lambertjosh · Jul 30, 2026 · Jul 18, 2026 · Jul 21, 2026 · Jul 27, 2026 · Jul 27, 2026
diff --git a/.changeset/enable-websearch-config.md b/.changeset/enable-websearch-config.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@kilocode/cli": patch
+"kilo-code": patch
+---
+
+Allow users to enable web search for models from all providers through Kilo configuration, VS Code settings, and Kilo Console settings.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts b/packages/core/src/v1/config/config.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ export const Info = Schema.Struct({
   layout: Schema.optional(ConfigLayoutV1.Layout).annotate({ description: "@deprecated Always uses stretch layout." }),
   permission: Schema.optional(ConfigPermissionV1.Info),
   tools: Schema.optional(Schema.Record(Schema.String, Schema.Boolean)),
+  web_search: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean).annotate({
+    description: "Make web search available to models from all providers (default: false)",
+  }), // kilocode_change
   attachment: Schema.optional(ConfigAttachmentV1.Info).annotate({
     description: "Attachment processing configuration, including image size limits and resizing behavior",
   }),

diff --git a/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/ToolsRoute.tsx b/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/ToolsRoute.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import { createMemo, createSignal, For, Show } from "solid-js"
 import { ConfigRow, SectionTitle, StatusTag } from "@kilocode/kilo-web-ui/console"
+import { Button } from "@kilocode/kilo-web-ui/button"
+import { Card } from "@kilocode/kilo-web-ui/card"
 import { SearchField } from "../../components/SearchField"
 import { useConfig } from "../../context/config"
 import { toolCapabilities, toolName } from "../../shared/utils"
-import { ConfigCountTag as CountTag, ConfigPage } from "./ConfigPage"
+import { ConfigCountTag as CountTag, ConfigPage, ConfigTag as Tag, SourceBadge } from "./ConfigPage"
 
 export function ToolsRoute() {
   const ctx = useConfig()
   const [search, setSearch] = createSignal("")
   const snap = () => ctx.data()
+  const websearch = createMemo(() => snap()?.overlay.fields.web_search)
+  const searchEnabled = createMemo(() => websearch()?.value === true)
   const rows = createMemo(() => {
     const data = snap()
     if (!data) return []
@@ -52,6 +56,48 @@ export function ToolsRoute() {
           }
           description="Built-in tools available to agents, including file access, terminal execution, search, fetch, and orchestration tools."
         >
+          <Card class="ui-card" padding={0}>
+            <header class="ui-card-header">
+              <div>
+                <h2>Web search</h2>
+                <p>Control web search availability for models from providers that do not enable it by default.</p>
+              </div>
+              <Show when={ctx.query()?.scope === "project" && websearch()?.overridden}>
+                <Button
+                  variant="secondary"
+                  disabled={Boolean(ctx.saving())}
+                  onClick={() => ctx.unset([["web_search"]])}
+                >
+                  Revert
+                </Button>
+              </Show>
+            </header>
+            <div class="ui-form">
+              <button
+                class="ui-toggle"
+                classList={{ selected: searchEnabled() }}
+                type="button"
+                aria-pressed={searchEnabled()}
+                disabled={Boolean(ctx.saving()) || websearch()?.editable === false}
+                onClick={() => ctx.save({ web_search: !searchEnabled() })}
+              >
+                <span>
+                  <strong>Enable for all providers</strong>
+                  <small>Search requests connect directly to Exa or Parallel.</small>
+                  <Show when={websearch()?.reason}>{(reason) => <small>{reason()}</small>}</Show>
+                </span>
+                <span class="tags">
+                  <SourceBadge
+                    source={websearch()?.source}
+                    inherited={websearch()?.inherited}
+                    overridden={websearch()?.overridden}
+                  />
+                  <Tag tone={searchEnabled() ? "success" : "neutral"}>{searchEnabled() ? "On" : "Off"}</Tag>
+                </span>
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          </Card>
+
           <SearchField
             label="Filter tools"
             value={search()}

diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/settings-accessibility.spec.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/settings-accessibility.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const NAMES = [
   "Providers",
   "Agent Behaviour",
   "Auto-Approve",
-  "Browser",
+  "Web Tools",
   "Checkpoints",
   "Display",
   "Autocomplete",

diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/BrowserTab.tsx b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/BrowserTab.tsx
@@ -3,12 +3,30 @@ import { Switch } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/switch"
 import { Card } from "@kilocode/kilo-ui/card"
 import { useVSCode } from "../../context/vscode"
 import { useLanguage } from "../../context/language"
+import { useConfig } from "../../context/config"
 import type { BrowserSettings } from "../../types/messages"
 import SettingsRow from "./SettingsRow"
 
