AlphaEar Search Skill#

Overview#

Unified search capabilities: web search (Jina/DDG/Baidu) and local RAG search.

Capabilities#

1. Web Search#

Use scripts/search_tools.py via SearchTools.

• Search: search(query, engine, max_results)
  • Engines: jina, ddg, baidu, local.
  • Returns: JSON string (summary) or List[Dict] (via search_list).
• Smart Cache (Agentic): If you want to avoid redundant searches, use the Search Cache Relevance Prompt in references/PROMPTS.md. Read the cache first and decide if it's usable.
• Aggregate: aggregate_search(query)
  • Combines results from multiple engines.

2. Local RAG#

Use scripts/hybrid_search.py or SearchTools with engine='local'.

• Search: Searches local daily_news database.

Dependencies#

• duckduckgo-search, requests
• scripts/database_manager.py (search cache & local news)