Web Search & Extract
Web Search & Extract Hermes Agent includes two model callable web tools backed by multiple providers: — search the web and return ranked results — fetch and ext
Hermes Agent includes two model-callable web tools backed by multiple providers: Both are configured through a single backend selection. Providers are chosen via or set directly in . Brave Search, DDGS, and xAI are search-only — pair any of them with Firecrawl/Tavily/Exa/Parallel when you also need . …
What this page covers
- Backends
- How webextract handles long pages
- Which model does the summarizing?
- When summarization gets in the way
- Setup
- Quick setup via hermes tools
- Firecrawl (default)
- SearXNG (free, self-hosted)
- Tavily
- Exa
- Parallel
- xAI (Grok) {#xai-grok}
- Configuration
- Single backend
- Per-capability configuration
- Auto-detection
- Verify your setup
- Troubleshooting
- websearch returns {"success": false}
- webextract says "search-only backend"
- SearXNG returns 0 results
- Rate limited on a public instance
- webextract returns truncated content with a "summarization timed out" note
- Optional skill: searxng-search
Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.
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