crw-search — web search via crw's own search backend

When to use

• You have a question or topic, not a URL. Get candidate URLs first, then scrape the one that looks right.
• Step 1 in the crw ladder: most searches should end at step 2 (crw-scrape) — pick the best result URL and scrape it for full content.
• Token-heavy context? Pipe through a subprocess filter instead of dumping raw JSON. See crw-dynamic-search.
• The search backend is self-hosted and free — no API key, no per-query billing, no usage cap. Queries never leave your infrastructure in embedded/local mode.

Quick start