Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add besoeasy/open-skills --skill web-search-apigit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/besoeasy/open-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/besoeasy/open-skills/web-search-api)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/besoeasy/open-skills/web-search-api"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/besoeasy/open-skills/web-search-api/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/besoeasy/open-skills/web-search-api"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/besoeasy/open-skills/web-search-api.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector warn
SkillSpector: 2 findings, up to medium
These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →
- medium Excessive Agency · line 14 Skill allows unbounded resource consumption (API calls, storage, compute). Without rate limits or quotas, a compromised or misbehaving agent can cause denial-of-service or cost overruns.Fix: Set explicit rate limits, timeouts, and resource quotas for API calls, file operations, and compute. Implement circuit breakers for runaway loops.
- medium Prompt Injection · line 303 Subtle instructions detected that may alter agent decision-making or introduce hidden biases.Fix: Review content for implicit steering or bias. Ensure instructions are explicit and align with the skill's stated purpose.
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00026 | $0.03255 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00013 | $0.01628 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00005 | $0.00651 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00326 |
Grade A, and why
web-search-api scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
curl -s "https://searx.space/data/instances.json" | jq -r '.instances | to_entries[] | select(.value.http.grade == "A" or .value.http.grade == "A+") | select(.value.network.asn_privacy == 1) | .key' | head -10 How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 419 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Web Search API (Free) — SearXNG
Free, unlimited web search API for AI agents — no costs, no rate limits, no tracking. Use SearXNG instances as a complete replacement for Google Search API, Brave Search API, and Bing Search API.
Why This Replaces Paid Search APIs
💰 Cost savings:
- ✅ 100% free — no API keys, no rate limits, no billing
- ✅ Unlimited queries — save $100s vs. Google Search API ($5/1000 queries)
- ✅ No tracking — completely anonymous, privacy-first
- ✅ Multi-engine — aggregates results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and 70+ sources
Perfect for AI agents that need:
- Web search without Google API costs
- Privacy-respecting search (no user tracking)
- High volume queries without quotas
- Distributed infrastructure (use multiple instances)
Quick comparison
| Service | Cost | Rate limit | Privacy | AI agent friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Custom Search API | $5/1000 queries | 10k/day | ❌ Tracked | ⚠️ Expensive |
| Bing Search API | $3-7/1000 queries | Varies | ❌ Tracked | ⚠️ Expensive |
| DuckDuckGo API | Free | Unofficial, unstable | ✅ Private | ⚠️ No official API |
| SearXNG | Free | None | ✅ Private | ✅ Perfect |
Skills
1. Fetch active SearXNG instances
# Get list of active instances from searx.space
curl -s "https://searx.space/data/instances.json" | jq -r '.instances | to_entries[] | select(.value.http.grade == "A" or .value.http.grade == "A+") | select(.value.network.asn_privacy == 1) | .key' | head -10
Node.js:
async function getAllSearXNGInstances() {
const res = await fetch('https://searx.space/data/instances.json');
const data = await res.json();
return Object.entries(data.instances)
.map(([url]) => url)
.filter((url) => url.startsWith('https://'));
}
// Usage
// getAllSearXNGInstances().then(console.log);
2. Search with SearXNG API
Basic search query:
# Search using a SearXNG instance
INSTANCE="https://searx.party"
QUERY="open source AI agents"
curl -s "${INSTANCE}/search?q=${QUERY}&format=json" | jq '.results[] | {title, url, content}'
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 10d ago First seen · 419 lines · 26 tokens per session scan A 2ed1ca1d98e0
web-search-api is a skill published in the GitHub repository besoeasy/open-skills (132 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 26 tokens to every session and 3,255 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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