Web Search & Browsing in OpenClaw
From the OpenClaw cheat sheet · Web Search & Browser · verified Jul 2026
Web Search & Browsing
Set up web search providers and let the agent browse pages.
bash
# Set web search provider via CLI
openclaw config set tools.web.search.provider "brave"
openclaw config set tools.web.search.enabled true
# Providers: brave, duckduckgo, tavily, perplexity,
# exa, searxng (self-hosted)
# The agent uses web search automatically when needed
# You can also ask: "search the web for..."💡 Brave and DuckDuckGo work without API keys — easiest way to get started
⚡ web.fetch.readability extracts clean text from pages — no HTML clutter in context
📌 The agent decides when to search — you can also explicitly ask it to search
🟢 Perplexity Sonar gives AI-summarized search results — reduces token usage
web-searchbrowserbravetavilyperplexity