+const Header: Component<{ title: string }> = (props) => (
+  <h4
+    style={{
+      margin: "0 0 12px",
+      "padding-bottom": "10px",
+      "border-bottom": "1px solid var(--vscode-panel-border)",
+      color: "var(--text-base, var(--vscode-foreground))",
+      "font-size": "var(--kilo-font-size-18, 18px)",
+      "font-weight": 600,
+      "line-height": "1.4",
+    }}
+  >
+    {props.title}
+  </h4>
+)
+
 const BrowserTab: Component = () => {
   const { postMessage, onMessage } = useVSCode()
   const { t } = useLanguage()
+  const { config, updateConfig } = useConfig()
 
   const [settings, setSettings] = createSignal<BrowserSettings>({
     enabled: false,
@@ -33,6 +51,10 @@ const BrowserTab: Component = () => {
     postMessage({ type: "updateSetting", key: `browserAutomation.${key}`, value })
   }
 
+  const updateWebsearch = (checked: boolean) => {
+    updateConfig({ web_search: checked })
+  }
+
   return (
     <div style={{ display: "flex", "flex-direction": "column", gap: "16px" }}>
       {/* Info text */}
@@ -52,43 +74,78 @@ const BrowserTab: Component = () => {
             "line-height": "1.5",
           }}
         >
-          {t("settings.browser.description")}
+          {t("settings.webTools.description")}
         </p>
       </div>
 
-      <Card>
-        {/* Enable toggle */}
-        <SettingsRow title={t("settings.browser.enable.title")} description={t("settings.browser.enable.description")}>
-          <Switch checked={settings().enabled} onChange={(checked: boolean) => update("enabled", checked)} hideLabel>
-            {t("settings.browser.enable.title")}
-          </Switch>
-        </SettingsRow>
+      <div>
+        <Header title={t("settings.webTools.webSearch.title")} />
+        <Card>
+          <SettingsRow
+            title={t("settings.webTools.webSearch.enable")}
+            description={t("settings.webTools.webSearch.description")}
+            last
+          >
+            <Switch checked={config().web_search ?? false} onChange={updateWebsearch} hideLabel>
+              {t("settings.webTools.webSearch.title")}
+            </Switch>
+          </SettingsRow>
+        </Card>
+      </div>
 
-        {/* Use System Chrome */}
-        <SettingsRow
-          title={t("settings.browser.systemChrome.title")}
-          description={t("settings.browser.systemChrome.description")}
+      <div>
+        <Header title={t("settings.webTools.browserAutomation")} />
+        <p
+          style={{
+            margin: "0 0 12px",
+            color: "var(--vscode-descriptionForeground)",
+            "font-size": "var(--kilo-font-size-12)",
+            "line-height": "1.5",
+          }}
         >
-          <Switch
-            checked={settings().useSystemChrome}
-            onChange={(checked: boolean) => update("useSystemChrome", checked)}
-            hideLabel
+          {t("settings.browser.description")}
+        </p>
+        <Card>
+          {/* Enable toggle */}
+          <SettingsRow
+            title={t("settings.browser.enable.title")}
+            description={t("settings.browser.enable.description")}
           >
-            {t("settings.browser.systemChrome.title")}
-          </Switch>
-        </SettingsRow>
+            <Switch checked={settings().enabled} onChange={(checked: boolean) => update("enabled", checked)} hideLabel>
+              {t("settings.browser.enable.title")}
+            </Switch>
+          </SettingsRow>
 
