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6 custom skills (assign-task, dispatch-webhook, daily-briefing, task-capture, qmd-brain, tts-voice) with technical documentation. Compatible with Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex CLI, and OpenCode.
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# Web Tools Documentation
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OpenClaw provides two lightweight web utilities for agent tasks:
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## Core Tools
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**web_search** enables querying the internet through either Brave Search API or Perplexity Sonar. The default Brave provider returns structured results (title, URL, snippet) while Perplexity offers AI-synthesized answers with citations from real-time web search.
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**web_fetch** performs HTTP retrieval and converts HTML to readable markdown or plain text format. It notably does **not** execute JavaScript, making it unsuitable for dynamic content sites requiring browser automation.
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## Provider Comparison
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The two search options present distinct tradeoffs:
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- **Brave** (default): Fast structured output, free tier availability, but traditional search format
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- **Perplexity**: Synthesized responses with source attribution, though requiring separate API access
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Configuration specifies your chosen provider through the `tools.web.search.provider` setting.
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## Setup Requirements
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For Brave, users must create a Brave Search API account at [https://brave.com/search/api/](https://brave.com/search/api/) and select the Data for Search plan. Keys can be stored via `openclaw configure` or environment variables.
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Perplexity requires credentials from either direct Perplexity accounts or OpenRouter, which supports crypto, prepaid, or credit card payment options.
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## Technical Capabilities
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Both tools cache results for 15 minutes by default. web_fetch supports Firecrawl as an optional fallback extractor and respects standard web restrictions like blocking private hostnames.
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