According to AlphaMoat, as of 2026-09, Internet Search has 4,554 downloads and 2 stars — ranked #2,101 of 5,078 AI skills overall, and #200 of 442 in Knowledge.

Installs

133

Downloads

4.6K

Stars

Overall Rank

#2,101

Top 42% overall · Top 46% in Knowledge

Platform	Installs	Downloads	Stars	Comments
ClawHub ↗	133	4.3K	1	-
SkillHub ↗	132	4.6K	2	—

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What this skill does

The skill explains how to select general, news, academic, or social categories, refine keyword queries, and combine focused searches. It provides search guidance and does not execute searches itself.

Profile published 2026-10-29

What you can do with it

Developers and agents preparing targeted searches for facts, current events, academic research, or community opinions.

When to use it

Use when web search is needed and you want to choose a suitable category, formulate keyword queries, or cross-search. Do not include secrets, private document contents, or sensitive personal information in queries.

Example prompts

Generated from the skill’s documentation as examples; not results of actual runs.

Draft several concise search queries for this research question and recommend a category for each; do not include private information.

Monthly Trend

Downloads4.6K

Stars2

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Month	Downloads	MoM	Stars
2026-09	4.6K	—	2
2026-08	4.1K	+2.9%	2
2026-07	4.0K	+12.2%	2
2026-06	3.6K	+8.1%	1
2026-05	3.3K	—	1
2026-03	2.2K	—	-

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name: internet-search
description: "How to use the internet_search tool effectively — category routing, query formulation, and multi-search strategies. Use whenever web search is needed: current events, research papers, community opinions, or any information beyond training knowledge."
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# Internet Search

Queries a self-hosted SearXNG instance aggregating multiple search engines.

## Category Routing

Always set `category` based on the nature of the query.

| Category   | When to use                                                         | Engines                                          |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| `general`  | Default. Facts, how-tos, products, people, broad web.               | Brave, Bing, DDG, Startpage, Qwant, Wikipedia…  |
| `news`     | Recent events, breaking news, anything time-sensitive.              | Bing News, DDG News                              |
| `academic` | Research papers, studies, medical literature, preprints.            | arXiv, Google Scholar, PubMed                    |
| `social`   | Opinions, community recommendations, "what do people think about X".| Reddit                                           |

## Query Formulation

Write queries as a search engine expects — keywords, not full sentences:

```
# Bad
"what is the fastest async runtime for rust"

# Good
"rust async runtime benchmarks 2025"
```

- **news**: include a time anchor — `"OpenAI o3 release 2025"` not just `"OpenAI o3"`
- **academic**: use field terminology — `"transformer attention efficiency survey"`
- **social**: phrase as community search — `"reddit best mechanical keyboard 2025"`

## SearXNG Search Syntax (in `query`)

SearXNG supports lightweight query modifiers you can embed directly into the `query` string:

| Syntax | Meaning | Examples |
|--------|---------|----------|
| `!<engine>` / `!<category>` | Select engine(s) and/or a category. Chainable and inclusive; abbreviations are accepted. | `!wp paris`, `!wikipedia paris`, `!map paris`, `!map !ddg !wp paris` |
| `:<lang>` | Language filter | `:fr !wp Wau Holland` |


## Count

- `count=5` (default) — sufficient for most tasks
- `count=10` — comparing many options, checking consensus
- `count=3` — quick fact checks

## Multi-Search Strategy

Fire multiple focused searches rather than one broad one:

```
# Bad: one vague search
internet_search("best way to deploy Node.js")

# Good: three targeted searches
internet_search("Node.js Docker deployment best practices 2025")
internet_search("Node.js PM2 vs Docker production", category="social")
internet_search("Node.js zero-downtime deployment strategies")
```

Combine `general` + `social` for factual + sentiment coverage:

```
internet_search("Bun runtime performance vs Node.js benchmarks")
internet_search("Bun runtime production experience", category="social")
```

## When NOT to Use

- Things you already know with high confidence
- Stable API docs or well-known syntax — use training knowledge
- Repeating a search that already answered the question

## Common Mistakes

| Mistake                                   | Fix                                           |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| `general` for a research paper            | Use `category="academic"`                     |
| Searching "what happened today"           | Use `category="news"` with a specific topic   |
| One broad search for a multi-part question| Break into 2–3 focused searches               |
| Repeating a failed search verbatim        | Rephrase with different keywords              |
| `count=20` for a simple fact              | Default `count=5` is almost always enough     |