Introducing Web Search API via AI Gateway

Cloudflare has introduced a Web Search API through AI Gateway, partnering initially with Ceramic.ai, Exa, and Linkup to help AI agents retrieve current web information instead of relying on guessed URLs or static model knowledge. The service injects structured, live search results into model context, supporting use cases involving recent events, evolving documentation, and changing APIs. Cloudflare says participating providers must meet its crawler standards by identifying verified bots, respecting robots.txt and site-owner preferences, and linking search results to their original sources. Developers can access the service through AI Gateway with unified billing, logging, access controls, optional zero-data-retention provider identification, list pricing without markup, and bring-your-own-key support, as well as through a REST API and Cloudflare Workers bindings. Cloudflare also plans to add native server tools to AI Gateway, with web search among the first built-in capabilities for agent workflows.

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