brave-web-search

What This Skill Does

The brave-web-search skill integrates the Brave Search API into your OpenClaw environment, enabling high-quality, real-time web lookups and AI-generated factual summaries. Unlike traditional search integrations, this tool offers two distinct modes: 'brave-search' for comprehensive, ranked results including titles, snippets, and URLs, and 'brave-answer' for concise, LLM-generated summaries that provide direct responses to specific questions. By leveraging the Brave API, this skill ensures the agent remains informed about current events, news, and technical data without needing internal training updates. It adheres to strict security protocols by utilizing argument-based execution to prevent shell injection, ensuring safe interactions when processing raw user input.

Installation

To add this capability to your agent, run the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/kghamilton89/brave-web-search

No additional configuration files or environment setups are required on your part. The agent will utilize the environment-provided 'BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY' and 'BRAVE_ANSWERS_API_KEY' automatically upon installation.

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for scenarios requiring real-time data or factual verification. Common use cases include:

• Researching recent news or market trends by setting the '--freshness' parameter to 'pd' (past day) or 'pw' (past week).
• Obtaining quick, direct answers to factual queries (e.g., historical dates, scientific facts) without sorting through search results.
• Compiling a list of resources or documentation links for a specific programming topic or software tool.
• Fact-checking information or confirming current event details as reported across various reputable sources.

Example Prompts

1. "Search for the latest developments regarding the launch of the new OpenClaw update from this past week."
2. "What is the chemical composition of ozone? Provide a brief summary."
3. "Find technical documentation and tutorials for integrating Node.js with Brave Search."

Tips & Limitations

• Prioritize 'brave-answer' for binary or factual questions to save time and token costs.
• Use 'brave-search' when you need multiple sources to triangulate data or compare information across different websites.
• If 'brave-answer' fails to return a result, the tool will automatically fall back to 'brave-search' results; always verify the primary source links provided in the metadata.
• For time-sensitive queries, always include the '--freshness' flag to avoid outdated information. Be mindful that query complexity can affect response latency.