Performs an online search using Linkup search engine and retrieves the top results as a string. This function is useful for accessing real-time information, including news, articles, and other relevant web content.
⚡ Linkup Web Search Plugin
search-web
Author: Linkup
Version: 0.0.2
Type: tool
🌐 What is this plugin?
The Linkup Web Search plugin allows you to perform real-time, up-to-date web searches and connect it to your agentic workflow. It leverages Linkup's AI-powered search engine, combining results from both public and premium sources. This plugin is ideal for:
- Answering news-related or trending queries
- Finding facts, articles, and definitions
- Supporting complex research with "deep" contextual search
⚙️ Features
- 🔍 Standard Search Mode: Fast and precise retrieval of common queries like definitions, facts, or how-tos.
- 🧠 Deep Search Mode: For in-depth, nuanced questions — performs multi-step analysis using agentic workflows.
- 🌍 Global Web Results: Combines public content and premium sources for richer results.
- 📄 Formatted Outputs: Clean summaries of top links, titles, and contextual content in Markdown-style output.
- 🧱 Easy integration with any Dify Agent — just pass a query and depth.
🛠️ How to Use
To get started with the Linkup plugin, follow these steps:
1. 🔑 Get Your Linkup API Key
- Go to https://linkup.so and create a free account to get your API Key.
- You'll receive $5 of free credit every month to try out searches via the API.
2. ⚙️ Configure the Plugin
When installing the plugin in Dify, you'll be prompted to enter your . Paste it there.
Once added, your plugin is ready to use.
3. 🧠 Add the Tool to Your Agent
Now, simply add the search-web tool to your agent and it is ready to be used with your flow.
🧩 When to use Standard vs Deep
📂 Source Code
📬 Contact Us
Start building more aware, connected, and real-time agents with Linkup Search — your intelligent gateway to the web. 🌐✨