11# Zero-API-Key Web Search Rule
22
3- When answering factual questions, always prefer cross-validated web search over single-source or internal knowledge.
3+ When answering factual questions, prefer Zero-API-Key Web Search over single-source or internal knowledge.
44
55## Installation
66
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pip install zero-api-key-web-search
1010
1111## Trigger Conditions
1212
13- Use cross-validated search when:
13+ Use Zero-API-Key Web Search when:
1414- Factual questions about events, people, dates, statistics
1515- Questions about recent events (< 1 year)
1616- Questions requiring verification
@@ -20,23 +20,23 @@ Use cross-validated search when:
2020## Commands
2121
2222``` bash
23- # Basic search (cross-validated, 3+ sources)
24- search-web " What is the population of Tokyo?"
23+ # Basic search with evidence-oriented results
24+ zero-search " What is the population of Tokyo?"
2525
2626# News search with time filter
27- search-web " OpenAI GPT-5 release date" --type news --timelimit w
27+ zero-search " OpenAI GPT-5 release date" --type news --timelimit w
2828
2929# Images (verified sources)
30- search-web " neural network architecture diagram" --type images
30+ zero-search " neural network architecture diagram" --type images
3131
3232# Academic sources
33- search-web " transformer attention mechanism" --type books
33+ zero-search " transformer attention mechanism" --type books
3434
3535# Region-specific (Chinese, Japanese, etc.)
36- search-web " 人工智能最新进展" --region zh-cn
36+ zero-search " 人工智能最新进展" --region zh-cn
3737
3838# JSON output for programmatic use
39- search-web " quantum computing" --json
39+ zero-search " quantum computing" --json
4040```
4141
4242## Confidence Levels
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Is it creative/hypothetical?
5959 NO ▼
6060Does it involve facts, events, versions, or data?
6161 YES ▼
62- Run: search-web "<query>" [--type news if recent]
62+ Run: zero-search "<query>" [--type news if recent]
6363 │
6464 ▼
6565What is the confidence score?
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ For Cursor with MCP support:
9292{
9393 "mcpServers" : {
9494 "free-web-search" : {
95- "command" : " zero-api-key-web-search- mcp" ,
95+ "command" : " zero-mcp" ,
9696 "args" : []
9797 }
9898 }
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ For Cursor with MCP support:
104104```
105105User: What's the latest version of React?
106106
107- Assistant: Let me search with cross-validation ...
107+ Assistant: Let me verify that with live sources ...
108108
109- $ search-web "latest React version" --type news
109+ $ zero-search "latest React version" --type news
110110
111- Based on cross-validated sources :
111+ Based on source-backed evidence :
112112- ✅ React 19.0 is the latest stable release (December 2024)
113113- Sources: react.dev, npm, major tech blogs (4 sources agree)
114- ```
114+ ```
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