Bx

This is Brave Search wrapped in a CLI that's actually designed for AI agents. The default command gives you pre-extracted, token-budgeted web content instead of raw HTML, which matters when you're trying to stay under context limits. It supports traditional search, streaming AI answers with research mode, news with freshness filters, and something called Goggles that lets you boost or suppress specific domains in results. That last feature is legitimately useful if you want to filter out SEO spam or prioritize official docs. You'll need a Brave Search API key. The skill doc is thorough about when to use which subcommand and includes actual response shapes, which saves you from guessing at the JSON structure.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add brave/brave-search-skills --skill bx --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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bx — Brave Search CLI

Use bx for all web searches. Run bx "query" as the default — it returns pre-extracted, token-budgeted web content ready for use. Use bx answers for synthesized explanations or bx web for traditional search results. If bx is not found, install it: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-cli/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Requires: Brave Search API Key + bx binary

Plans: Different subcommands may require different plans. See https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions/subscribe

Quick Start

# Install (macOS/Linux)
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-cli/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

# Configure API key (get one at https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com)
bx config set-key              # interactive (avoids shell history)
# or: export BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY

# Search (default = bx context "query")
bx "your search query"