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Teknium 96c2fd3c04 feat: web search/extract now work keyless on fresh installs via Parallel + Exa free tiers
With zero web credentials configured, web_search/web_extract previously
resolved to the nonfunctional firecrawl sentinel and errored. Now the
backend resolution walks a strictly-last keyless tier: Parallel's and
Exa's public anonymous MCP endpoints (the same free tiers opencode ships
as its default search path).

- plugins/web/keyless_mcp.py: minimal JSON-RPC tools/call client for
  mcp.exa.ai + search.parallel.ai (SSE + plain JSON parsing, typed
  errors, per-process random session id, no user identifiers)
- WebSearchProvider.is_keyless_available(): separate weaker tier that
  never leaks into is_available(), so keyed setups are never pre-empted
- Exa/Parallel providers: route to keyless endpoints when their key is
  absent; keyed SDK path unchanged
- registry + _get_backend(): keyless walk (parallel -> exa) strictly
  after every keyed/importable candidate; check_web_api_key() lights
  the tools up on zero-credential installs
- web.keyless_fallback config key (default true) to disable the tier
- docs: web-search.md + configuration.md

E2E-verified against both live endpoints from an isolated HERMES_HOME
(search + extract via the real dispatchers, disable-flag negative path).
2026-08-19 15:15:27 -07:00

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"""Keyless free-tier web search/extract fallback (Parallel + Exa MCP).
Covers:
- keyless_mcp response parsing (SSE + plain JSON, error shapes)
- provider keyless routing: no key -> keyless path; key present -> SDK path
- registry keyless walk: fires only when nothing is keyed; respects
web.keyless_fallback: false
- _get_backend() keyless tier: strictly after every keyed candidate
- check_web_api_key() lights up on a zero-credential install
"""
import json
from unittest.mock import patch
import pytest
import tools.web_tools as web_tools
from agent import web_search_registry as registry
from plugins.web import keyless_mcp
from plugins.web.exa.provider import ExaWebSearchProvider
from plugins.web.parallel.provider import ParallelWebSearchProvider
@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def _no_web_env(monkeypatch):
"""Blank every web credential and neutralize config lookups."""
for var in (
"EXA_API_KEY", "PARALLEL_API_KEY", "TAVILY_API_KEY",
"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY", "FIRECRAWL_API_URL", "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY",
"SEARXNG_URL", "TOOL_GATEWAY_USER_TOKEN",
):
monkeypatch.delenv(var, raising=False)
monkeypatch.setattr(
"agent.web_search_provider.get_provider_env", lambda name: "", raising=True
)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "_env_value", lambda name: "", raising=True)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "_load_web_config", dict, raising=True)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "_is_tool_gateway_ready", lambda: False, raising=True)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "_ddgs_package_importable", lambda: False, raising=True)
yield
@pytest.fixture()
def fresh_registry():
"""Isolated registry snapshot with real exa/parallel providers."""
