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AI Search Tools

Connectors

Connect search engines so your AI can browse the web — basic + Brave

  • Android — supported
  • iPhone — supported
  • Mac — supported
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Capabilities

What it does

  • One active enginePick DuckDuckGo, Brave, Google CSE, Exa, Tavily, SerpAPI, Parallel, SearXNG, or Grok — only one runs at a time.
  • Your keys, your quotaFree default with no key; production engines take your own API keys.
  • SSRF-strict fetchweb_fetch is sandboxed so the agent browses safely on device.
  • Answer-native GrokxAI returns a written answer with citations — not just a link dump.
  • Self-hosted SearXNGPoint at your own instance; the base URL is the credential.
  • Per-agent skillGrant web-search only to agents that should reach the open web.

Engines

Every search provider behind one skill

The owner picks ONE active engine in AI Search Tools. DuckDuckGo is the zero-config default; connect a key for production indexes. The list is the same catalogue the kernel dispatches.

AI Search Tools · Web search engines

Active engine

Tap a connected engine to make it active — same rule as the app.

One active engine

Explicit choice — never silent auto-switch by credential.

Your keys, your quota

BYO keys for Brave, Google CSE, Exa, Tavily, and more.

SSRF-strict fetch

web_fetch is sandboxed so the agent browses safely.

Preview mirrors AI Search Tools — brand marks + active rail

Free default

DuckDuckGo (basic)

Default

Zero-config default. Scrapes DDG’s no-JS results — works with no key, can break if markup drifts.

ExperimentalNo key

Connect when you want more

Brave Search

Recommended

Private, independent index — not a Google/Bing reseller, no profiling.

StableAPI key

Google Custom Search

Recommended

Google results via a Programmable Search Engine. Needs both an API key and the engine id (cx).

StableAPI key

SerpAPI

Recommended

Multi-engine search aggregator (Google-backed). Metered per search.

StableAPI keyMetered

Exa

Recommended

Neural search with inline content extraction — highly token-efficient for agents.

StableAPI keyMetered

Tavily

Recommended

Agent-tuned search with topic + depth filters. Metered per search.

StableAPI keyMetered

Parallel

Recommended

Dense, LLM-optimised excerpts per source. Paid API.

StableAPI keyMetered

SearXNG (self-hosted)

Your own SearXNG instance. The base URL is the credential — trust ack required.

Self-hostedAPI key

Grok (xAI)

Recommended

Answer-native: xAI returns a written answer with citations, not a link list. Uses your xAI key.

StableAPI keyAnswer + cites

Tools the skill exposes

web_search

Search the web with the single active engine. Returns up to 20 untrusted results.

web_fetch

Fetch a page with SSRF-strict guards so the agent browses safely.

Prompts

Try asking

Quick actions AI Search Tools puts in front of you — tap one in the app, or type your own.

  • Search the webSearch the web for
  • Latest newsWhat's the latest news on
  • Read a pageFetch and summarize this page:

Where it lives

A connector: you bring a provider key, and your AI gains the capability everywhere — in chat, in automations, and through any channel you've linked.

What it needs

Nothing special — it runs anywhere OpenAlly does.

What your AI uses

This skill teaches your agent how to drive AI Search Tools.

Get AI Search Tools

It ships inside OpenAlly — one install, the whole catalogue.

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