Web Search Plus

• You want high-quality web search results and already have API keys for at least one supported provider (Serper, Tavily, Exa, Perplexity, You.com, or SearXNG).
• You need intelligent routing: fast Google-style lookups for factual questions, research-grade summaries for deep dives, or neural/semantic search for concept-based queries — all from a single interface.
• You are doing multilingual research or need to trigger searches via phrases like '搜一下' or '帮我研究'.
• You want a self-hosted or privacy-respecting fallback via a personal SearXNG instance.

• You do not have an API key for any of the supported providers — this skill requires at least one to function.
• You only need a single, fixed search provider and have no interest in multi-provider routing.
• You need a fully managed, zero-configuration search experience with no external service dependencies.

Automatically selects the best search engine based on query intent — routing factual lookups to Serper, deep research to Tavily, semantic queries to Exa, AI-cited answers to Perplexity, real-time RAG to You.com, or privacy-first search to SearXNG.

Integrates with Serper, Tavily, Exa, Perplexity, You.com, and SearXNG. You only need credentials for the providers you want to use — the skill works with any combination of one or more.

Activates on natural-language phrases in both English and Chinese, including search, research, find latest, 搜一下, and 帮我研究, making it accessible for multilingual workflows.

Providers like Tavily and Perplexity return research-quality summaries and AI answers with citations, going beyond raw links to deliver actionable, synthesized information.

Optionally connect your own SearXNG instance as a self-hosted, privacy-respecting search backend — useful for sensitive queries or environments where third-party API usage is restricted.

Ask the skill to find the latest news on a fast-moving topic (e.g., "Search the latest news on AI agents this week") and it routes to a real-time or news-optimized provider for up-to-date results.

Use prompts like "Do a deep research on prompt-to-design tools" to trigger research-grade providers such as Tavily or Perplexity, which return summarized, citation-backed answers rather than raw links.

For queries that are conceptual rather than keyword-based, Exa's neural search engine is selected to find semantically relevant results that traditional keyword search might miss.

Route queries like "Find a privacy-friendly self-hosted alternative to X" through a personal SearXNG instance, keeping search activity off third-party commercial APIs entirely.