# Websearch by the agent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [January 25, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/websearch-by-the-agent/44846 "2025-01-25T20:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ldorigo1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ldorigo1/32/11923_2.png) [@ldorigo1](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ldorigo1)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/websearch-by-the-agent/44846/1 "2025-01-25T20:49:01Z")
For a very brief period of time before I got rolled back, the agent was able to search the web on his own (without using @web) and dynamically search the web for information. Then I got rolled back, and now I’m back on 45.3 but this seems no longer to be the case. Was that a bug, was it intentionally removed, or is something buggy with my install? I think it would be such a killer feature. ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/websearch-by-the-agent/44846/2 "2025-01-26T08:23:37Z")
Hey, I just checked, and the @web function is available in agent mode, and everything is working. I’m using version 0.45.3. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/1/f/1fa7b32611751c2b7c39e784c53da1599f13fa06.png) ---
**Author:** ![ldorigo1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ldorigo1/32/11923_2.png) [@ldorigo1](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ldorigo1)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/websearch-by-the-agent/44846/3 "2025-01-26T11:04:53Z")
Hi, yes, I was asking whether it should be possible for the agent to use websearches _dynamically_ without me having to do @web. if I do @web it only does one initial websearch - it doesn’t dynamically search the web to find information (similar to how it e.g. searches the codebase or lists files). I’m pretty sure it did have that ability for a very brief time - before I got rolled back. ---
**Author:** ![ldorigo1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ldorigo1/32/11923_2.png) [@ldorigo1](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ldorigo1)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/websearch-by-the-agent/44846/4 "2025-01-26T11:05:53Z")
Weird, my “web” icon looks different from yours… which version are you on? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/7/0/705dac61fd7f6807112ceff242a1d9d683bdd205.png) ---
**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/websearch-by-the-agent/44846/5 "2025-01-26T11:15:11Z")
Unfortunately, I can’t confirm that, as I haven’t tested it before, but I’ll ask our team about it. Regarding the icons, I just use the Tabler Product Icons extension, which overrides the default Cursor icons. ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/websearch-by-the-agent/44846/6 "2025-01-27T19:08:53Z")
We briefly tested a local web tool for the agent, where it could browse both public and local web pages using a tool, but it has since been removed due to security risks. We’re hoping to bring back a similar feature soon! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/websearch-by-the-agent/44846/7 "2026-06-18T10:25:48Z")
Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:25am UTC