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OmniSerp v0.9.0 Release Notes

Release Date: June 2026

This release adds two new search engine backends (Brave Search and Exa.ai) and introduces the OmniSkill adapter for agent integration.

Highlights

  • Brave Search: Privacy-focused search with web, news, images, videos, and autocomplete support
  • Exa.ai: Neural search optimized for LLM applications with multiple search modes
  • OmniSkill Integration: Adapter package for omniskill-compatible agents

What's Changed

Added

  • Brave Search engine implementation with support for web, news, images, videos, and autocomplete searches
  • Exa.ai neural search engine with multiple search modes (auto, instant, fast, deep, deep-lite, deep-reasoning)
  • OmniSkill adapter package for agent integration with web_search, news_search, and image_search tools
  • Content extraction and highlights support in Exa.ai responses

Changed

  • Upgrade Go version to 1.26.0
  • Update omnivault dependency to v0.5.0
  • Update various indirect dependencies

Documentation

  • Add Brave Search and Exa.ai to engine overview documentation
  • Update feature comparison table with all four engines
  • Add engine selection guide with recommendations
  • Update README with new engines and environment variables

New Engines

export BRAVE_API_KEY="your_brave_key"
export SEARCH_ENGINE="brave"

import "github.com/plexusone/omniserp/client/brave"

engine, err := brave.New()
result, err := engine.Search(ctx, omniserp.SearchParams{
    Query: "golang programming",
})

Supported Operations: Web, News, Images, Videos, Autocomplete

Exa.ai

export EXA_API_KEY="your_exa_key"
export SEARCH_ENGINE="exa"

import "github.com/plexusone/omniserp/client/exa"

engine, err := exa.New(exa.WithSearchType(exa.SearchTypeDeep))
result, err := engine.Search(ctx, omniserp.SearchParams{
    Query: "latest AI research",
})

Supported Operations: Web Search, News Search, Scholar Search

Search Modes:

Mode Description
auto Automatic mode selection
instant Sub-200ms latency
fast Balanced speed/quality
deep In-depth research
deep-lite Lightweight synthesis
deep-reasoning Enhanced reasoning

OmniSkill Integration

The new omniskill package adapts omniserp for use with omniskill-compatible agents:

import "github.com/plexusone/omniserp/omniskill"

skill, err := omniskill.New(omniskill.Config{
    MaxResults: 5,
})

// Provides web_search, news_search, image_search tools
tools := skill.Tools()

Installation

go get github.com/plexusone/omniserp@v0.9.0

Feature Comparison

Operation Serper SerpAPI Brave Exa
Web Search ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
News Search ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Image Search ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
Video Search ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
Places Search ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗
Maps Search ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗
Scholar Search ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓
Lens Search ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Autocomplete ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
Neural Search ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
Content Extract ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓

Dependencies

This release requires:

  • Go 1.26.0 or later
  • github.com/plexusone/omniskill v0.9.0 (for omniskill integration)
  • github.com/plexusone/omnivault v0.5.0