Crawl the web.
Fast.

Your OpenClaw agent gets one built-in search engine. Clawler gives it eight—from fast link retrieval to AI-powered answers—without changing a single prompt.

openclaw plugin add clawler
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Not all searches are the same

Sometimes your agent needs a quick list of links. Sometimes it needs a careful, cited answer. Different providers are better at different things. Clawler picks the right one—or lets you choose.

Built-in search

“best carry-on luggage for Europe trip”

10 Best Carry-On Bags for 2026 - Travel + Leisure travelandleisure.com/best-carry-on-luggage We tested dozens of carry-on bags to find the best options for every type of traveler...
Carry-On Size Guide by Airline - NerdWallet nerdwallet.com/article/travel/carry-on-size Most airlines allow bags up to 22 x 14 x 9 inches, but budget carriers in Europe...
r/onebag - Best luggage for 2 weeks in Europe? reddit.com/r/onebag/comments/... I'd recommend the Osprey Farpoint 40 or the Peak Design Travel Backpack if you want...

Just links. The agent has to read each page to piece together an answer.

Clawler via perplexity

“best carry-on luggage for Europe trip”

Answer

For Europe, you want a bag that fits budget airline limits (typically 55 x 40 x 20 cm). Top picks for 2026: the Away Carry-On for hard-shell durability, the Peak Design Travel Backpack for flexibility, and the Osprey Farpoint 40 for longer trips. Avoid anything over 22 inches—Ryanair and EasyJet will charge you.

Sources travelandleisure.com/best-carry-on-luggage nerdwallet.com/article/travel/carry-on-size

A direct answer with citations. The agent can keep moving.

Choose your providers

Each provider has different strengths. Install the plugin, add whichever API keys you have, and Clawler figures out the rest. You can also pin a specific provider for any individual search.

Anthropic AI answer

Claude searches the web for you. Deep research mode with citations and careful source evaluation.

Brave Fast links

Private, fast web search. Great for quick factual lookups and getting a list of relevant pages.

Exa Smart links

Neural search that understands what you mean, not just what you typed. Finds the exact page you need.

Gemini AI answer

Google-powered search with AI summaries. Taps into Google's index through the Gemini API.

OpenAI AI answer

Uses GPT to search the web and reason through results. Returns a full answer with cited sources.

Parallel Fast links

Searches multiple sources at once and returns structured excerpts. Fast and comprehensive.

Perplexity AI answer

Real-time answers grounded in current web results. Great when you need up-to-the-minute information.

Tavily Research

Research-grade search that returns an answer and the sources it used. Built for thorough lookups.

Three steps.
That's it.

The setup wizard detects which API keys you have, picks a default provider, and configures everything. Your agent starts using Clawler immediately.

1

Install the plugin

openclaw plugin add clawler
2

Run the setup wizard

openclaw clawler setup

Finds your API keys, asks which provider you want as the default, and writes the config file.

3

Search

Your agent now uses search_web instead of the built-in search tool. If your default provider is down, it falls back to the next one automatically.

Under the hood

How Clawler decides where to send your query

  1. If the search call specifies a provider, use that one directly.
  2. Otherwise, use your configured default.
  3. If set to "auto", pick the first provider with a valid API key.
  4. If the provider fails, try the next one in your fallback list.
  5. Format the response consistently no matter which provider answered.

Traditional search providers (Brave, Exa, Parallel) return a list of links with snippets. AI-powered providers (Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI, Perplexity) return a written answer with citations. Tavily does both. Clawler normalizes all of these into one format.

config snippet 
{
  "clawler": {
    "provider": "auto",
    "fallback": ["perplexity", "brave"]
  }
}