Advanced Features
Web Navigation
Enable web search in conversations with 8+ search providers and privacy-first mode.
What It Enables
When Online Navigation is turned on, your AI agents can:
- Search the web for current information
- Fetch web page content for analysis
- Include sources in responses (shown as source cards with favicons)
This is useful when you need up-to-date information, documentation lookups, or real-time data.
Enabling Web Navigation
Settings > Web Navigation > Online Navigation > ON
Privacy-First Mode
When Privacy-First is enabled, Vocoding prioritizes privacy-respecting search providers (SearXNG, DuckDuckGo) over commercial ones.
Search Providers
Vocoding supports 8+ search providers. You can configure multiple providers -- Vocoding uses them based on availability and your privacy preferences.
Core Providers (API Key Required)
| Provider | Specialty |
|---|---|
| Brave Search | Privacy-focused web search with excellent results |
| Tavily | AI-optimized search with structured results |
Premium Providers (API Key Required)
| Provider | Specialty |
|---|---|
| Perplexity | AI-powered search with summarized answers |
| Exa | Semantic search -- finds meaning, not just keywords |
| You.com | AI search with web snippets |
Privacy Providers (No API Key)
| Provider | Specialty |
|---|---|
| SearXNG | Self-hosted metasearch engine (you provide your instance URL) |
| Mojeek | Independent search engine, no tracking |
| DuckDuckGo | Built-in, no configuration needed -- always available as fallback |
Setting Up a Provider
- Go to Settings > Web Navigation.
- Find the provider you want to enable.
- Enter your API key (or URL for SearXNG).
- Click Save.
- The status badge turns green when active.
Provider Hierarchy
When multiple providers are configured, Vocoding tries them in order based on:
- Your privacy preference (Privacy-First mode).
- Provider availability.
- Provider speed and reliability.
DuckDuckGo is always available as the final fallback.