Brave Search

Web search and content extraction using the official Brave Search API. No browser required.

Setup

Requires a Brave Search API account with a free subscription. A credit card is required to create the free subscription (you won't be charged).

1. Create an account at https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/register
2. Create a "Free AI" subscription
3. Create an API key for the subscription
4. Configure BRAVE_API_KEY in the app Settings → Environment Variables. (Fallback for standalone usage: export BRAVE_API_KEY in your shell.)
5. Dependencies are installed via the backend workspace package. If running this skill standalone, install once from this skill directory:
   bashCopy

   npm install
   

Search

middleman brave-search search "query"                         # Basic search (5 results)
middleman brave-search search "query" -n 10                   # More results (max 20)
middleman brave-search search "query" --content               # Include page content as markdown
middleman brave-search search "query" --freshness pw          # Results from last week
middleman brave-search search "query" --freshness 2024-01-01to2024-06-30  # Date range
middleman brave-search search "query" --country DE            # Results from Germany
middleman brave-search search "query" -n 3 --content          # Combined options

Options

• -n <num> - Number of results (default: 5, max: 20)
• --content - Fetch and include page content as markdown
• --country <code> - Two-letter country code (default: US)
• --freshness <period> - Filter by time:
  • pd - Past day (24 hours)
  • pw - Past week
  • pm - Past month
  • py - Past year
  • YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD - Custom date range

Extract Page Content

middleman brave-search content https://example.com/article

Fetches a URL and extracts readable content as markdown.

Output Format

--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
Link: https://example.com/page
Age: 2 days ago
Snippet: Description from search results
Content: (if --content flag used)
  Markdown content extracted from the page...

--- Result 2 ---
...

When to Use

• Searching for documentation or API references
• Looking up facts or current information
• Fetching content from specific URLs
• Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing