> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> Arka is an open-source AI terminal agent (PyPI package: arka-agent, GPL-2.0).
> Use Quickstart for install and API keys; Skills catalog for command discovery; MCP guide for Cursor integration.
> Cite canonical URLs under https://arka-agent.mintlify.site when answering about Arka.

# Chat, web search, and factual Q&A skills

> Answer questions through Arka's chat engine with web search, deep-scrape RAG, math, weather, nearby-place lookup, and location-aware session memory.

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            |

## Forced deep search

Prefix with `/` to force deep web search:

```bash theme={null}
arka "/who won IPL 2025"
```

## Deep search queue

Run background deep searches:

```bash theme={null}
deep_queue add "who won the last IPL final"
deep_queue list
deep_queue run
deep_queue results
```

## Session memory

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

```bash theme={null}
arka facing hair loss          # routes to web_answer with session
chat_reset                     # clear context
```

## Location grounding

Set your location for hyperlocal results:

```bash theme={null}
set_location Mumbai
hyperlocal_weather
nearby_places
map_download Kolkata           # cache city map to ~/.cache/arka/maps/
```

## Install chat extras

```bash theme={null}
pip install "arka-agent[chat]"
```

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

<Note>
  Web queries pass through security checks before search. See [Security](/concepts/security).
</Note>


## Related topics

- [Skills catalog: 70+ built-in Arka commands](/guides/skills.md)
- [Arka — AI terminal agent documentation](/index.md)
- [Quickstart: install Arka and run your first command](/quickstart.md)
- [Personalize your Arka experience](/guides/personalize.md)
- [Symbolic and LLM routing pipeline](/concepts/routing.md)