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name: google-web-search
description: Google web search with integrated image results
---
# Google Web Search
## Available Tools
- **google_web_search(query, include_images?)**: Search the web using Google Custom Search. Returns results with titles, snippets, links, and optional image results.
- `query` (string, required): Search query
- `include_images` (boolean, optional, default: true): Include image results alongside web results
## Usage Guidelines
- Formulate clear, specific search queries for best results.
- Use quotes for exact phrase matching (e.g., `"machine learning" best practices 2025`).
- For comprehensive research, perform multiple targeted searches rather than one broad query.
- Image results are included by default. Set `include_images=false` for text-only searches.
## Citation Format
When presenting information from search results, wrap every specific claim in `<cite>` tags:
```
<cite source="SOURCE_TITLE" url="URL">claim text</cite>
```
**Rules:**
- Cite factual claims, statistics, quotes, and specific information from search results.
- The `source` attribute should contain the title or name of the source.
- The `url` attribute should contain the source URL when available.
- Do NOT cite your own reasoning or general knowledge.
- If search results don't contain relevant information, inform the user rather than guessing.
- Use the minimum number of citations necessary to support claims.
