Cloudsway Search
🌐 Fast web search for AI agents — Simple, reliable, with smart content extraction.
Brave/Tavily alternative with excellent Chinese language support.
When to Use
✅ USE this skill when:
- "搜索 xxx" / "search xxx" / "Google xxx"
- "查一下 xxx" / "look up xxx"
- "有什么关于 xxx 的信息" / "find info about xxx"
- Real-time information needed
- News and current events
- Fact verification
❌ DON'T use this skill when:
- AI already knows the answer
- Math calculations
- Code-only tasks
Setup
- Get free API key: https://www.cloudsway.ai
- Set env:
export CLOUDSWAYS_AK="your-key"
Usage
Simple search:
./scripts/search.sh '{"q": "your query"}'
Recent news:
./scripts/search.sh '{"q": "topic", "freshness": "Week", "count": 20}'
Deep research:
./scripts/search.sh '{"q": "topic", "enableContent": true, "mainText": true, "count": 20}'
Parameters
| Param | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| q | ✅ | - | Search query |
| count | ❌ | 10 | 10/20/30/40/50 only |
| freshness | ❌ | - | Day / Week / Month |
| enableContent | ❌ | false | Get full page content |
| mainText | ❌ | false | Smart excerpts (needs enableContent) |
Why Cloudsway?
- ✅ Smart excerpts — AI-friendly content extraction
- ✅ Chinese optimized — Better than Brave/Tavily for 中文
- ✅ Free tier — Get started in 2 minutes
- ✅ Fast — Low latency responses
Links
- 🔑 Get API Key: https://www.cloudsway.ai
- 📖 Docs: https://www.cloudsway.ai/docs