search
Use this skill when the user wants to search the web without a full browser session: find URLs, titles, and metadata for a query. Prefer it over a browser when you just need search results, not page content. Returns structured results with titles, URLs, authors, and dates.
Install / Use
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill searchInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Our assessment of search
search scores 86/100 on our quality scale, 1139th of 2,717 Development & Engineering skills we index (top 42%).
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 3,731 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 18 days ago, so search is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
search compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than search; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| search (this skill)by browserbase | 86 | 3.7k | 18d ago | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 85.7k | 12d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 73.9k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 44.1k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-howtoby luongnv89 | 100 | 41.7k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install search?
- Run
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill search. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does search work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is search safe to use?
- It declares no license and scores 88/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is search still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 18 days ago, so search is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.