zai-search

92 / 100 · Low risk

Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.

By jpcaparas/skills (GitHub) · coding · 57 stars · scanned at commit e1b479a

Searches the web, reads pages and searches GitHub repositories through Z.ai (Zhipu GLM) tools using Z_AI_API_KEY: web search, web reader and Zread over MCP or the billed REST API. Use for Z.ai or GLM search, Zread repo lookups, or Z.ai tool quota. Not for GLM chat, image or video generation, or other search providers.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Runs commands on your computer

The author does not mention this. Expected for a coding skill.

Found in 3 places.

skills/research/zai-search/SKILL.md, line 23node <skill-dir>/scripts/zai.js search --compact --recency oneWeek --site github.com "vite 8 release"
skills/research/zai-search/scripts/test_helper.py, line 138def run_helper(self, *args: str, api_key: str | None = FAKE_KEY, key_var: str = "Z_AI_API_KEY") -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
skills/research/zai-search/scripts/test_helper.py, line 143return subprocess.run([self.node, str(SCRIPT), *args], env=env, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60)

Sends data to these websites: api.z.ai

This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.

Found in 6 places.

skills/research/zai-search/references/api.md, line 69curl -s https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4/web_search \
skills/research/zai-search/references/patterns.md, line 21sid=$(curl -s -D - -o /dev/null "$url" -H "$auth" -H "$accept" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
skills/research/zai-search/references/patterns.md, line 24curl -s "$url" -H "$auth" -H "$accept" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Mcp-Session-Id: $sid" \

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skills/research/zai-search/references/patterns.md, line 26curl -s "$url" -H "$auth" -H "$accept" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Mcp-Session-Id: $sid" \
skills/research/zai-search/scripts/zai.js, line 99const response = await fetch(url, {
skills/research/zai-search/scripts/zai.js, line 146const response = await fetch(url, {

Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'zai-search' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'zai-search' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named zai-search already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/jpcaparas/skills' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'e1b479afa6c172f6d5a6087b6e19d7c0580b8a4e' -- 'skills/research/zai-search' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/research/zai-search' ~/.agents/skills/'zai-search' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'zai-search' ~/.claude/skills/'zai-search' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-13	`e1b479a`	92
2026-11-07	`c95f32e`	95