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Use Ollama Cloud web APIs for single-query web search and single-page web fetch. Requires OLLAMA_API_KEY and uses shell HTTP requests, preferably curl.

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Ollama Web

Call Ollama Cloud's web_search and web_fetch APIs from the shell. This skill intentionally does not use a scripts/ directory.

When to use

  • User asks for Ollama web search or web fetch
  • User wants to search the web through Ollama Cloud
  • User wants to fetch a single webpage through Ollama Cloud and extract structured content

Required environment variable

OLLAMA_API_KEY must be set before sending requests.

export OLLAMA_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
test -n "$OLLAMA_API_KEY" || { echo "OLLAMA_API_KEY is required" >&2; exit 1; }

HTTP client policy

  • Prefer curl
  • Do not create a dedicated script just for this skill
  • Do not install new dependencies just to make the request
  • If curl is unavailable, use any HTTP client already present in the environment and preserve the same method, URL, headers, and JSON body
  • If no HTTP-capable tool is available, stop and report the exact request specification instead of fabricating results

Check for curl like this:

command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "curl not found"

Web Search

Performs a web search for a single query and returns relevant results.

Request

  • Method: POST
  • URL: https://ollama.com/api/web_search
  • Headers:
    • Authorization: Bearer $OLLAMA_API_KEY
    • Content-Type: application/json
  • JSON body:
    • query (string, required)
    • max_results (integer, optional, default 5, max 10)

curl example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://ollama.com/api/web_search \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $OLLAMA_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "query": "what is ollama?",
    "max_results": 5
  }'

Response shape

{
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "Ollama",
      "url": "https://ollama.com/",
      "content": "Cloud models are now available..."
    }
  ]
}

Guidance

  • query is a single search string, not a list
  • Omit max_results unless a non-default value is needed
  • Never send max_results greater than 10
  • Report only what the API returned; do not invent missing search results

Web Fetch

Fetches a single web page by URL and returns its content.

Request

  • Method: POST
  • URL: https://ollama.com/api/web_fetch
  • Headers:
    • Authorization: Bearer $OLLAMA_API_KEY
    • Content-Type: application/json
  • JSON body:
    • url (string, required)

curl example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://ollama.com/api/web_fetch \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $OLLAMA_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "url": "https://ollama.com"
  }'

Response shape

{
  "title": "Ollama",
  "content": "[Cloud models](https://ollama.com/blog/cloud-models) are now available in Ollama...",
  "links": [
    "http://ollama.com/",
    "http://ollama.com/models",
    "https://github.com/ollama/ollama"
  ]
}

Guidance

  • Send exactly one URL per request
  • Prefer absolute URLs such as https://ollama.com
  • Report only the returned title, content, and links; do not summarize as if the full page was fetched unless the API returned it

Fallback behavior when curl is missing

If curl is not available, keep the request contract identical and use another installed client. The contract is:

  • Method: POST
  • URL: https://ollama.com/api/web_search or https://ollama.com/api/web_fetch
  • Header: Authorization: Bearer $OLLAMA_API_KEY
  • Header: Content-Type: application/json
  • Body for search: {"query":"...","max_results":5}
  • Body for fetch: {"url":"https://example.com"}

If no client can send the request, surface the request contract above and stop. That is better than guessing or claiming the API was called when it was not.