with registry._lock:
saved = dict(registry._providers)
saved_scoped = {k: dict(v) for k, v in registry._scoped_providers.items()}
registry._providers.clear()
registry._scoped_providers.clear()
registry.register_provider(ParallelWebSearchProvider())
registry.register_provider(ExaWebSearchProvider())
yield registry
with registry._lock:
registry._providers.clear()
registry._providers.update(saved)
registry._scoped_providers.clear()
registry._scoped_providers.update(saved_scoped)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# keyless_mcp parsing
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestParseMcpBody:
def test_sse_body(self):
payload = {"result": {"content": [{"type": "text", "text": "hello"}]}}
body = f"event: message\ndata: {json.dumps(payload)}\n\n"
assert keyless_mcp._parse_mcp_body(body) == "hello"
def test_plain_json_body(self):
payload = {"result": {"content": [{"type": "text", "text": "hi"}]}}
assert keyless_mcp._parse_mcp_body(json.dumps(payload)) == "hi"
def test_jsonrpc_error_raises(self):
body = json.dumps({"error": {"code": -32000, "message": "rate limit"}})
with pytest.raises(keyless_mcp.KeylessMCPError, match="rate limit"):
keyless_mcp._parse_mcp_body(body)
def test_is_error_result_raises(self):
body = json.dumps(
{"result": {"isError": True, "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "boom"}]}}
)
with pytest.raises(keyless_mcp.KeylessMCPError, match="boom"):
keyless_mcp._parse_mcp_body(body)
def test_garbage_raises(self):
with pytest.raises(keyless_mcp.KeylessMCPError):
keyless_mcp._parse_mcp_body("<html>nope</html>")
class TestExaTextParsing:
def test_parses_blocks(self):
text = (
"Title: First\nURL: https://a.example\nPublished: N/A\n"
"Highlights:\nsome highlight\nmore\n"
"\n---\n"
"Title: Second\nURL: https://b.example\nHighlights:\nother\n"
)
results = keyless_mcp._parse_exa_search_text(text, limit=5)
assert [r["url"] for r in results] == ["https://a.example", "https://b.example"]
assert results[0]["description"] == "some highlight more"
assert results[0]["position"] == 1
def test_limit_respected(self):
text = "\n---\n".join(
f"Title: T{i}\nURL: https://x{i}.example" for i in range(6)
)
assert len(keyless_mcp._parse_exa_search_text(text, limit=2)) == 2
class TestKeylessCalls:
def test_parallel_search_shapes_results(self):
payload = json.dumps(
{
"results": [
{"url": "https://a", "title": "A", "excerpts": ["x", "y"]},
{"url": "https://b", "title": "B", "excerpts": []},
]
}
)
with patch.object(keyless_mcp, "mcp_call", return_value=payload) as call:
out = keyless_mcp.parallel_search_keyless("query", limit=5)
assert out["success"] is True
assert out["data"]["web"][0] == {
"url": "https://a", "title": "A", "description": "x y", "position": 1,
}
args = call.call_args[0]
assert args[0] == keyless_mcp.PARALLEL_MCP_URL
assert args[1] == "web_search"
assert "model_name" not in args[2] # analytics field deliberately omitted
def test_parallel_search_failure_mentions_key_setup(self):
with patch.object(
keyless_mcp, "mcp_call", side_effect=keyless_mcp.KeylessMCPError("429")
):
out = keyless_mcp.parallel_search_keyless("q")
assert out["success"] is False
assert "PARALLEL_API_KEY" in out["error"]
def test_parallel_extract_covers_missing_urls(self):
payload = json.dumps({"results": [{"url": "https://a", "title": "A", "excerpts": ["c"]}]})
with patch.object(keyless_mcp, "mcp_call", return_value=payload):
out = keyless_mcp.parallel_extract_keyless(["https://a", "https://gone"])
assert out[0]["content"] == "c"
assert out[1]["url"] == "https://gone"
assert "error" in out[1]
def test_exa_search_rate_limit_is_soft_error(self):
with patch.object(
keyless_mcp, "mcp_call",
side_effect=keyless_mcp.KeylessMCPError("free MCP rate limit"),
):
out = keyless_mcp.exa_search_keyless("q")
assert out["success"] is False
assert "EXA_API_KEY" in out["error"]
def test_exa_extract_per_url(self):
with patch.object(
keyless_mcp, "mcp_call", return_value="# Page Title\nbody text"
) as call:
out = keyless_mcp.exa_extract_keyless(["https://a", "https://b"])
assert call.call_count == 2
assert out[0]["title"] == "Page Title"
assert out[0]["content"].startswith("# Page Title")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Provider routing: keyless vs keyed
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestProviderRouting:
def test_parallel_keyless_path_when_no_key(self):
provider = ParallelWebSearchProvider()
with patch.object(
keyless_mcp, "parallel_search_keyless",
return_value={"success": True, "data": {"web": []}},
) as keyless:
out = provider.search("q", limit=3)
assert out["success"] is True
keyless.assert_called_once_with("q", 3)
def test_exa_keyless_path_when_no_key(self):
provider = ExaWebSearchProvider()
with patch.object(
keyless_mcp, "exa_search_keyless",
return_value={"success": True, "data": {"web": []}},
) as keyless:
out = provider.search("q", limit=3)
assert out["success"] is True
keyless.assert_called_once_with("q", 3)
def test_parallel_keyed_path_skips_keyless(self, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(
"agent.web_search_provider.get_provider_env",
lambda name: "sk-real" if name == "PARALLEL_API_KEY" else "",
)
provider = ParallelWebSearchProvider()
with patch.object(keyless_mcp, "parallel_search_keyless") as keyless, \
patch("plugins.web.parallel.provider._get_sync_client") as client:
client.return_value.beta.search.return_value.results = []
out = provider.search("q")
keyless.assert_not_called()
assert out["success"] is True
def test_keyless_disabled_falls_through_to_key_error(self, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_keyless_tier_enabled", lambda: False)
provider = ParallelWebSearchProvider()
out = provider.search("q")
assert out["success"] is False
assert "PARALLEL_API_KEY" in out["error"]
def test_is_available_stays_false_keyless(self):
