Use Case
Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) isn't just for solo use β teams can share skills and build consistent AI workflows across the organization. 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 covers how to deploy Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) for your team, standardize prompts, and create shared workflows that everyone can use.
Install Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) in your project directory: .claude/skills/searxng-bangs/
Commit the skill folder to your repository so the whole team has access
Document your team's standard prompts in a shared README
Use Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) in code reviews, standups, and planning sessions
Iterate: collect feedback from the team and refine your prompts
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh)
How can my team use Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) together?
Set up Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) for our project so everyone can use it
Create a shared workflow using Privacy-first web search with DuckDuckGo-style bangs (!w, !yt, !gh) for our team
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install searxng-bangsOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install searxng-bangsβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/searxng-bangs/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.