Agent Web Search for Gemini CLI

io.github.jerryliu369/agent-web-search

Provider-neutral web_search for AI agents. Grounding + agent search APIs, keyless defaults.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Agent Web Search in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS

ARK_API_KEY

GEMINI_API_KEY

XAI_API_KEY

DEEPSEEK_API_KEY

TAVILY_API_KEY

BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY

PERPLEXITY_API_KEY

YDC_API_KEY

EXA_API_KEY

PARALLEL_API_KEY

ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY

ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-web-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-web-search-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS>",
        "ARK_API_KEY": "<ARK_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<XAI_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "<YDC_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "PARALLEL_API_KEY": "<PARALLEL_API_KEY>",
        "ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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