Local agent builders weigh paid web search after free APIs fail
Read original source →reddit.comA r/LocalLLaMA user's research agent broke when its free search API started failing; a self-hosted SearXNG fallback keeps getting Google and Bing engines suspended by captchas. Volume is 3,000-5,000 searches a month, mostly docs.
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