Let the assistant search the web
Web search uses a Brave Search API key, added on the same screen as your model keys but listed separately, because it is not a model provider.
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Steps
- Get an API key from the Brave Search API. Brave offers a free tier suitable for personal use.
- Open Settings, then AI & extensions, then API keys.
- Brave Search sits at the end of the list, below the model providers. Add the key there.
How to tell it worked
Ask the assistant something that requires current information. If it can answer, the key is live.
If it does not work
- You cannot find Brave in the "Add a key" list.
- It is intentionally kept out of that dropdown and given its own row, so that a missing search key never hides behind a missing model key. Look below the model providers.