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summary: "Ollama Web Search via a local Ollama host or the hosted Ollama API"
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read_when:
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- You want to use Ollama for web_search
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- You want a key-free web_search provider
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- You want to use hosted Ollama Web Search with OLLAMA_API_KEY
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- You need Ollama Web Search setup guidance
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title: "Ollama web search"
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---
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OpenClaw supports **Ollama Web Search** as a bundled `web_search` provider,
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returning titles, URLs, and snippets from Ollama's web-search API.
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Local/self-hosted Ollama needs no API key by default; it requires a reachable
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Ollama host plus `ollama signin`. Direct hosted search (no local Ollama) needs
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`baseUrl: "https://ollama.com"` and a real `OLLAMA_API_KEY`.
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## Setup
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<Steps>
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<Step title="Start Ollama">
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Make sure Ollama is installed and running.
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</Step>
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<Step title="Sign in">
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```bash
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ollama signin
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```
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</Step>
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<Step title="Choose Ollama Web Search">
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```bash
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openclaw configure --section web
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```
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Select **Ollama Web Search** as the provider.
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</Step>
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</Steps>
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If you already use Ollama for models, Ollama Web Search reuses the same
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configured host.
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<Note>
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OpenClaw never auto-selects Ollama Web Search over a higher-priority
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credentialed provider; you must choose it explicitly with
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`tools.web.search.provider: "ollama"`.
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</Note>
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## Config
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```json5
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{
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tools: {
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web: {
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search: {
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provider: "ollama",
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},
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},
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},
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}
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```
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Optional host override, scoped to web search only:
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```json5
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{
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plugins: {
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entries: {
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ollama: {
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config: {
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webSearch: {
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baseUrl: "http://ollama-host:11434",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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}
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```
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Or reuse the host already configured for the Ollama model provider:
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```json5
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{
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models: {
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providers: {
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ollama: {
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baseUrl: "http://ollama-host:11434",
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},
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},
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},
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}
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```
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`models.providers.ollama.baseUrl` is the canonical key; the web-search
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provider also accepts `baseURL` there for compatibility with OpenAI SDK-style
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config examples. If nothing is set, OpenClaw defaults to
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`http://127.0.0.1:11434`.
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Direct hosted Ollama Web Search (no local Ollama):
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```json5
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{
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models: {
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providers: {
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ollama: {
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baseUrl: "https://ollama.com",
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apiKey: "OLLAMA_API_KEY",
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},
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},
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},
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tools: {
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web: {
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search: {
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provider: "ollama",
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},
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},
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},
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}
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```
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## Auth and request routing
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- No web-search-specific API key field exists; the provider reuses
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`models.providers.ollama.apiKey` (or the matching env-backed provider auth)
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when the configured host is auth-protected.
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- Host resolution order: `plugins.entries.ollama.config.webSearch.baseUrl` →
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`models.providers.ollama.baseUrl` (or `baseURL`) → `http://127.0.0.1:11434`.
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- If the resolved host is `https://ollama.com`, OpenClaw calls
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`https://ollama.com/api/web_search` directly with the API key as bearer
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auth.
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- Otherwise OpenClaw calls the local proxy endpoint
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`/api/experimental/web_search` first (which signs and forwards to Ollama
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Cloud), then falls back to `/api/web_search` on the same host. If both fail
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and `OLLAMA_API_KEY` is set, it retries once against
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`https://ollama.com/api/web_search` with that key — without sending it to
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the local host.
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- OpenClaw warns during setup if Ollama is unreachable or not signed in, but
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does not block selecting the provider.
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## Related
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- [Web Search overview](/tools/web) -- all providers and auto-detection
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- [Ollama](/providers/ollama) -- Ollama model setup and cloud/local modes
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