export NANOGPT_API_KEY="sk-nano-your-key-here"

Get your API key from nano-gpt.com.

Usage

# Basic search
./search.sh "your query"

# With specific provider
./search.sh "AI trends 2025" --provider tavily

# Deep search
./search.sh "quantum computing" --depth deep

# Search with date filter
./search.sh "climate news" --from-date 2025-01-01 --to-date 2025-02-18

# Sourced answer (synthesized response with citations)
./search.sh "what is RAG" --output-type sourcedAnswer

# JSON output (for scripting)
./search.sh "python tutorials" --json

Providers

linkup (default) - $0.006 standard, $0.06 deep
tavily - $0.008 standard, $0.016 deep
exa - $0.005 base + per-page
kagi - $0.002 web/news, $0.025 search
perplexity - $0.005 flat
valyu - ~$0.0015/result
brave - $0.005 flat

Options

--provider - Search provider (default: linkup)
--depth - Search depth: standard or deep
--output-type - Output format: searchResults, sourcedAnswer, structured
--from-date - Start date filter (YYYY-MM-DD)
--to-date - End date filter (YYYY-MM-DD)
--include-domains - Comma-separated domains to include
--exclude-domains - Comma-separated domains to exclude
--max-results - Max results (provider-specific)
--json - Output raw JSON

Python API

from search import NanoWebSearch

# Pass API key explicitly (recommended)
search = NanoWebSearch(api_key="sk-nano-your-key")

# Or use NANOGPT_API_KEY environment variable
search = NanoWebSearch()

results = search.search("AI trends", provider="tavily", depth="deep")
for r in results['data']:
    print(f"{r['title']}: {r['url']}")

nano-web-search

NanoGPT Web Search

Requirements

Setup