search3 (Brave → Tavily → Firecrawl)

Use this skill to make web search more reliable by falling back across three providers.

What it does

1. Try Brave using the built-in web_search tool.

• For Chinese, always use:
  • search_lang: "zh-hans"
  • ui_lang: "zh-CN"

2. If Brave errors / returns empty, try Tavily via script: {baseDir}/scripts/search3.py tavily ...

3. If Tavily fails / returns empty, try Firecrawl via script: {baseDir}/scripts/search3.py firecrawl ...

How to run (preferred)

Run the helper script and paste the JSON output back into the conversation:

python3 "{baseDir}/scripts/search3.py" all --query "<your query>" --max-results 8 --lang zh-hans

Provider-only mode

python3 "{baseDir}/scripts/search3.py" brave --query "..."
python3 "{baseDir}/scripts/search3.py" tavily --query "..."
python3 "{baseDir}/scripts/search3.py" firecrawl --query "..."

Output

The script prints JSON:

• providerUsed: brave|tavily|firecrawl
• query
• results: array of { title, url, snippet }
• errors: any provider errors encountered before success

Requirements

• Uses env vars (already configured in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json):
  • TAVILY_API_KEY
  • FIRECRAWL_API_KEY

If a key is missing, that provider is skipped.