Web search
Note
Add-ons need a development build or a release newer than 4.12.1.
The Web add-on (ID web) serves the chat tools web_search and web_fetch in place of the built-in ones. The built-in tools work with no add-on and no key. The add-on adds more. In the current development builds, it is in the development channel of the add-on library, so it can change.
At a glance
| Topic | Detail |
|---|---|
| What it adds | Search providers that need a key (Brave Search, Tavily and Google Programmable Search), tried in an order an administrator chooses, and the text of PDF files in web_fetch. |
| Who installs it | An administrator, from Add-ons, Find add-ons, with Install and turn on. With authentication off, you are the administrator. An administrator sets the providers on the Settings tab of the add-on. |
| Who turns it on | A person needs the addons feature. It is off by default for new users on a server with accounts. The person switches the add-on on for a chat in the Tools menu. A saved agent uses it only when you name it in the agent. The add-on has its own switch. The Tools menu switch of the Web row changes only the built-in tools. |
| Guide | Search the web in chats |