| name | web |
| description | Web search, page extraction, and site crawling. Gives FRIDAY internet access for current information. |
| plugin_module | modules/web |
| capabilities | [{"name":"web_search","description":"Search the web using DuckDuckGo. Returns titles, URLs, and snippets.","aliases":["search the web for","look up online","google","what's the latest on","find online","web search"]},{"name":"web_extract","description":"Fetch a URL and return its readable text content.","aliases":["fetch this url","read this page","extract content from","open this link"]},{"name":"web_crawl","description":"Follow links from a seed URL and gather content across multiple pages.","aliases":["crawl this website","scrape this site","research this website"]}] |
Web Module
Gives FRIDAY internet access via DuckDuckGo search (no API key required).
Setup
Install the optional fast backend:
pip install duckduckgo-search
Without it, FRIDAY falls back to the DDG HTML interface (slightly slower).
Examples
Friday, search the web for "Claude opus 4.7 release"
Friday, look up the latest Python packaging changes online
Friday, fetch https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html
Friday, crawl https://news.ycombinator.com and find ML stories
Permissions
All capabilities require online_permission mode. URLs are pre-screened by
core.safety.url_safety — private IP ranges and blocked domains are rejected.
Config
config/web_search.yaml — set preferred backend and optional API keys for
Brave Search, Tavily, or SearXNG.
