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Byted Byteplus Infoquest Search

  • 29 installs
  • 411 repo stars
  • Updated August 4, 2026
  • bytedance/agentkit-samples

Byted InfoQuest is a Claude skill that runs AI-optimized web search, image search and URL content extraction through the BytePlus InfoQuest API.

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Byted InfoQuest is a skill that wraps the BytePlus InfoQuest API to run web search, image search and clean content extraction from URLs. A developer invokes it when an agent needs concise, up-to-date web information, reference images, or article text pulled from a specific page. It exposes CLI scripts with flags for time windows, site scoping and image size.

  • Runs AI-optimized web search, image search and URL content extraction via the BytePlus InfoQuest API
  • Supports time filtering (-d N days), site-specific search (-s domain) and image size filters
  • Two bundled Python scripts: search.py and extract.py, needing only requests + an API key

Byted Byteplus Infoquest Search by the numbers

  • 29 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #3,390 of 4,347 Backend & APIs skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

byted-byteplus-infoquest-search capabilities & compatibility

Requires an INFOQUEST_API_KEY from the BytePlus InfoQuest console.

Capabilities
web search · web scraping · research
Use cases
web search · web scraping · research
Runs
Runs locally
Pricing
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From the docs

What byted-byteplus-infoquest-search says it does

AI-optimized web search, image search and content extraction using BytePlus InfoQuest API. Returns concise, relevant results with time filtering, site-specific search, and image search capabilities.
SKILL.md
InfoQuest is currently not available in Mainland China regions.
SKILL.md
`INFOQUEST_API_KEY`: API key for the web search, image search and content extraction service
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/bytedance/agentkit-samples --skill byted-byteplus-infoquest-search

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What it does

Give an agent up-to-date web search, image search and URL content extraction through the BytePlus InfoQuest API.

Who is it for?

Agents that need current web search, reference images, or clean content pulled from a specific URL.

Skip if: Use in Mainland China regions, where the docs note InfoQuest is not available.

When should I use this skill?

You need to gather concise and up-to-date information from the web, find images, or extract clean content from specific URLs.

What you get

Returns relevant search results, image URLs, and extracted page content filtered by time and site.

  • Web search results
  • Image search results with image_url
  • Extracted URL content

By the numbers

  • 3 image size options: l (large), m (medium), i (icon)
  • 2 bundled scripts: search.py and extract.py

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SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Byted InfoQuest

AI-optimized web search, image search and content extraction using BytePlus InfoQuest API. Returns concise, relevant results with time filtering, site-specific search, and image search capabilities.

Tip: InfoQuest is currently not available in Mainland China regions.

Environment Variables

Before using this skill, ensure the following environment variable are set:

  • INFOQUEST_API_KEY: API key for the web search, image search and content extraction service

Web Search

python3 scripts/search.py "query"
python3 scripts/search.py "query" -d 7
python3 scripts/search.py "query" -s github.com

Image Search

python3 scripts/search.py "query" -i
python3 scripts/search.py "query" -i -z l
python3 scripts/search.py "query" -i -s unsplash.com -d 30

Options

  • -d, --days <number>: Search within last N days (default: all time)
  • -s, --site <domain>: Search within specific site (e.g., github.com, unsplash.com)
  • -i, --image: Perform image search (default: web search)
  • -z, --image-size <size>: Image size filter: l (large), m (medium), i (icon)

Extract content from URL

python3 scripts/extract.py "https://example.com/article"

Examples

Recent News Search

# Search for AI news from last 3 days
python3 scripts/search.py "artificial intelligence news" -d 3

Site-Specific Research

# Search for Python projects on GitHub
python3 scripts/search.py "Python machine learning" -s github.com

Image Search Examples

# Search for cat images
python3 scripts/search.py "cat" -i

# Search for large landscape images
python3 scripts/search.py "landscape" -i -z l

# Search for icons from specific site
python3 scripts/search.py "logo" -i -z i -s github.com

# Search for recent images
python3 scripts/search.py "sunset" -i -d 7

Content Extraction

# Extract content from a single article
python3 scripts/extract.py "https://example.com/article"

Notes

API Access

  • API Key: Get from https://console.byteplus.com/infoquest/infoquests
  • Documentation: https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/InfoQuest/What_is_Info_Quest
  • About: InfoQuest is AI-optimized intelligent search and crawling toolset independently developed by BytePlus

Search Features

  • Time Filtering: Use -d for searches within last N days (e.g., -d 7)
  • Site Filtering: Use -s for site-specific searches (e.g., -s github.com)
  • Image Search: Use -i for image search, with optional size filtering (-z)
  • Image Size Options: l (large), m (medium), i (icon)

Image Search Usage

Image search returns URLs to images that can be used as reference for image generation. Each result includes:

  • title: Image title or description
  • image_url: Direct URL to the image

Usage hint: Use the image_url values as reference images in image generation. Download them first if needed.

Quick Setup

1. Set API key:

   export INFOQUEST_API_KEY=<REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_KEY>

2. Install required Python packages:

   pip install requests

3. Test the setup:

   # Test web search
   python3 scripts/search.py "test search"
   
   # Test image search
   python3 scripts/search.py "test" -i

Error Handling

The API returns error messages starting with "Error:" for:

  • Authentication failures
  • Network timeouts
  • Empty responses
  • Invalid response formats
  • Invalid image size parameters (must be 'l', 'm', or 'i')

Differences from Node.js Version

  • Python 3.6+ required
  • requests library used instead of fetch
  • Simplified argument parsing using argparse
  • Same functionality and API endpoints

Related skills

FAQ

What API does this skill use?

It uses the BytePlus InfoQuest API for web search, image search and content extraction.

What credential is required?

An INFOQUEST_API_KEY environment variable, obtained from the BytePlus InfoQuest console.

Can it filter by time and site?

Yes, -d limits results to the last N days and -s scopes search to a specific domain.

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