---
title: Search
description: Search the web ($0.01 per search)
---

import { BlockInfoCard } from "@/components/ui/block-info-card"

<BlockInfoCard 
  type="search"
  color="#3B82F6"
/>

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The **Search** tool lets you search the web from within your Sim workflows using state-of-the-art search engines. Use it to pull in the latest information, news, facts, and web content directly into your agents, automations, or conversations.

- **General web search**: Find up-to-date information from the internet to supplement your workflows.
- **Automated queries**: Let agents or program logic submit search queries and handle the results automatically.
- **Structured results**: Returns the most relevant web results, including title, link, snippet, and date for each result.

> **Note:** Each search costs **$0.01** per query.

This tool is ideal for any workflow where your agents need access to live web data or must reference current events, perform research, or fetch supplemental content.
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## Usage Instructions

Search the web using the Search tool. Each search costs $0.01 per query.



## Tools

### `search_tool`

Search the web. Returns the most relevant web results, including title, link, snippet, and date for each result.

#### Input

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `query` | string | Yes | The search query |

#### Output

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --------- | ---- | ----------- |
| `results` | json | Search results |
| `query` | string | The search query |
| `totalResults` | number | Total number of results |
| `source` | string | Search source \(exa\) |
| `cost` | json | Cost information \($0.01\) |


