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feat: add free-web-search-ultimate to Command-line Tools section#2970

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free-web-search-ultimate

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    Explain: free-web-search-ultimate is a zero-cost, privacy-first universal web search CLI tool and MCP server. It supports 10+ search engines (DuckDuckGo, Bing, Google, Brave, Wikipedia, Arxiv, YouTube, Reddit) with no API key required. It's also a fully functional MCP server for AI assistants like Claude, making it unique as both a CLI productivity tool and an AI integration tool.

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Unlike other web search tools that require paid API keys (SerpAPI, Brave Search API), free-web-search-ultimate is completely free, uses only public web interfaces, and works as both a CLI tool and an MCP server for AI assistants.

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🔄 Updated to cross-validated-search v14.0.0

This PR has been updated to reflect the renaming and rebranding of the package:

Changes:

  • Package renamed: free-web-search-ultimatecross-validated-search
  • New focus: Cross-validation for hallucination prevention
  • Version: v13.0.0 → v14.0.0
  • CLI command: search-webcross-validate

Key Features:

  • Confidence scoring: Every fact gets a confidence level (✅ Verified / 🟢 Likely True / 🟡 Uncertain / 🔴 Likely False)
  • Cross-validation: Facts verified against multiple independent sources
  • Anti-hallucination: Prevents LLM from fabricating facts
  • Zero-cost, privacy-first: No API keys required

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@wd041216-bit Thanks for your submission. However, this project does not meet our acceptance criteria:

Repository age: The repository was created 3 days ago. We require a minimum of 3 months (or 6 months for Hidden Gem submissions) to ensure project stability.

GitHub stars: 3 stars (minimum 100 required, or strong justification for Hidden Gem).

Please see our CONTRIBUTING.md for full requirements. You're welcome to resubmit once the project has matured and gained community traction.

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