Deep Web Search Agent
The Deep Web Search agent performs multi-strategy web searches using AI to find, evaluate, and synthesize information from the public internet. It goes beyond simple keyword search by trying multiple query formulations and evaluating result quality.
Use Cases
- Your workflow needs real-time information from the internet that is not in your knowledge base.
- You want to supplement internal knowledge with public data (market research, competitor analysis, news).
- The user's question requires up-to-date information that may not exist in pre-indexed sources.
| Input | Type | Required | Description |
|---|
| Query | Text with Sources | Yes | The main search query. Can be a question, topic, or specific information request. |
| Instructions | Text | No | Optional guidance prepended to the query (for example, "Focus on official sources" or "Find recent news about"). |
Outputs
| Output | Type | Description |
|---|
| Web Search Results | Search Results (array) | Web research results. Each result contains the source URL, title, and scraped content. Results may include both AI-synthesized answers and directly scraped web content, combined and reranked for relevance. |
Configurations
| Parameter | Description | Default |
|---|
| Maximum Sources | Maximum number of web sources returned. | 5 |
| Number of days to filter by to find the latest results | Only return results from within this many days. When set, forces normal web search and disables AI search. | 0 (no filtering) |
| Allow Google Search | When on, uses Google as the search engine. When off, uses DuckDuckGo with SearXNG as fallback. | Off |
| Ensure Ema always cites source web links | When on, disables AI search so every result comes from a scraped web source with an explicit URL. | Off |
| Return relevant links with brief summaries; skip full scraping | When on, returns titles, URLs, and snippets only (fast). When off, scrapes full page content for each result (slower, more comprehensive). | Off |
| Enable query preprocessing and classification | When on, runs LLM preprocessing to classify the query and extract site filters before searching. Turn off to search the query as-is. | On |
How to Use This Agent
A competitive intelligence AI Employee that combines internal data with web research:
chat_trigger -> knowledge_search ->\
combine_search_results -> respond_using_search_results -> workflow_output
-> deep_web_search ->/