Fetches content from a URL or searches the web, then processes it using an AI model to extract information or answer questions. Use this tool when you need to: - Search the web for information (omit the url parameter) - Extract specific information from a webpage (provide a url) - Answer questions about web content - Summarize or analyze web pages - Research topics by searching and following links DO NOT use this tool when: - You just need raw content without analysis (use fetch instead - faster and cheaper) - You want direct access to API responses or JSON (use fetch instead) - You don't need the content processed or interpreted (use fetch instead) - Provide a prompt describing what information you want to find or extract (required) - Optionally provide a URL to fetch and analyze specific content - If no URL is provided, the agent will search the web to find relevant information - The tool spawns a sub-agent with web_search, web_fetch, and analysis tools - Returns the agent's response about the content - prompt: What information you want to find or extract (required) - url: The URL to fetch content from (optional - if not provided, agent will search the web) - IMPORTANT: If an MCP-provided web fetch tool is available, prefer using that tool instead of this one, as it may have fewer restrictions. All MCP-provided tools start with "mcp_". - When using URL mode: The URL must be a fully-formed valid URL. HTTP URLs will be automatically upgraded to HTTPS. - When searching: Just provide the prompt describing what you want to find - the agent will search and fetch relevant pages. - The sub-agent can perform multiple searches and fetch multiple pages to gather comprehensive information. - This tool is read-only and does not modify any files. - Results will be summarized if the content is very large. - This tool uses AI processing and costs more tokens than the simple fetch tool. - Max response size: 5MB per page - Only supports HTTP and HTTPS protocols - Cannot handle authentication or cookies - Some websites may block automated requests - Uses additional tokens for AI processing - Search results depend on DuckDuckGo availability - Be specific in your prompt about what information you want - For research tasks, omit the URL and let the agent search and follow relevant links - For complex pages, ask the agent to focus on specific sections - The agent has access to web_search, web_fetch, grep, and view tools - If you just need raw content, use the fetch tool instead to save tokens Search for information: - prompt: "What are the main new features in the latest Python release?" Fetch and analyze a URL: - url: "https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html" - prompt: "Summarize the key changes in Python 3.12"