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Brave Web Search skill
Runs by itself, every morning.

A short digest of new items on your topics every day.

Install the Brave Web Search skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/brave/web-search.md

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Brave Web Search

by brave · 5K installs

The skill

Searches the web and gives your agent fresh results.

Only when you ask.

Stay informed

A short digest of new items on your topics every day. You stay ahead without searching.

↻ Runs by itselfevery morning

How the habit works.
You don't have to.

Three questionsWhen does it start? How does it check its work? What does it remember?

01

It starts by itself

daily topic search. Runs in Claude Code routine.

  • ↻ daily topic search
  • 0 7 * * *

02

It checks its work

API response check. If a check fails, it tells you.

  • ✓every response has type search
  • ✓the count of new results across topics is above zero or reported as zero
  • ✓every query is 1-400 characters and at most 50 words

03

It remembers

seen links log. The next run reads it first: watched topics, Goggles rules and URLs already reported.

loops/brave-news-watch-loop/log.md

One run, step by step.
Then it stops.

Stop ruleStops after at most 5 topics and 2 pages per topic per run.

  1. 01

    Read the watchlist

    Load topics, country, language and any Goggles rules from the log.

  2. 02

    Search

    Call the web search endpoint with q, freshness=pd, count and result_filter=web,news.

  3. 03

    Re-rank

    Apply inline Goggles to boost trusted sites or discard spammy ones.

  4. 04

    Page if needed

    Use offset when more_results_available is true, up to the run's limit.

  5. 05

    Write the digest

    Keep new URLs only, summarize title and snippet, and log the URLs.

What it may do.
Nothing more.

Safe by defaultIt writes only in its own folder and asks you before anything goes out.

Is it for you?
Use it when it fits.

Quick checkRead both lists. If the left one sounds like you, the Brave Web Search skill helps.

Use it when

  • ✓ An agent needs web results
  • ✓ You want fresh news on a topic
  • ✓ You want custom site ranking

Skip it when

  • – You need extracted page text for RAG
  • – You have no Brave API key

Questions

Brave Web Search skill, answered.

What do I need to run it?

A Brave Search API key in BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY.

What are Goggles?

Custom ranking rules that boost, downrank or discard sites in the results.

Is this the best choice for RAG grounding?

The skill points to the separate llm-context endpoint for that.

How do I install the Brave Web Search skill?

Copy the prompt at the top into your agent. It installs the skill from brave/brave-search-skills and sets up the habit. Or run npx skills add brave/brave-search-skills --skill web-search.

Is the Brave Web Search skill free?

Yes. It is published under MIT. Habit is free too.

Brave Web Search. Now as a habit.

Install the Brave Web Search skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/brave/web-search.md

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Works in

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude app

Made by brave, published under MIT. Habit links to the original and never changes it. Is this your skill?

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