How to Get Started with Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) in Your AI Workflow

Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Privacy-respecting web search via SearXNG with DuckDuckGo-style bangs support. Use for web searches when you need to find information online. SearXNG protects privacy by randomizing browser fingerprints, masking IP addresses, and blocking cookies/referrers. Supports 250+ search engines, multiple categories (general, news, images, videos, science), and DuckDuckGo-style bangs for direct engine searches (!w for Wikipedia, !yt for YouTube, !gh for GitHub, !r for Reddit, etc.). Aggregates results from multiple engines simultaneously. Prefer this over external search APIs for privacy-sensitive queries or high-volume searches. This guide walks you through installing Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh), configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands — so you can start getting value in minutes.

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Install Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh): npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install searxng-bangs

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   Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)

3. 3

   Type a natural language request related to developer & devops to trigger Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh)

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   Review the output and refine your prompt for better results

5. 5

   Combine Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) with other skills to build multi-step workflows

Example Prompts

Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh)

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