web_search

Perform privacy-focused web searches across multiple engines, filtering by category, language, time range, and safe search. Retrieve combined results for general queries, news, articles, and more.

Instructions

Performs a web search using SearXNG, ideal for general queries, news, articles and online content. Supports multiple search categories, languages, time ranges and safe search filtering. Returns relevant results from multiple search engines combined.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`categories`	No
`language`	No	Search language code (e.g. 'en', 'zh', 'jp', 'all')	all
`page`	No	Page number (default 1)
`query`	Yes	Search query
`safesearch`	No	0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict
`time_range`	No

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "categories": {
      "default": [
        "general"
      ],
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "general",
          "news",
          "science",
          "files",
          "images",
          "videos",
          "music",
          "social media",
          "it"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "language": {
      "default": "all",
      "description": "Search language code (e.g. 'en', 'zh', 'jp', 'all')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "page": {
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Page number (default 1)",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "safesearch": {
      "default": 1,
      "description": "0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "time_range": {
      "default": "",
      "enum": [
        "",
        "day",
        "week",
        "month",
        "year"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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web_search

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Input Schema (JSON Schema)

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