SearchUp Skill

For Web Serch

A high-performance, lightweight search utility written in C++17
Designed for both humans and AI agents • Zero external dependencies

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Features

Feature	Flag	Description
Full-text search	-t	Search file contents
Filename search	-f	Search file/directory names
Regex search	-r	ECMAScript regular expressions
Web search	--web	Fetch & search web pages (HTML auto-stripped)
JSON output	--json	Structured output for AI parsing
Context lines	-A / -B / -C	Lines before/after match
Extension filter	-e	Filter by file extension
Depth limit	--depth	Control recursion depth

Install

# npm (recommended)
npm install -g @catodm/searchup

# Build from source
git clone https://github.com/oemoem12/searchup.git
cd searchup
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install

Usage

# Basic full-text search
searchup -t "function" src/

# Regex with context
searchup -r -C 2 "class\s+\w+" .

# JSON output for AI consumption
searchup --json "TODO" .

# Filename search
searchup -f "config" /etc

# Count matches per file
searchup -c -t "FIXME" .

# Search web page content
searchup --web -i "searchup" https://github.com/oemoem12/searchup

# Web search with JSON output
searchup --web --json "MIT" https://example.com

Project Structure

searchup-skill/
├── SKILL.md              # Skill definition (Trae IDE)
├── scripts/
│   ├── searchup.cpp      # C++17 core engine
│   └── searchup.js       # Node.js wrapper (npm bin)
├── Makefile              # GNU Make build
├── CMakeLists.txt        # CMake build support
├── package.json          # npm package
├── LICENSE               # MIT License
└── README.md             # You are here

AI-Friendly JSON Output

{
  "pattern": "TODO",
  "mode": "text",
  "total_matches": 42,
  "files_searched": 156,
  "results": [
    {
      "file": "src/main.cpp",
      "matches": [
        { "line": 10, "content": "// TODO: refactor" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Requirements

• C++17 compiler (GCC 8+, Clang 7+)
• Node.js >= 14 (for npm install)
• POSIX OS (Linux, macOS, WSL)
• curl (required for --web mode)

License

Copyright © 2025 catodm. Licensed under the MIT License.

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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SOFTWARE.