Web Search

What is the Web Search tool?

The Web Search tool is a built-in capability in the Agno framework that allows AI agents to multi-backend web search supporting google, bing, duckduckgo, brave, yandex, and yahoo. When added to an agent in Agno Builder, the agent can autonomously decide when to invoke this tool based on the user's request.

This is a free tool — no API key or external account is needed. It works out of the box when you add it to any agent.

How to use Web Search in Agno Builder

1. 1

   Create an agent

   Drag an Agent node onto the canvas in Agno Builder, or use one of the built-in templates.

2. 2

   Enable Web Search

   Click the agent, go to the Tools tab, and toggle on "Web Search" from the search category.

3. 3

   Test in chat

   Open the chat panel and send a message. The agent will automatically use Web Search when relevant.

4. 4

   Export Python code

   Click File > Export Python to get clean, runnable code with the correct imports for Web Search.

Python code example

This is the code Agno Builder exports when you use Web Search:

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat
from agno.tools.websearch import WebSearchTools

agent = Agent(
    name="Web Search Agent",
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    tools=[WebSearchTools()],
    instructions=["Use the web search tool to help the user."],
    markdown=True,
)

agent.print_response("Help me with a websearch task")

Install with: pip install agno