Chat, web search, and factual Q&A skills

Arka’s chat engine handles factual questions, deep web research, math, weather, and location-aware search.

Core skills

Skill	Example
`web_answer`	`arka ask who won IPL 2025`
`deep_web_answer`	`deep_web_answer latest AI regulation news`
`calc`	`arka calc integrate sin(x) dx`
`hyperlocal_weather`	`arka weather near me`
`set_location`	`set_location Mumbai`
`nearby_places`	`nearby_places Kolkata`
`error_helper`	`error_helper <traceback>`
`chat_reset`	Clear session + location context

Prefix with / to force deep web search:

arka "/who won IPL 2025"

Run background deep searches:

deep_queue add "who won the last IPL final"
deep_queue list
deep_queue run
deep_queue results

Answers are tagged [FROM SEARCH] or [FROM MEMORY] (stripped for TTS). Chat sessions persist context across follow-up questions within a session.

arka facing hair loss          # routes to web_answer with session
chat_reset                     # clear context

Set your location for hyperlocal results:

set_location Mumbai
hyperlocal_weather
nearby_places
map_download Kolkata           # cache city map to ~/.cache/arka/maps/

pip install "arka-agent[chat]"

Requires: Agno, ddgs, trafilatura, sympy, geopy.

Web queries pass through security checks before search. See Security.