Add a web search

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title: Add a web search
description: Add a web search as a tool in AI Skill Kit to include web search results in your skill prompts.
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# Add a web search

Add a web search as a tool in AI Skill Kit to include web search results in your skill prompts.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_skill\_builder.adminor admin.

A search engine API key from your provider must be configured on the ServiceNow AI Platform.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **AI Skill Kit** > **Home**.

2.  Create a skill or select the skill that you want to add web search to.

3.  Select the **Tool editor** tab.

4.  Select the \(+\) icon to add a node.

5.  Select **Tool node**, and then **Add**.

6.  Select **Web Search** in the **Tool type** field.

7.  Select **Configure tool**.

8.  On the General info form, enter a name in the **Name** field and select **Web Search** in the **Resource** field.

9.  Select **Continue**.

10. On the Tool inputs form, fill in the fields.

    \[Omitted image "nask-web-search.png"\] Alt text: Add a web search tool page in AI Skill Kit.

<table id="table_itg_hm5_m2c"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Search result type

</td><td>

**AI answers** is the type of result that you want from the search. **AI answers** generates a single response to the search using Perplexity, OpenAI, or Gemini.

</td></tr><tr><td>

AI search providers

</td><td>

The AI search provider used to perform the search.**Note:**

If you select Perplexity or OpenAI, you must complete the API key setup in the AI Search answers OneExtend capability table. For more information on that process, see [Configure AI search answers capability for web search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/generative-ai-controller/configure-ai-search-answers-capability-for-web-search.md). Azure OpenAI appears as an option, but it doesn't support web search.

If you select Google as your web search tool provider, the web search tool uses [Grounding with Google Search](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/grounding/grounding-with-google-search), offered under a Global Standard deployment. Because grounding is not [data resident](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/security-controls), Google's global infrastructure routes traffic to a global data center for each web search request. This processing might differ from the data processing location chosen for your ServiceNow instance. Consider your organization's data policies before adding a web search tool with Google as the provider.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Search query

</td><td>

Word, words, or phrase to search for.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Sites or domains

</td><td>

This field appears but it's not supported.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Max tokens

</td><td>

This field appears but it's not supported.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>11. Select **Continue**.

12. On the Tool outputs form, select **Continue**.

13. On the Tool conditions \(optional\) form, select **Continue**.

14. On the Summary screen, select **Add tool**.


**Parent Topic:**[Add a tool](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/now-assist-skill-kit/add-a-tool.md)