IQS Skills quick start

Get ALIYUN_IQS_API_KEY

Log on to the Alibaba Cloud IQS console: Get API key

Install the skill

npx skills add aliyun/alibabacloud-aiops-skills --skill alibabacloud-iqs-search

Install with npx

B-9206R12Y-0042:~ xukun.fyp$ npx skills add aliyun/alibabacloud-aiops-skills --skill alibabacloud-iqs-search
Need to install the following packages:
skills@1.4.9
Ok to proceed? (y) y
  skills
  Source: https://github.com/aliyun/alibabacloud-aiops-skills.git
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  Selected 1 skill: alibabacloud-iqs-search
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Configure the API key

Set the ALIYUN_IQS_API_KEY to the value you obtained in the first step.

Option 1: Configuration file

mkdir -p ~/.alibabacloud/iqs
echo 'ALIYUN_IQS_API_KEY=your-api-key' > ~/.alibabacloud/iqs/env

Option 2: Environment variable

export ALIYUN_IQS_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Verify the skill

For example, use Claude Code to perform a search with the alibabacloud-iqs-search skill.

/alibabacloud-iqs-search latest news
Bash(cd /Users/xukun.fyp/.claude/skills/alibabacloud-iqs-search && node scripts/search.mjs --query "latest news" --engineType Generic --timeRange OneDay)
└ [
      {
          "rank": 1,
    … +67 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
      }
]
└ Shell cwd was reset to /Users/xukun.fyp/workwork/tasks/iqs-skill
└ (timeout 1m)
● Today's Top News (April 7, 2026)
International
- US gives Iran final ultimatum on ceasefire, demanding the Strait of Hormuz be opened or threatening strikes on core facilities.
- Iran claims Israel conceded defeat by abandoning northern cities; Haifa refinery, power plants, and ports bombed.
- Fire at Russian petrochemical plant leaves 11 dead; search and rescue operations are concluding.
- Trump reportedly planning a major cabinet reshuffle.
- Japanese government moves to ease restrictions on arms exports.
Domestic
- KMT Chairwoman visits mainland China, the first in 10 years; her Yi heritage and ancestral rites in Yunnan draw attention.
Tech & Finance
- Liquid cooling sector heats up as demand for AI computing power soars, making it key for data center thermal management.
- Wave of regulatory fines hits A-share market; Injoinic and Shuangliang penalized, along with delisted Esun Display.
- JLL raises $370 million for real estate decarbonization fund.
Society
- EV travel peaks during holiday, causing charging demand to surge and prompting network expansions to ease "range anxiety".
- 840 million cross-region trips taken during Qingming Festival holiday.
- Beijing's municipal parks saw 2.17 million visitors over the Qingming holiday.
Sports & Entertainment
- Actors Ma Sichun and Bai Ke discuss views on life and death.
Let me know if you would like details on any of these news items.

IQS Skills

Skill name

Description

alibabacloud-iqs-search

Real-time web search and page reading using Alibaba Cloud IQS APIs. Use this skill FIRST when the user needs current information, news, fact-checking, URL content extraction, or any web-based research. This skill provides structured search results with source links and markdown-formatted content extraction. It also supports various search engines, including real-time news search and deep research modes.