/search.news

name: search.news
description: Search news results through the configured self-hosted SearXNG instance for recent events, current reporting, headlines, and time-sensitive source discovery.
user-invocable: true
disable-model-invocation: false
metadata:
  hybridclaw:
    category: research
    short_description: "SearXNG news search."
    tags:
      - search
      - news
      - searxng
      - research

Search News

Use this skill when the user asks for news, latest reporting, headlines, recent events, current developments, or time-sensitive source discovery.

Workflow

1. Call `web_search` with:

• `provider: "searxng"`
• `categories: "news"`
• the user's news query
• `freshness: "day"` or `freshness: "week"` when the user asks for recent/latest news and no tighter window is specified.
• `count`, `country`, or `language` only when the user asks for them or they are clearly implied.

2. Return the most relevant news results with title, URL, age/date when available, and a short snippet. 3. Use `web_fetch` after `web_search` before making factual claims beyond the snippets.

Constraints

• Do not use hosted news search providers for this skill unless the user explicitly asks to leave the sovereign SearXNG path.
• Make recency explicit when reporting news.
• If SearXNG is not configured, say that the self-hosted news search provider is unavailable and include the tool error.