- Add webscraper_search_hint() tool using Brave Search as backend
(no CAPTCHA/GDPR consent wall, works with plain httpx)
- Add User-Agent header to _fetch_page() — fixes 403 on Wikipedia,
Feynman Lectures, and other sites that block headless requests
- Add 5 new tests for search hint (23 total, 90% coverage)
Brave Search URL: https://search.brave.com/search?q={query}&source=web
Use sparingly — once per research task as orientation, not in loops
- _build_ssl_context() loads certifi bundle + all *.pem from certs/ dir
- _SSL_CTX singleton built at module load, passed to httpx.get(verify=...)
- Fixes SSLCertVerificationError on Cloudflare-served sites on Fedora 43
(Comodo AAA root cert missing from system trust store)
- test_server.py: fix HTTPStatusError mock to include request= param
Patrick Plate