# Keyless tier must NOT leak into is_available() (legacy walk order).
assert ParallelWebSearchProvider().is_available() is False
assert ExaWebSearchProvider().is_available() is False
assert ParallelWebSearchProvider().is_keyless_available() is True
assert ExaWebSearchProvider().is_keyless_available() is True
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_parallel_keyless_extract(self):
provider = ParallelWebSearchProvider()
with patch.object(
keyless_mcp, "parallel_extract_keyless",
return_value=[{"url": "https://a", "title": "", "content": "c"}],
) as keyless:
out = await provider.extract(["https://a"])
assert out[0]["content"] == "c"
keyless.assert_called_once_with(["https://a"])
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Registry + _get_backend resolution order
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestResolutionOrder:
def test_registry_falls_back_to_keyless_parallel(self, fresh_registry, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_read_config_key", lambda *p: None)
provider = registry.get_active_search_provider()
assert provider is not None
assert provider.name == "parallel" # _KEYLESS_PREFERENCE order
def test_registry_keyless_disabled_returns_none(self, fresh_registry, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_read_config_key", lambda *p: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_keyless_tier_enabled", lambda: False)
assert registry.get_active_search_provider() is None
def test_keyed_provider_beats_keyless(self, fresh_registry, monkeypatch):
# Exa keyed, Parallel keyless: legacy walk must pick exa (keyed)
# even though parallel precedes exa in _KEYLESS_PREFERENCE.
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_read_config_key", lambda *p: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(
"agent.web_search_provider.get_provider_env",
lambda name: "sk-real" if name == "EXA_API_KEY" else "",
)
provider = registry.get_active_search_provider()
assert provider is not None and provider.name == "exa"
def test_get_backend_keyless_last(self, monkeypatch):
# No creds at all -> keyless parallel.
monkeypatch.setattr(
web_tools, "_registered_web_provider",
lambda name: {"parallel": ParallelWebSearchProvider(),
"exa": ExaWebSearchProvider()}.get(name),
)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "_list_registered_web_providers", list)
assert web_tools._get_backend() == "parallel"
def test_get_backend_key_beats_keyless(self, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(
web_tools, "_env_value",
lambda name: "sk-x" if name == "TAVILY_API_KEY" else "",
)
assert web_tools._get_backend() == "tavily"
def test_get_backend_keyless_disabled(self, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(
web_tools, "_registered_web_provider",
lambda name: {"parallel": ParallelWebSearchProvider(),
"exa": ExaWebSearchProvider()}.get(name),
)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "_list_registered_web_providers", list)
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_keyless_tier_enabled", lambda: False)
assert web_tools._get_backend() == "firecrawl" # legacy sentinel
def test_check_web_api_key_true_on_keyless_install(self, fresh_registry, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_read_config_key", lambda *p: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "_ensure_web_plugins_loaded", lambda: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "check_firecrawl_api_key", lambda: False)
assert web_tools.check_web_api_key() is True
def test_check_web_api_key_false_when_disabled(self, fresh_registry, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_read_config_key", lambda *p: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(registry, "_keyless_tier_enabled", lambda: False)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "_ensure_web_plugins_loaded", lambda: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(web_tools, "check_firecrawl_api_key", lambda: False)
assert web_tools.check_web_api_key() is False