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Claude Web Search Tool
Claude Web Search Tool
Search the web with Claude AI. Includes result filtering, multiple search types, and language support.
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Problems solved
Technical challenges this implementation handles out of the box.
- Search the web with Claude's built-in webSearch tool
- Stream citation-backed answers with sendSources
- Use Anthropic provider-native tools inside streamText
Use cases
Products and workflows this pattern is designed to support.
- Research assistants on Claude
- Fact-checking chats with source links
- News monitoring agents
- Competitive intelligence lookups
Setup
Requirements, wiring steps, and what this pattern adds to your project.
Getting started
Pick how you want to pull this pattern in. Then wire env vars and routes the same way.
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Download → Next.js app
Use Download → Next.js app in the preview toolbar. You get a zip scaffold (Pro downloads rewrite preview `/view/.../api/*` paths to `/api/*` automatically).
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Extract the zip and install dependencies
Unzip the archive, then run `pnpm install` (or npm / yarn) in the project folder.
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Fill .env.local
The download includes .env.local placeholders when needed. Add real values for: CLAUDE_API_KEY.
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Customize the agent and tool files
Adapt prompts, tools, and stop conditions in the generated project for your product.
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Run the app and open the pattern route
Run `pnpm dev`, open the setup/checklist page if present, then navigate to the generated pattern route and verify responses.
Environment variables
CLAUDE_API_KEYGet key
Capabilities
AI SDK APIs
streamTexttoolconvertToModelMessagesgenerateTextProviders
Claude
Files added
6 filesapp/page.tsxapp/layout.tsxapp/api/websearch-claude/route.tscomponents/websearch-demo.tsxlib/request-utils.tsREADME.md
Dependencies
7 totalnpm packages
6AISDKlucide-reactNext.jsReactsonnerZod
Registry components
empty
Critical files
websearch-claude/route.tsAPI route demonstrating Claude's built-in web search tool via anthropic.tools.webSearch. Shows the provider-native tool integration pattern with streamText and sendSources.
Requirements
- Complexity
- Beginner
- Setup time
- ~10 minutes
- Node
- 24+
- Memory
- 512MB
Upstash Redis for rate limiting
