SearXNG Search

Private, self-hosted web search integration using SearXNG.

Overview

Clew Code integrates with SearXNG, a privacy-respecting, self-hosted metasearch engine. This gives the AI access to web search results without relying on third-party search APIs.

Setup

1. Deploy SearXNG (Docker is recommended):

   docker run --name searxng -d -p 8888:8080 \
     -e BASE_URL=http://localhost:8888/ \
     searxng/searxng

2. Configure SearXNG to enable JSON API:

   # /etc/searxng/settings.yml
   search:
     formats:
       - html
       - json

3. Set the SearXNG URL in Clew Code:

   export SEARXNG_URL=http://localhost:8888

Using SearXNG

❯ /searxng search "your query here"

The search results are automatically available to the AI as context.

Benefits

• Complete privacy — no search data sent to third parties
• Aggregates results from multiple engines (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc.)
• Self-hosted and fully可控
• Works offline or on air-gapped networks