# Web Search Plus: Hermes Agent plugin

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

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/web-search-plus  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/web-search-plus  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-20

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

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install web-search-plus
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable web-search-plus
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- 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 since: 2026-09-15, updated 2026-10-20

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/web-search-plus)
- [Source code](https://github.com/robbyczgw-cla/hermes-web-search-plus#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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