nansen-web-searcher

Research

Search the web for one or more queries in parallel. Use when you need current information, news, prices, or any web content to complement on-chain Nansen data.

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How to use this skill

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/nansen-ai/nansen-cli/blob/HEAD/skills/nansen-web-searcher/SKILL.md

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Web Search

Search the web for one or more queries in parallel via the Serper API.

nansen web search "bitcoin price"
nansen web search "solana ecosystem news" --num-results 5
nansen web search --query "ethereum ETF" --query "bitcoin ETF" --num-results 3

Positional args and --query flags can be combined — all become queries.

Flag	Values	Default	Purpose
`--query`	string	—	Query string (repeatable for multiple queries)
`--num-results`	1–20	10	Results per query
`--pretty`	flag	off	Human-readable JSON

Returns results[] — one entry per query, each with organic[] (title, link, snippet, date) and optional knowledge_graph.

Note: Some domains are excluded from results (paywalled/unfetchable sites like bloomberg.com, twitter.com). Use nansen web fetch to retrieve content from specific URLs.