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Genesis supports Ollama Web Search as a bundled web_search provider. It uses Ollama's experimental web-search API and returns structured results with titles, URLs, and snippets.

Unlike the Ollama model provider, this setup does not need an API key by default. It does require:

  • an Ollama host that is reachable from Genesis
  • ollama signin

Setup

Start Ollama

Make sure Ollama is installed and running.

Sign in

Run:

```bash
ollama signin
```

Choose Ollama Web Search

Run:

```bash
genesis configure --section web
```

Then select **Ollama Web Search** as the provider.

If you already use Ollama for models, Ollama Web Search reuses the same configured host.

Config

{
  tools: {
    web: {
      search: {
        provider: "ollama",
      },
    },
  },
}

Optional Ollama host override:

{
  models: {
    providers: {
      ollama: {
        baseUrl: "http://ollama-host:11434",
      },
    },
  },
}

If no explicit Ollama base URL is set, Genesis uses http://127.0.0.1:11434.

If your Ollama host expects bearer auth, Genesis reuses models.providers.ollama.apiKey (or the matching env-backed provider auth) for web-search requests too.

Notes

  • No web-search-specific API key field is required for this provider.
  • If the Ollama host is auth-protected, Genesis reuses the normal Ollama provider API key when present.
  • Genesis warns during setup if Ollama is unreachable or not signed in, but it does not block selection.
  • Runtime auto-detect can fall back to Ollama Web Search when no higher-priority credentialed provider is configured.
  • The provider uses Ollama's experimental /api/experimental/web_search endpoint.

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