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Searches the live web via OpenAI’s hosted web search and returns a synthesized answer plus sources. Display name “Web Search”. On by default for new agents. Do not use this for Nanonets platform semantics (tool contracts, config fields, harness behavior). Those live in describe_tool and nanonets://tools/{name} docs.

Authentication and enablement

Platform OpenAI / LLM-proxy credentials. No user OAuth. Default-on.

Inputs

  • query (required): specific search string.

Output

{query, answer, sources[{title, uri, snippet}], model, tokens_used}.

Limits and side effects

  • Outbound call to OpenAI (audited). Results can be stale or wrong; cite sources.
  • Not a substitute for describe_tool.

Expected errors

  • Empty query.
  • Provider failure / timeout.