FlowSearch — Deep Web Research via Claude Native Search

FlowSearch — Deep Web Research

Free deep research powered by Claude Max subscription.

Stop getting shallow answers. FlowSearch uses Claude's native search to go wide and deep — pulling from multiple sources, synthesizing conflicting information, and giving you the kind of answer a thorough analyst would write, not a one-liner.

How it works

FlowSearch spawns Claude CLI as a subprocess with your CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN. Claude performs multi-source web search, synthesizes the results, and returns a structured report. No data is sent to third-party APIs — it's just Claude doing what Claude does best.

> Security note: This skill spawns a claude process that inherits your shell environment to access CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN. Review the source (search.ts) before running — it's 150 lines and straightforward.

Prerequisites

1. Claude Code CLI — install from claude.ai/code 2. Authenticate: run claude auth login (opens browser) 3. Claude Max subscription recommended for best results (more search depth)

Installation

npx clawhub@latest install flow-search
cd ~/.openclaw/skills/flow-search
npm install

Usage

Quick search (15–30s)

npx tsx search.ts "Kling AI pricing 2026"

Deep research (60–180s)

npx tsx search.ts --deep "AI video generation competitive landscape"

In your own skills or agents

import { claudeSearch, claudeResearch } from "./search.ts";
// Quick answer with sources
const result = await claudeSearch("What is Kling AI pricing?");
if (result.success) console.log(result.answer);
// Deep research with guiding questions
const report = await claudeResearch("AI video market 2026", [
  "Who are the top 5 players and their pricing?",
  "What's the total addressable market?",
  "Which companies raised funding in the last 6 months?"
]);

Output format

Quick search returns a direct answer with cited sources.

Deep research (--deep) returns a full structured report:

## Summary
2–3 sentence overview of findings.
Key Findings
Specific fact with source
Specific fact with source
...
Details
Full analysis with context.
Sources
Publication Name

When to use FlowSearch vs Brave Search

| Use FlowSearch | Use Brave | |----------------|-----------| | Market analysis | Quick fact check | | Competitor deep-dives | Single answer needed | | Multi-source synthesis | Fast lookup | | Recent news + context | Basic info | | "What's the full picture on X?" | "What year was X founded?" |

Environment variables

| Variable | Required | Description | |----------|----------|-------------| | CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN | Yes | From claude auth login |

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --deep / -d | Deep research mode (slower, more thorough) | | --help / -h | Show usage |

Integration example — use inside another OpenClaw skill

// In your skill's handler
import { claudeResearch } from "~/.openclaw/skills/flow-search/search.ts";
const intel = await claudeResearch(Competitor analysis: ${companyName}, [
  "What are their pricing tiers?",
  "Who are their target customers?",
  "What are their main weaknesses?"
]);
if (intel.success) {
  // Pass intel.answer to your LLM or store it
}

Timeouts

About

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Other Flow skills: FlowCrawl · FlowConcierge · FlowForge

Quick search (15–30s)

npx tsx search.ts "Kling AI pricing 2026"

Deep research (60–180s)

npx tsx search.ts --deep "AI video generation competitive landscape"

In your own skills or agents

import { claudeSearch, claudeResearch } from "./search.ts";
// Quick answer with sources
const result = await claudeSearch("What is Kling AI pricing?");
if (result.success) console.log(result.answer);
// Deep research with guiding questions
const report = await claudeResearch("AI video market 2026", [
  "Who are the top 5 players and their pricing?",
  "What's the total addressable market?",
  "Which companies raised funding in the last 6 months?"
]);

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --deep / -d | Deep research mode (slower, more thorough) | | --help / -h | Show usage |