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summary: "Ollama Web Search via your configured Ollama host"
read_when:
- You want to use Ollama for web_search
- You want a key-free web_search provider
- You need Ollama Web Search setup guidance
title: "Ollama Web Search"
---
# Ollama Web Search
OpenClaw supports **Ollama Web Search** as a bundled `web_search` provider.
It uses Ollama's experimental web-search API and returns structured results
with titles, URLs, and snippets.
Unlike the Ollama model provider, this setup does not need an API key by
default. It does require:
- an Ollama host that is reachable from OpenClaw
- `ollama signin`
## Setup
<Steps>
<Step title="Start Ollama">
Make sure Ollama is installed and running.
</Step>
<Step title="Sign in">
Run:
```bash
ollama signin
```
</Step>
<Step title="Choose Ollama Web Search">
Run:
```bash
openclaw configure --section web
```
Then select **Ollama Web Search** as the provider.
</Step>
</Steps>
If you already use Ollama for models, Ollama Web Search reuses the same
configured host.
## Config
```json5
{
tools: {
web: {
search: {
provider: "ollama",
},
},
},
}
```
Optional Ollama host override:
```json5
{
models: {
providers: {
ollama: {
baseUrl: "http://ollama-host:11434",
},
},
},
}
```
If no explicit Ollama base URL is set, OpenClaw uses `http://127.0.0.1:11434`.
If your Ollama host expects bearer auth, OpenClaw reuses
`models.providers.ollama.apiKey` (or the matching env-backed provider auth)
for web-search requests too.
## Notes
- No web-search-specific API key field is required for this provider.
- If the Ollama host is auth-protected, OpenClaw reuses the normal Ollama
provider API key when present.
- OpenClaw warns during setup if Ollama is unreachable or not signed in, but
it does not block selection.
- Runtime auto-detect can fall back to Ollama Web Search when no higher-priority
credentialed provider is configured.
- The provider uses Ollama's experimental `/api/experimental/web_search`
endpoint.
## Related
- [Web Search overview](/tools/web) -- all providers and auto-detection
- [Ollama](/providers/ollama) -- Ollama model setup and cloud/local modes