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 cyborg-garden/hermes-agent-mt --skill searxng-searchgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cyborg-garden/hermes-agent-mtWrote 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/cyborg-garden/hermes-agent-mt/searxng-search)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/cyborg-garden/hermes-agent-mt/searxng-search"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cyborg-garden/hermes-agent-mt/searxng-search/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/cyborg-garden/hermes-agent-mt/searxng-search"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/cyborg-garden/hermes-agent-mt/searxng-search.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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 | $0.00050 | $0.01966 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00025 | $0.00983 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00393 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00197 |
Grade A, and why
searxng-search scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
curl -s --max-time 5 "${SEARXNG_URL}/search?q=test&format=json" | head -c 200 This is a copy
92% identical to searxng-search — 21 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 213 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
SearXNG Search
Free meta-search using SearXNG — a privacy-respecting, self-hosted search aggregator that queries 70+ search engines simultaneously.
No API key required when using a public instance. Can also be self-hosted for full control. Automatically appears as a fallback when the main web search toolset (FIRECRAWL_API_KEY) is not configured.
Configuration
SearXNG requires a SEARXNG_URL environment variable pointing to your SearXNG instance:
# Public instances (no setup required)
SEARXNG_URL=https://searxng.example.com
# Self-hosted SearXNG
SEARXNG_URL=http://localhost:8888
If no instance is configured, this skill is unavailable and the agent falls back to other search options.
Detection Flow
Check what is actually available before choosing an approach:
# Check if SEARXNG_URL is set and the instance is reachable
curl -s --max-time 5 "${SEARXNG_URL}/search?q=test&format=json" | head -c 200
Decision tree:
- If
SEARXNG_URLis set and the instance responds, use SearXNG - If
SEARXNG_URLis unset or unreachable, fall back to other available search tools - If the user wants SearXNG specifically, help them set up an instance or find a public one
Method 1: CLI via curl (Preferred)
Use curl via terminal to call the SearXNG JSON API. This avoids assuming any particular Python package is installed.
# Text search (JSON output)
curl -s --max-time 10 \
"${SEARXNG_URL}/search?q=python+async+programming&format=json&engines=google,bing&limit=10"
# With Safesearch off
curl -s --max-time 10 \
"${SEARXNG_URL}/search?q=example&format=json&safesearch=0"
# Specific categories (general, news, science, etc.)
curl -s --max-time 10 \
"${SEARXNG_URL}/search?q=AI+news&format=json&categories=news"
Common CLI Flags
| Flag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
q |
Query string (URL-encoded) | q=python+async |
format |
Output format: json, csv, rss |
format=json |
engines |
Comma-separated engine names | engines=google,bing,ddg |
limit |
Max results per engine (default 10) | limit=5 |
categories |
Filter by category | categories=news,science |
safesearch |
0=none, 1=moderate, 2=strict | safesearch=0 |
time_range |
Filter: day, week, month, year |
time_range=week |
What ships with it
1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 8d ago First seen · 213 lines · 50 tokens per session scan A 3eecf1185abf
searxng-search is a skill published in the GitHub repository cyborg-garden/hermes-agent-mt (13 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 50 tokens to every session and 1,966 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). It is 92% identical to searxng-search, differing in 21 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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