Kagi keys are search-only by default - extraction needs a higher plan

TL;DR

Do not assume your Kagi key can extract page content: keys are search-only unless your plan includes extraction, so kagiextract calls fail on the base plan. For full-page text on a search-only key, fetch the result URL yourself or use another extraction tool. Also budget extractcount - inline extraction of top results counts against your API quota per page extracted.

Fix

Do not assume your Kagi key can extract page content: keys are search-only unless your plan includes extraction, so kagiextract calls fail on the base plan. For full-page text on a search-only key, fetch the result URL yourself or use another extraction tool. Also budget extractcount - inline extraction of top results counts against your API quota per page extracted.

Context: Kagi skill notes (hermes-skills kagi-search SKILL.md): the API key is search-only by default - page extraction (kagiextract) only works if your plan includes extraction. Inline extractcount also burns quota.

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Source: Published skill Original query: "Kagi keys are search-only by default - extraction needs a higher plan" Key terms: default, extraction, higher, kagi, keys, needs, only, plan, search

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