Google Search

Google Search

Google search across 11 search types using Serper API.

When to Use

• User needs Google search results
• Looking up local businesses or places
• Searching for news, images, videos
• Academic/scholarly research
• Shopping/price comparisons
• Patent searches
• Getting autocomplete suggestions

Requirements

• SERPER_API_KEY - Get one at serper.dev

Commands

./scripts/google_search web "query" [-n 10] [--gl us] [--hl en] [-t d] [-l "location"] [-f json]
./scripts/google_search news "query" [-n 10] [-t w]
./scripts/google_search images "query" [-n 10]
./scripts/google_search videos "query" [-n 10]
./scripts/google_search places "query" [-l "San Francisco"]
./scripts/google_search maps "query" [-l "New York"]
./scripts/google_search shopping "query" [-n 10]
./scripts/google_search scholar "query" [-n 10]
./scripts/google_search patents "query" [-n 10]
./scripts/google_search autocomplete "query"
./scripts/google_search reviews --data-id "cid_from_places"

Common Options

| Option | Description | |--------|-------------| | -n, --num | Number of results (default: 10) | | --gl, --country | Country code (default: us) | | --hl, --lang | Language code (default: en) | | -p, --page | Page number (default: 1) | | -t, --time | Time filter: h, d, w, m, y | | -l, --location | Location string | | -f, --format | Output: json (default) or table |

Output Format

Default JSON for LLM parsing:

{
  "answerBox": {"title": "...", "answer": "..."},
  "knowledgeGraph": {"title": "...", "type": "...", "description": "..."},
  "results": [
    {"position": 1, "title": "...", "link": "...", "snippet": "..."}
  ]
}

Examples

Web search with time filter:

./scripts/google_search web "AI regulation news" --time w

Local places:

./scripts/google_search places "coffee shops" --location "San Francisco"

Then get reviews using cid from places result:

./scripts/google_search reviews --data-id "0x808f7e..."

Academic search:

./scripts/google_search scholar "transformer architecture" -n 5

Autocomplete suggestions:

./scripts/google_search autocomplete "how to"

Table output:

./scripts/google_search web "python asyncio" -f table

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: nc9
• Source: nc9/skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.