Web search

Overview

Loom can give the model a search tool and a page reader. You choose the search service and bring its key (or point Loom at your own SearXNG). Every page open asks you first, and addresses on your own network are blocked.

Set it up in Settings → Web search. Then switch search on or off for a chat from the + menu.

Get a key: Brave Search

1. 1
   Register at api-dashboard.search.brave.com. This is separate from the Brave browser.
2. 2
   Brave asks for a card, even for free use, as an anti-fraud measure. Search and Answers are separate plans, each with a monthly free credit; check the dashboard for the current amount.
3. 3
   Pick the Search plan, open API Keys and generate a subscription token.
4. 4
   In Loom choose Brave and paste the token. Loom sends it in the header Brave expects.

Get a key: Tavily

1. 1
   Sign in at app.tavily.com. The free plan includes a monthly allowance of credits and needs no card.
2. 2
   Copy an API key from the dashboard (it starts with tvly-).
3. 3
   In Loom choose Tavily and paste it. A basic search uses one credit.

Get a key: SearXNG (your own)

1. 1
   Run a SearXNG server (for example with Docker).
2. 2
   In its settings.yml, add json to search.formats and set server.limiter: false, then restart it. Without JSON enabled you get a 403 or HTML.
3. 3
   Test it: curl "http://your-server:8080/search?q=test&format=json" should return JSON.
4. 4
   In Loom choose SearXNG and enter the Server address.

In Loom

• Press Test search. Loom runs a real search and tells you how many results came back.
• Let the model open pages lets it read a page you or the search points to. Ask before opening a page keeps you in control; leave it on unless you trust the chat.

Good to know

If something goes wrong

Official documentation

• Brave Search API
• Tavily docs