Internet Search

Queries a self-hosted SearXNG instance aggregating multiple search engines.

Category Routing

Always set

category

based on the nature of the query.

Category	When to use	Engines
`general`	Default. Facts, how-tos, products, people, broad web.	Brave, Bing, DDG, Startpage, Qwant, Wikipedia…
`news`	Recent events, breaking news, anything time-sensitive.	Bing News, DDG News
`academic`	Research papers, studies, medical literature, preprints.	arXiv, Google Scholar, PubMed
`social`	Opinions, community recommendations, "what do people think about X".	Reddit

Query Formulation

Write queries as a search engine expects — keywords, not full sentences:

# Bad
"what is the fastest async runtime for rust"
Good

"rust async runtime benchmarks 2025"

news: include a time anchor —
```
"OpenAI o3 release 2025"
```
not just
```
"OpenAI o3"
```

academic: use field terminology —

"transformer attention efficiency survey"

social: phrase as community search —
```
"reddit best mechanical keyboard 2025"
```

SearXNG Search Syntax (in

query

)

SearXNG supports lightweight query modifiers you can embed directly into the

query

string:

Syntax Meaning Examples

!<engine>

!<category>

Select engine(s) and/or a category. Chainable and inclusive; abbreviations are accepted.

!wp paris

!wikipedia paris

!map paris

!map !ddg !wp paris

:<lang>

Language filter

:fr !wp Wau Holland

Count

```
count=5
```
(default) — sufficient for most tasks
```
count=10
```
— comparing many options, checking consensus
```
count=3
```
— quick fact checks

Multi-Search Strategy

Fire multiple focused searches rather than one broad one:

# Bad: one vague search
internet_search("best way to deploy Node.js")
Good: three targeted searches
internet_search("Node.js Docker deployment best practices 2025")
internet_search("Node.js PM2 vs Docker production", category="social")
internet_search("Node.js zero-downtime deployment strategies")

Combine

general

social

for factual + sentiment coverage:

internet_search("Bun runtime performance vs Node.js benchmarks")
internet_search("Bun runtime production experience", category="social")

When NOT to Use

Things you already know with high confidence
Stable API docs or well-known syntax — use training knowledge
Repeating a search that already answered the question

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Fix
`general` for a research paper	Use `category="academic"`
Searching "what happened today"	Use `category="news"` with a specific topic
One broad search for a multi-part question	Break into 2–3 focused searches
Repeating a failed search verbatim	Rephrase with different keywords
`count=20` for a simple fact	Default `count=5` is almost always enough

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Query Formulation

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Multi-Search Strategy

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When NOT to Use

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Category Routing

Query Formulation

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Count

Multi-Search Strategy

Good: three targeted searches

When NOT to Use

Common Mistakes

Quick Start

Manual Installation

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