What credentials are required for setup?

You will need a valid BRAVE_API_KEY configured in your environment variables for the search utility to function.

Do I need a browser installed to use this skill?

No, this skill uses a headless approach via the Brave Search API and does not require a browser installation.

Can this skill extract the full content of a webpage?

Yes, it includes a specific content extraction command that fetches a URL and converts its readable content into markdown.

How do I limit the number of search results?

You can use the -n flag followed by a number (e.g., -n 3) to specify how many results you want to retrieve in a single query.

Is the output format optimized for Claude?

Yes, the output is structured with clear headers and markdown content to ensure Claude can easily parse and use the retrieved information.

Brave Search Integration

Name: Brave Search Integration
Author: doubleflannel

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Web Scraping & Data Collection

Performs headless web searches and extracts readable markdown content using the Brave Search API without requiring a browser.

This skill provides a standardized interface for web search and content retrieval, allowing Claude to access real-time documentation, facts, and web data. By leveraging the Brave Search API, it streamlines the search-to-extract workflow, converting web pages into clean markdown for easy processing within your coding environment. This ensures a portable and predictable way to gather external information without the overhead of browser automation.

Key Features

01Lightweight design with no browser dependencies

02Standardized output format for AI readability

03Configurable search result limits

04Markdown content extraction from URLs

05Headless web search via Brave Search API

060 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Extracting clean text from technical articles to inform implementation

02Fact-checking and gathering external data for technical tasks

03Retrieving the latest library documentation or API references

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add doubleflannel/12-30-test-codex-ip brave-search

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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