-        {/* Headless mode */}
-        <SettingsRow
-          title={t("settings.browser.headless.title")}
-          description={t("settings.browser.headless.description")}
-          last
-        >
-          <Switch checked={settings().headless} onChange={(checked: boolean) => update("headless", checked)} hideLabel>
-            {t("settings.browser.headless.title")}
-          </Switch>
-        </SettingsRow>
-      </Card>
+          {/* Use System Chrome */}
+          <SettingsRow
+            title={t("settings.browser.systemChrome.title")}
+            description={t("settings.browser.systemChrome.description")}
+          >
+            <Switch
+              checked={settings().useSystemChrome}
+              onChange={(checked: boolean) => update("useSystemChrome", checked)}
+              hideLabel
+            >
+              {t("settings.browser.systemChrome.title")}
+            </Switch>
+          </SettingsRow>
+
+          {/* Headless mode */}
+          <SettingsRow
+            title={t("settings.browser.headless.title")}
+            description={t("settings.browser.headless.description")}
+            last
+          >
+            <Switch
+              checked={settings().headless}
+              onChange={(checked: boolean) => update("headless", checked)}
+              hideLabel
+            >
+              {t("settings.browser.headless.title")}
+            </Switch>
+          </SettingsRow>
+        </Card>
+      </div>
     </div>
   )
 }

diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/Settings.tsx b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ const Settings: Component<SettingsProps> = (props) => {
             <Icon name="checklist" />
             <span class="label">{language.t("settings.autoApprove.title")}</span>
           </Tabs.Trigger>
-          <Tabs.Trigger value="browser" aria-label={language.t("settings.browser.title")}>
+          <Tabs.Trigger value="browser" aria-label={language.t("settings.webTools.title")}>
             <Icon name="window-cursor" />
-            <span class="label">{language.t("settings.browser.title")}</span>
+            <span class="label">{language.t("settings.webTools.title")}</span>
           </Tabs.Trigger>
           <Tabs.Trigger value="checkpoints" aria-label={language.t("settings.checkpoints.title")}>
             <Icon name="branch" />
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ const Settings: Component<SettingsProps> = (props) => {
           <AutoApproveTab />
         </Tabs.Content>
         <Tabs.Content value="browser">
-          <h3>{language.t("settings.browser.title")}</h3>
+          <h3>{language.t("settings.webTools.title")}</h3>
           <BrowserTab />
         </Tabs.Content>
         <Tabs.Content value="checkpoints">

diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/settings-io.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/components/settings/settings-io.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const KNOWN_KEYS: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
   "compaction",
   "commit_message",
   "tools",
+  "web_search",
   "auto_collapse_reasoning",
   "terminal_command_display",
   "code_edit_display",

diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/ar.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/ar.ts
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/br.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/br.ts
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/bs.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/bs.ts
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/da.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/da.ts
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/de.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/de.ts
@@ -1307,7 +1307,14 @@ export const dict = {
   "settings.section.configuration": "Konfiguration",
   "settings.agentBehaviour.title": "Agentenverhalten",
   "settings.autoApprove.title": "Automatisch genehmigen",
-  "settings.browser.title": "Browser",
+  "settings.webTools.title": "Web-Tools",
+  "settings.webTools.description":
+    "Konfigurieren Sie Websuche und Browserautomatisierung. Suchanfragen werden direkt an Exa oder Parallel gesendet.",
+  "settings.webTools.webSearch.enable": "Für alle Anbieter aktivieren",
+  "settings.webTools.browserAutomation": "Browserautomatisierung",
+  "settings.webTools.webSearch.title": "Websuche",
+  "settings.webTools.webSearch.description":
+    "Machen Sie die Websuche für Modelle aller Anbieter verfügbar. Suchanfragen werden direkt an Exa oder Parallel gesendet.",
   "settings.checkpoints.title": "Prüfpunkte",
   "settings.display.title": "Anzeige",
   "settings.autocomplete.title": "Autovervollständigung",

diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/en.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -1200,7 +1200,14 @@ export const dict = {
   "settings.section.configuration": "Configuration",
   "settings.agentBehaviour.title": "Agent Behaviour",
   "settings.autoApprove.title": "Auto-Approve",
-  "settings.browser.title": "Browser",
+  "settings.webTools.title": "Web Tools",
+  "settings.webTools.description":
+    "Configure web search and browser automation. Search requests connect directly to Exa or Parallel.",
+  "settings.webTools.webSearch.enable": "Enable for All Providers",
+  "settings.webTools.browserAutomation": "Browser Automation",
+  "settings.webTools.webSearch.title": "Web Search",
+  "settings.webTools.webSearch.description":
+    "Make web search available to models from all providers. Searches connect directly to Exa or Parallel.",
   "settings.checkpoints.title": "Checkpoints",
   "settings.display.title": "Display",
   "settings.autocomplete.title": "Autocomplete",

diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/es.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/webview-ui/src/i18n/es.ts