Web Search

When to Use

• Use when a Pi Agent task needs current web information, page fetches, PDFs, YouTube, or GitHub content.
• Use when Pi should use its own web-access package instead of another agent browser tool.

The pi-web-access package is installed globally. Zero-config via Exa MCP (no API key), with fallback Exa → Perplexity → Gemini.

CRITICAL: always pass workflow: "none"

Every web_search call MUST include workflow: "none". This skips the interactive browser curator popup (the user does not want it opening). No exceptions — single query or batched queries, always set workflow: "none".

web_search({ queries: ["query 1", "query 2"], workflow: "none" })

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