web

Real-time web search — fast, low-cost context for prompts and chatbots. Pick a provider subcommand; each returns rendered results, or raw JSON with --json.

seek web <provider> "<query...>" [options]

Providers: parallel, exa, brave search, brave answers, perplexity.

web parallel

Relevant excerpts optimized for LLMs — one call replaces several keyword searches for broad or complex queries.

seek web parallel "compare common roof materials" -n 5

Option	Description
-n, --num <n>	Max results (default 10)
-c, --chars <n>	Max chars per result excerpt (default 1500)
--objective <text>	Objective passed to the ranker (defaults to query)
--mode <name>	Search mode: basic | advanced
--json	Emit raw JSON response

Output: ranked list of title, URL, and excerpt text.

web exa

Neural semantic search — finds pages by meaning, best for conceptual queries.

seek web exa "papers on archival paper longevity" \
  --category "research paper" --text

Option	Description
-n, --num <n>	Number of results (default 10)
-t, --type <type>	auto | fast | neural | instant | deep-lite | deep | deep-reasoning (default auto)
--category <name>	Restrict to a category (e.g. research paper, news, company, github)
--text	Include full page text snippets
--start <date>	Only pages published on/after YYYY-MM-DD
--end <date>	Only pages published on/before YYYY-MM-DD
--system <text>	System prompt to bias the search (sources to prefer, novelty, etc.)
--json	Emit raw JSON response

Output: ranked list of title, URL, score, and text/highlights.

web brave search

Clean, structured snippets from an independent global web index — best for real-time facts. Uses BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY.

seek web brave search "seasonal garden preparation guidance" --fresh pw

Option	Description
-n, --num <n>	Number of results (default 10)
--fresh <window>	Freshness: pd (day) | pw (week) | pm (month) | py (year)
--country <cc>	Two-letter country code (e.g. US, GB)
--json	Emit raw JSON response

Output: list of title, URL, and snippet.

web brave answers

AI-generated answers backed by verifiable sources. Uses BRAVE_ANSWERS_API_KEY.

seek web brave answers "compare common bookbinding stitches" --citations

Option	Description
--language <code>	Response language (default en)
--citations	Request provider citation tags
--entities	Request provider entity tags
--country <cc>	Two-letter country code
--json	Emit raw JSON response

Output: answer text with a citations list appended.

web perplexity

Synthesizes the web into a short, conversational answer with citations.

seek web perplexity "compare natural fibers for basket weaving"

Option	Description
--model <name>	Override model (default sonar; e.g. sonar-pro, sonar-reasoning)
--recency <window>	Restrict sources by recency: hour | day | week | month
--mode <mode>	Search mode: web (default) | academic
--domains <list>	Comma-separated allow-list of domains
--max-tokens <n>	Cap response tokens
--json	Emit raw JSON response

Output: answer text with a citations list appended.