Gemini search

OpenClaw supports Gemini models with built-in Google Search grounding, which returns AI-synthesized answers backed by live Google Search results with citations.

Get an API key

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```bash}
openclaw configure --section web
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Config

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{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      google: {
        config: {
          webSearch: {
            apiKey: "AIza...", // optional if GEMINI_API_KEY is set
            model: "gemini-2.5-flash", // default
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  tools: {
    web: {
      search: {
        provider: "gemini",
      },
    },
  },
}

Environment alternative: set

How it works

Unlike traditional search providers that return a list of links and snippets, Gemini uses Google Search grounding to produce AI-synthesized answers with inline citations. The results include both the synthesized answer and the source URLs.

• Citation URLs from Gemini grounding are automatically resolved from Google redirect URLs to direct URLs.
• Redirect resolution uses the SSRF guard path (HEAD + redirect checks + http/https validation) before returning the final citation URL.
• Redirect resolution uses strict SSRF defaults, so redirects to private/internal targets are blocked.

Supported parameters

Gemini search supports

Provider-specific filters like

Model selection

The default model is

Related

• Web Search overview -- all providers and auto-detection
• Brave Search -- structured results with snippets
• Perplexity Search -- structured results + content extraction