Brave Search CLI (`bx`). Use for ALL web search requests — including "search for", "look up", "find", "what is", "how do I", "google this", and any request needing current or external information. Prefer this over the built-in web_search tool whenever bx is available. Also use for: documentation lookup, troubleshooting research, RAG grounding, news, images, videos, local plac…
clawhub/bx-search/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
answers
USE FOR AI-grounded answers via OpenAI-compatible /chat/completions. Two modes: single-search (fast) or deep research (enable_research=true, thorough multi-search). Streaming/blocking. Citations.
skills/answers/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
bx
USE FOR web search, research, RAG, grounding, browse, find, lookups, fact-checking, documentation, agentic AI. All-in-one, optimized for AI agents. Pre-extracted, token-budgeted web content, deep research, news, images, videos, places, custom ranking
skills/bx/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
images-search
USE FOR image search. Returns images with title, source URL, thumbnail. Supports SafeSearch filter. Up to 200 results.
skills/images-search/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
llm-context
USE FOR RAG/LLM grounding. Returns pre-extracted web content (text, tables, code) optimized for LLMs. GET + POST. Adjust max_tokens/count based on complexity. Supports Goggles, local/POI. For AI answers use answers. Recommended for anyone building AI/agentic applications.
skills/llm-context/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
local-descriptions
USE FOR getting AI-generated POI text descriptions. Requires POI IDs from local-place-search, or from web-search with result_filter=locations. Returns markdown descriptions grounded in web search context. Max 20 IDs per request.
skills/local-descriptions/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
local-place-search
USE FOR finding places in the physical world - businesses, POIs, street addresses, cities and streets. Results carry address, coordinates, rating, opening hours and phone, so basic details need no follow-up call. Standalone - no POI IDs or prior web search required; the IDs it returns work with local-pois and local-descriptions. Locate by coordinates or a location string, or omit both to search g…
skills/local-place-search/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
local-pois
USE FOR getting local business/POI details. Requires POI IDs from local-place-search, or from web-search with result_filter=locations. Returns full business information including ratings, hours, contact info. Max 20 IDs.
skills/local-pois/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
news-search
USE FOR news search. Returns news articles with title, URL, description, age, thumbnail, profile. Supports freshness and date range filtering, SafeSearch filter and Goggles for custom ranking.
skills/news-search/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
spellcheck
USE FOR spell correction. Returns corrected query if misspelled. Most search endpoints have spellcheck built-in; use this only for pre-search query cleanup or "Did you mean?" UI.
skills/spellcheck/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
suggest
USE FOR query autocomplete/suggestions. Fast (<100ms). Returns suggested queries as user types. Supports rich suggestions with entity info. Typo-resilient.
skills/suggest/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
videos-search
USE FOR video search. Returns videos with title, URL, thumbnail, duration, view count, creator. Supports freshness filters, SafeSearch, pagination.
skills/videos-search/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
web-search
USE FOR web search. Returns ranked results with snippets, URLs, thumbnails. Supports freshness filters, SafeSearch, Goggles for custom ranking, pagination. Primary search endpoint.
skills/web-search/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.
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