diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index b4e08e1a..33a4ab0d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ PROVIDER_API_KEY=
 # OpenAI-compatible providers can use any env var name as long as config.yaml
 # points model.api_key_env at the same name.
 OPENAI_API_KEY=
+
+# Required when tools.search_provider is set to 'tavily' in config.yaml.
+TAVILY_API_KEY=
diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index fd662e4d..ac85bf1e 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ tools:
   web: true
   shell: true
   files: true
+  # search_provider: duckduckgo  # 'duckduckgo' (default) or 'tavily'
 email:
   enabled: false
   smtp_host: ""
diff --git a/nipux_cli/config.py b/nipux_cli/config.py
index 7d1c2a3d..e8b5eedf 100644
--- a/nipux_cli/config.py
+++ b/nipux_cli/config.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class ToolAccessConfig:
     web: bool = True
     shell: bool = True
     files: bool = True
+    search_provider: str = "duckduckgo"
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ def load_config(path: str | Path | None = None) -> AppConfig:
         web=bool(tools_raw.get("web", True)),
         shell=bool(tools_raw.get("shell", True)),
         files=bool(tools_raw.get("files", True)),
+        search_provider=str(tools_raw.get("search_provider") or "duckduckgo"),
     )
     email = EmailConfig(
         enabled=bool(email_raw.get("enabled", False)),
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ def default_config_yaml(
         "  web: true\n"
         "  shell: true\n"
         "  files: true\n"
+        "  # search_provider: duckduckgo  # 'duckduckgo' (default) or 'tavily'\n"
         "email:\n"
         "  enabled: false\n"
         "  smtp_host: \"\"\n"
diff --git a/nipux_cli/tools.py b/nipux_cli/tools.py
index cc88ebd0..30b4b4cf 100644
--- a/nipux_cli/tools.py
+++ b/nipux_cli/tools.py
@@ -853,14 +853,14 @@ def _browser_call(name: str, args: dict[str, Any], ctx: ToolContext) -> str:
 
 
 def _web_call(name: str, args: dict[str, Any], ctx: ToolContext) -> str:
-    del ctx
     from nipux_cli.web import web_extract, web_search
 
+    search_provider = ctx.config.tools.search_provider
     if name == "web_search":
-        return _json(web_search(str(args.get("query") or ""), limit=int(args.get("limit") or 5)))
+        return _json(web_search(str(args.get("query") or ""), limit=int(args.get("limit") or 5), search_provider=search_provider))
     if name == "web_extract":
         urls = args.get("urls") if isinstance(args.get("urls"), list) else []
-        return _json(web_extract(urls[:5]))
+        return _json(web_extract(urls[:5], search_provider=search_provider))
     raise KeyError(name)
 
 
diff --git a/nipux_cli/web.py b/nipux_cli/web.py
index 222e6677..3b34cff3 100644
--- a/nipux_cli/web.py
+++ b/nipux_cli/web.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def _duckduckgo_link(raw: str) -> str:
     return html.unescape(raw)
 
 
-def web_search(query: str, *, limit: int = 5) -> dict[str, Any]:
+def _ddg_search(query: str, *, limit: int = 5) -> dict[str, Any]:
     url = "https://duckduckgo.com/html/?" + urllib.parse.urlencode({"q": query})
     markup, _ = _request(url)
     pattern = re.compile(
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def web_search(query: str, *, limit: int = 5) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return {"success": True, "query": query, "results": results}
 
 
-def web_extract(urls: list[str], *, limit_chars: int = 12_000) -> dict[str, Any]:
+def _ddg_extract(urls: list[str], *, limit_chars: int = 12_000) -> dict[str, Any]:
     pages = []
     for url in urls[:5]:
         try:
@@ -119,3 +119,45 @@ def web_extract(urls: list[str], *, limit_chars: int = 12_000) -> dict[str, Any]
         except Exception as exc:
             pages.append({"url": url, "error": str(exc)})
     return {"success": True, "pages": pages}
+
+
+def _tavily_search(query: str, *, limit: int = 5) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    from tavily import TavilyClient
+
+    client = TavilyClient()
+    response = client.search(query=query, max_results=limit)
+    results = [
+        {"title": r.get("title", ""), "url": r.get("url", "")}
+        for r in response.get("results", [])
+    ]
+    return {"success": True, "query": query, "results": results}
+
+
+def _tavily_extract(urls: list[str], *, limit_chars: int = 12_000) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    from tavily import TavilyClient
+
+    client = TavilyClient()
+    response = client.extract(urls=urls[:5])
+    pages = []
+    for r in response.get("results", []):
+        text = r.get("raw_content") or r.get("text") or ""
+        pages.append({
+            "url": r.get("url", ""),
+            "text": text[:limit_chars],
+            "truncated": len(text) > limit_chars,
+        })
+    for f in response.get("failed_results", []):
+        pages.append({"url": f.get("url", ""), "error": f.get("error", "extraction failed")})
+    return {"success": True, "pages": pages}
+
+
+def web_search(query: str, *, limit: int = 5, search_provider: str = "duckduckgo") -> dict[str, Any]:
+    if search_provider == "tavily":
+        return _tavily_search(query, limit=limit)
+    return _ddg_search(query, limit=limit)
+
+
+def web_extract(urls: list[str], *, limit_chars: int = 12_000, search_provider: str = "duckduckgo") -> dict[str, Any]:
+    if search_provider == "tavily":
+        return _tavily_extract(urls, limit_chars=limit_chars)
+    return _ddg_extract(urls, limit_chars=limit_chars)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 69e35e81..436c96ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
   "openai>=2.21.0,<3",
   "pyyaml>=6.0.2,<7",
+  "tavily-python>=0.5.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]