RonanCodes/brave-search
skills/brave-search/SKILL.md
Web search via the Brave Search API (independent, privacy-first index) without a browser. Use to research a topic, find recent news, gather sources to then WebFetch, or discover a site's pages. Reads BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY from ~/.claude/.env. Triggers on "brave search", "search the web for X", "research X via brave", "find sources on".
research
Updated Jun 26, 2026
$ install --global
skillsauthnpx skillsauth add RonanCodes/ronan-skills brave-searchInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- brave-search
- description:
- Web search via the Brave Search API (independent, privacy-first index) without a browser. Use to research a topic, find recent news, gather sources to then WebFetch, or discover a site's pages. Reads BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY from ~/.claude/.env. Triggers on "brave search", "search the web for X", "research X via brave", "find sources on".
- category:
- research
- argument-hint:
- <query> [--count 10] [--freshness pd|pw|pm|py] [--news]
- allowed-tools:
- Bash(curl *) Bash(jq *) Bash(grep *) Read WebFetch
Brave Search
CLI-first web search via the Brave Search API. Independent index (not Google/Bing), good for research and for finding URLs to then read with WebFetch.
Prerequisite
BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEYin~/.claude/.env(from https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com). Grep env first.
export BRAVE=$(grep -E '^BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY=' ~/.claude/.env | cut -d= -f2-)
Usage
/ro:brave-search "query"
/ro:brave-search "query" --count 10 --freshness pw
/ro:brave-search "query" --news
Call (web search)
Q=$(jq -rn --arg q "your query" '$q|@uri')
curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=$Q&count=10" \
-H "X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE" -H "Accept: application/json" \
| jq -r '.web.results[] | "• \(.title)\n \(.url)\n \(.description)\n"'
News (recent): https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search?q=$Q&count=10.
Freshness param: &freshness=pd (day) / pw (week) / pm (month) / py (year).
Patterns
- Research a topic: search, then WebFetch the top 2-3 URLs for full detail.
- Map a site's pages: search
site:example.com, and/or fetchhttps://example.com/sitemap.xmldirectly and parse the<loc>URLs. - Competitive intel: search the company name + "features" / "pricing" / "acquisition" / "news"; cross-read the results.
Notes
- Rate limits apply per plan; batch queries, don't hammer.
- Brave returns search results, not page content — pair with WebFetch to read pages.
- The Summarizer endpoint (
/res/v1/summarizer/search) needs the summarizer-enabled key + a two-stepsummarycall.
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