Web Search Plus

Multi-provider web search, URL extraction, quality reports, and opt-in research mode.

Good to know before installing

Reads the operator's HERMES_HOME/config.yaml (read-only) for its own Desktop settings block (country, language, max_results, auto_routing, provider_order, searxng_url, donsetch_bin) and, in its status command, the web backend and keyless_rescue settings, and checks (without opening it) whether a pre-5.1 .env file exists in its plugin folder or HERMES_HOME/plugins, to tell upgraders where their keys went; may spawn an operator-configured local donsetch CLI as a subprocess (argv, no shell).

From the plugin's catalog listing.

How to install

Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.
hermes plugins install web-search-plus
Said no? Turn it on later:
hermes plugins enable web-search-plus
Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see Full setup & settings. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide (opens in a new tab).

Category: Web, research & browsing
Maintained by: robbyczgw-cla (Community)
Needs: No API keys declared
Adds tools: web_extract_plus web_search_plus
Version: 5.1.4
In the catalog: 2026-09-15, updated 2026-10-20
GitHub stars: 437

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