Brave Search
Low
by steipete | Audited: 2026-02-26T09:59:20.936Z | Ruleset: 0.2.0
About This Skill
Web search and content extraction via Brave Search API. Use for searching documentation, facts, or any web content. Lightweight, no browser required.
✨ Searching for documentation or API references
✨ Looking up facts or current information
✨ Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing
Use Cases
1 Research topics
2 Find information
3 Answer questions
Documentation (Original)
Source: SKILL.md The following is the author's original documentation (often English). For installation, follow “Quick Install” above.
name: brave-search
description: Web search and content extraction via Brave Search API. Use for searching documentation, facts, or any web content. Lightweight, no browser required.
Brave Search
Headless web search and content extraction using Brave Search. No browser required.
Setup
Run once before first use:
cd ~/Projects/agent-scripts/skills/brave-search
npm ci
Needs env: BRAVE_API_KEY.
Search
./search.js "query" # Basic search (5 results)
./search.js "query" -n 10 # More results
./search.js "query" --content # Include page content as markdown
./search.js "query" -n 3 --content # Combined
Extract Page Content
./content.js https://example.com/article
Fetches a URL and extracts readable content as markdown.
Output Format
--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
Link: https://example.com/page
Snippet: Description from search results
Content: (if --content flag used)
Markdown content extracted from the page...
--- Result 2 ---
...
When to Use
- Searching for documentation or API references
- Looking up facts or current information
- Fetching content from specific URLs
- Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing
Security Audit
Low
Summary
Web search and content extraction via Brave Search API. Use for searching documentation, facts, or any web content. Lightweight, no browser required.
Risk Profile
ToxicSkills Analysis
Blocklist
Not matched
Prompt Injection
Not detected
Toxic Flags
exfiltration
No Toxic signals detected by current static checks.
Key Risks 0 items
No LLM risk bullets (LLM disabled or not cached).
Deterministic Findings (Evidence)
| Rule | Severity | File | Snippet |
|---|---|---|---|
| NET_HTTP_REQUEST | medium | skills/steipete/brave-search/content.js Line 37 | const response = await fetch(url, { |
| NET_HTTP_REQUEST | medium | skills/steipete/brave-search/search.js Line 38 | const response = await fetch(url, { |
| NET_HTTP_REQUEST | medium | skills/steipete/brave-search/search.js Line 112 | const response = await fetch(url, { |
| QUALITY_LOCKFILE_PRESENT | low | lockfile Line n/a | Lockfile detected |
Scoring Criteria
Each skill is scored across 5 dimensions. The weighted total determines the star rating.
Code Toxicity 100/100 (weight 30%)
Privacy Risk 64/100 (weight 25%)
Permission Scope 90/100 (weight 20%)
Author Reputation 75/100 (weight 15%)
Code Quality 80/100 (weight 10%)
Star Rating Scale
5★ Safe — Score ≥ 80
4★ Good — Score 70–79
3★ Caution — Score 60–69
2★ Risky — Score 40–59
1★ Dangerous — Score < 40
Why This Score?
All dimensions scored above 60. This skill passed the safety baseline.