Kimi search

OpenClaw supports Kimi as a

Get an API key

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

When you choose Kimi during

• the Moonshot API region:
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    https://api.moonshot.ai/v1
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    https://api.moonshot.cn/v1
• the default Kimi web-search model (defaults to
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  kimi-k2.6
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Config

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{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      moonshot: {
        config: {
          webSearch: {
            apiKey: "sk-...", // optional if KIMI_API_KEY or MOONSHOT_API_KEY is set
            baseUrl: "https://api.moonshot.ai/v1",
            model: "kimi-k2.6",
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  tools: {
    web: {
      search: {
        provider: "kimi",
      },
    },
  },
}

If you use the China API host for chat (

Environment alternative: set

If you omit

How it works

Kimi uses Moonshot web search to synthesize answers with inline citations, similar to Gemini and Grok's grounded response approach.

Supported parameters

Kimi search supports

Provider-specific filters are not currently supported.

Related

• Web Search overview -- all providers and auto-detection
• Moonshot AI -- Moonshot model + Kimi Coding provider docs
• Gemini Search -- AI-synthesized answers via Google grounding
• Grok Search -- AI-synthesized answers via xAI grounding