Local RAG Search
nkapila6/mcp-local-rag
Efficiently perform web searches using the mcp-local-rag server with semantic similarity ranking.
Perform finance web searches and local context searches. An agent skill from ninehills/skills.
Install Alphaear Search
$ npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ninehills/skills alphaear-search --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ninehills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/alphaear-search .claude/skills/alphaear-search && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "alphaear-search" agent skill from https://github.com/ninehills/skills/tree/main/alphaear-search into .claude/skills/alphaear-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alphaear-search", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/ninehills/skills/tree/main/alphaear-searchType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ninehills/skills alphaear-search --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ninehills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/alphaear-search .agents/skills/alphaear-search && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "alphaear-search" agent skill from https://github.com/ninehills/skills/tree/main/alphaear-search into .agents/skills/alphaear-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alphaear-search", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ninehills/skills alphaear-search --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ninehills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/alphaear-search .cursor/skills/alphaear-search && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "alphaear-search" agent skill from https://github.com/ninehills/skills/tree/main/alphaear-search into .cursor/skills/alphaear-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alphaear-search", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ninehills/skills.git --path alphaear-search--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ninehills/skills alphaear-search --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ninehills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/alphaear-search .gemini/skills/alphaear-search && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "alphaear-search" agent skill from https://github.com/ninehills/skills/tree/main/alphaear-search into .gemini/skills/alphaear-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alphaear-search", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install ninehills/skills alphaear-searchInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ninehills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/alphaear-search .github/skills/alphaear-search && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "alphaear-search" agent skill from https://github.com/ninehills/skills/tree/main/alphaear-search into .github/skills/alphaear-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alphaear-search", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ninehills/skills alphaear-search --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ninehills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/alphaear-search .opencode/skills/alphaear-search && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "alphaear-search" agent skill from https://github.com/ninehills/skills/tree/main/alphaear-search into .opencode/skills/alphaear-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alphaear-search", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
alphaear-search- GitHub stars
- 280
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~295 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 95 words
- Files
- 13 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 38
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Perform finance web searches and local context searches. An agent skill from ninehills/skills.
- Works in 2 steps: Web Search → Local RAG
- The user needs general finance info from the web (Jina/DDG/Baidu)
- SKILL.md covers Overview, Capabilities and Dependencies
- Runs Python scripts from its folder
What it does
Alphaear Search is an agent skill from ninehills/skills. Perform finance web searches and local context searches. Use when the user needs general finance info from the web (Jina/DDG/Baidu) or needs to retrieve finance information from a local document store (RAG).
Its SKILL.md is about 300 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 16 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/PROMPTS.md`, `scripts/__init__.py` and `scripts/content_extractor.py`).
It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Web search, Retrieval-augmented generation and NoSQL databases.
When your agent uses it
- The user needs general finance info from the web (Jina/DDG/Baidu)
- Needs to retrieve finance information from a local document store (RAG)
Example prompts
- “/alphaear-search”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Web Search
- Local RAG
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f3e82a7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 10 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Alphaear Search loads about 295 tokens when it runs, and up to ~465 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 95 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 95 words (~295 tokens).
“Unified search capabilities: web search (Jina/DDG/Baidu) and local RAG search.”
- name
- alphaear-search
Files
SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts, references) in alphaear-search of ninehills/skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/PROMPTS.md
- scripts/__init__.py
- scripts/content_extractor.py
- scripts/database_manager.py
- scripts/hybrid_search.py
- scripts/llm/__init__.py
- scripts/llm/capability.py
- scripts/llm/factory.py
- scripts/llm/router.py
- scripts/search_tools.py
- scripts/sentiment_tools.py
- tests/test_search.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit f3e82a7
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in ninehills/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Alphaear Search next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphaear Search this skillninehills/skills | 280 | 1 repos | ~295 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Local RAG Searchnkapila6/mcp-local-rag | 134 | 1 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Digoal Read Think Writerdigoal/blog | 8.6k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-2.0 | |
| RAG Web Fallbacklyonzin/knowledge-rag | 292 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| RAG Pipelinebrightdata/skills | 264 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Tavily Search API Integrationandrewyng/context-hub | 14k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Alphaear Search
What does Alphaear Search do?
Perform finance web searches and local context searches. An agent skill from ninehills/skills. Alphaear Search is an agent skill from ninehills/skills. Perform finance web searches and local context searches.
When should I use Alphaear Search?
Alphaear Search fits situations like: the user needs general finance info from the web (Jina/DDG/Baidu); needs to retrieve finance information from a local document store (RAG).
How do I install Alphaear Search in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (alphaear-search in ninehills/skills) into .claude/skills/alphaear-search in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Alphaear Search in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (alphaear-search in ninehills/skills) into .agents/skills/alphaear-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Alphaear Search in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ninehills/skills --skill alphaear-search -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/alphaear-search, .gemini/skills/alphaear-search, .github/skills/alphaear-search and .opencode/skills/alphaear-search in your project.
What does Alphaear Search need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Alphaear Search needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Alphaear Search access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Alphaear Search safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Alphaear Search use?
No licence was found for Alphaear Search or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Alphaear Search use?
About 295 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 170 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Alphaear Search?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Alphaear Search: Local RAG Search (nkapila6/mcp-local-rag, 134 stars), Digoal Read Think Writer (digoal/blog, 8.6k stars), RAG Web Fallback (lyonzin/knowledge-rag, 292 stars) and RAG Pipeline (brightdata/skills, 264 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Alphaear Search?
ninehills (a GitHub user) maintains it in ninehills/skills, which has 280 GitHub stars. The repository holds 38 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 22, 2026.
Source: ninehills/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.