Web Search Tools#

Configuration File: web_search_tools.json Tool Type: Local Tools Count: 2

This page contains all tools defined in the web_search_tools.json configuration file.

Available Tools#

web_api_documentation_search (Type: WebAPIDocumentationSearchTool)#

Specialized web search for API documentation, Python packages, and technical resources using DDGS…

web_api_documentation_search tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: web_api_documentation_search

  • Type: WebAPIDocumentationSearchTool

  • Description: Specialized web search for API documentation, Python packages, and technical resources using DDGS with multiple search engines. Parallel Search MCP is opt-in; selecting it sends the query to Parallel’s hosted third-party service, so do not submit sensitive information.

Parameters:

  • query (string) (required) Search query string (e.g., tool name, library name, API name)

  • max_results (integer) (optional) Maximum number of results to return

  • focus (string) (optional) Focus area for the search

  • backend (string) (optional) Search engine backend to use. Selecting ‘parallel’ sends the query to https://search.parallel.ai/mcp.

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "web_api_documentation_search",
    "arguments": {
        "query": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)

web_search (Type: WebSearchTool)#

General web search using DDGS (Dux Distributed Global Search) supporting multiple search engines …

web_search tool specification

Tool Information:

  • Name: web_search

  • Type: WebSearchTool

  • Description: General web search using DDGS (Dux Distributed Global Search) supporting multiple search engines including Google, Bing, Brave, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo. No API keys required. Parallel Search MCP is opt-in; selecting it sends the query to Parallel’s hosted third-party service, so do not submit sensitive or patient-identifying information.

Parameters:

  • query (string) (required) Search query string

  • max_results (integer) (optional) Maximum number of results to return

  • search_type (string) (optional) Type of search to perform

  • backend (string) (optional) Search engine backend to use. Selecting ‘parallel’ sends the query to https://search.parallel.ai/mcp; that backend does not apply ToolUniverse region or safesearch controls.

  • region (string) (optional) Search region/locale for DDGS backends. Parallel does not support this control; only the default value is accepted with backend=’parallel’.

  • safesearch (string) (optional) Safe search level for DDGS backends. Parallel does not support this control; only the default value is accepted with backend=’parallel’.

Example Usage:

query = {
    "name": "web_search",
    "arguments": {
        "query": "example_value"
    }
}
result = tu.run(query)