Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.autosearch.dev/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
AutoSearch organizes channels into three availability tiers. Run autosearch doctor to see live status.
Tier 0 — Always-on (28 channels)
No configuration needed. Available immediately after install.
| Channel | Languages | Description | Yield |
|---|
| arxiv | en | Academic preprints in CS/ML/physics | medium-high |
| bilibili | zh, mixed | Chinese tech videos and tutorials | medium |
| crossref | en | Cross-publisher scholarly search via DOI registry | medium |
| dblp | en | Computer science bibliography — papers, proceedings | medium |
| ddgs | en, mixed | DuckDuckGo web search, no auth required | medium |
| devto | en, mixed | Developer blog articles tagged by technology | medium |
| dockerhub | en | Docker image and container registry search | medium |
| github | en | Code, issues, and repository discovery | high |
| google_news | en, mixed | Current news headlines via Google News RSS | high |
| hackernews | en | Developer discussion, tooling opinions, early product signals | medium-high |
| huggingface_hub | en, mixed | Open ML models on Hugging Face Hub | high |
| infoq_cn | zh, mixed | Chinese engineering articles from InfoQ 中文 | medium |
| kr36 | zh, mixed | Chinese tech business news and startup funding from 36kr | medium |
| linkedin | en, mixed | LinkedIn public company profiles and articles via Jina Reader | low |
| discourse_forum | zh, mixed | Linux DO and Discourse-based public forum discussions | medium |
| openalex | en, mixed | Scholarly works via OpenAlex open-access API | high |
| package_search | en, mixed | PyPI and npm package discovery | medium |
| papers | en, mixed | Multi-source academic search (arxiv + pubmed + biorxiv + more) | high |
| podcast_cn | zh, mixed | Chinese podcasts via Apple iTunes API | low |
| pubmed | en | Biomedical and life-science literature from PubMed | medium-high |
| reddit | en, mixed | Community discussions and user experience reports | medium |
| sec_edgar | en | US public company filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K) | medium |
| sogou_weixin | zh, mixed | WeChat Official Account articles via Sogou | high |
| stackoverflow | en, mixed | Programming Q&A with community-voted answers | high |
| tieba | zh | Chinese community forum discussions on Baidu Tieba | medium |
| v2ex | zh, mixed | Chinese developer community — programming, tech, career | medium |
| wikidata | en, mixed | Structured entity data from Wikidata knowledge graph | medium |
| wikipedia | en, mixed | Encyclopedia articles via Wikipedia Action API | high |
Tier 1 — Env/API gated (10 channels)
Requires an API key, self-hosted URL, or service token.
| Channel | Languages | Setup | Yield |
|---|
| douyin | zh | autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key> | medium |
| instagram | en, mixed | autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key> | medium |
| kuaishou | zh, mixed | autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key> | medium |
| searxng | en, zh, mixed | autosearch configure SEARXNG_URL <url> (self-hosted SearXNG) | medium |
| tiktok | en, mixed | autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key> | medium |
| twitter | en, mixed | autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key> | medium |
| wechat_channels | zh, mixed | autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key> | medium |
| weibo | zh, mixed | autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key> | medium |
| youtube | en, zh, mixed | autosearch configure YOUTUBE_API_KEY <key> (get free key) | medium |
| zhihu | zh, mixed | autosearch configure TIKHUB_API_KEY <key> | medium-high |
Tier 2 — Login/cookie gated (2 channels)
Requires account cookies or login-backed setup.
| Channel | Languages | Setup | Yield |
|---|
| xiaohongshu | zh, mixed | autosearch login xhs or autosearch configure XHS_A1_COOKIE <cookie> | high |
| xueqiu | zh, mixed | autosearch login xueqiu or autosearch configure XUEQIU_COOKIES <cookie> | medium |
Login-based channels
Some tier-2 channels can be unlocked by logging in with your own account (using browser cookies):
autosearch login xhs # Xiaohongshu
autosearch login twitter # Twitter/X
autosearch login bilibili # Bilibili
autosearch login weibo # Weibo
autosearch login douyin # Douyin
autosearch login instagram # Instagram
autosearch login linkedin # LinkedIn
autosearch configure XUEQIU_COOKIES "<cookie-string>"
autosearch login xhs --from-string "<cookie-string>"