web

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.