Search news results through the configured self-hosted SearXNG instance for recent events, current reporting, headlines, and time-sensitive source discovery.
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---
name: search.news
description: Search news results through the configured self-hosted SearXNG instance for recent events, current reporting, headlines, and time-sensitive source discovery.
user-invocable: true
disable-model-invocation: false
metadata:
hybridclaw:
category: research
short_description: "SearXNG news search."
tags:
- search
- news
- searxng
- research
---
# Search News
Use this skill when the user asks for news, latest reporting, headlines, recent events, current developments, or time-sensitive source discovery.
## Workflow
1. Call `web_search` with:
- `provider: "searxng"`
- `categories: "news"`
- the user's news query
- `freshness: "day"` or `freshness: "week"` when the user asks for recent/latest news and no tighter window is specified.
- `count`, `country`, or `language` only when the user asks for them or they are clearly implied.
2. Return the most relevant news results with title, URL, age/date when available, and a short snippet.
3. Use `web_fetch` after `web_search` before making factual claims beyond the snippets.
## Constraints
- Do not use hosted news search providers for this skill unless the user explicitly asks to leave the sovereign SearXNG path.
- Make recency explicit when reporting news.
- If SearXNG is not configured, say that the self-hosted news search provider is unavailable and include the tool error.
