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feat(web-search): add AI/ML API Toolbox as an opt-in backend - #1185
Adds AI/ML API Toolbox as an explicitly selected backend for web_search. Users can reuse their AI/ML API provider credential and pay for search from the same balance, without configuring a separate search account.
Enable it with:
export ZERO_WEBSEARCH_PROVIDER=aimlapi
An AI/ML API key alone never selects this backend or registers web_search.
Maps the requested result limit to max_results and the domain allowlist to include_domains, retaining Zero's local domain filtering.
Handles queued runs by polling /v1/tools/runs/{id}, with poll hints clamped to 250 ms–5 s and a 30-second overall search budget.
Reports HTTP errors, failed runs, is_error results and malformed responses. Error messages redact the active key and include available diagnostic IDs.
Adds shared AI/ML API service-key resolution and attribution helpers.
Credentials and attribution
The key is resolved on every search from the aimlapi provider profile, including its credential-store entry, or from AIMLAPI_API_KEY when no aimlapi profile exists.
Proxy profiles and invalid single-token credentials are rejected before a request is sent. Comma-separated key pools are not supported. ZERO_WEBSEARCH_BASE_URL and ZERO_WEBSEARCH_API_KEY do not override this backend's destination or credential.
Requests carry X-AIMLAPI-Source: agent/zero and X-AIMLAPI-Partner-ID, using Zero's existing partner-ID resolver. Credentialed requests refuse redirects.
Billing and impact
Every search is a billed Toolbox run and carries max_cost_usd: 0.025 and a fresh idempotency key.
Existing search-provider selection remains unchanged unless the user explicitly chooses aimlapi. No runtime dependencies are added.
Validation
Focused command:
go test ./internal/aimlapi ./internal/config ./internal/tools -run 'AIMLAPI|WebSearch' -count=1 -race
Go 1.26.10 on macOS arm64: formatting, go vet ./..., release build and smoke checks passed.
Focused integration tests passed with the race detector (commands below).
Tested a clean local merge with upstream main at 7c55a09. No integration source changes were needed. The published branch remains at its original head; uploading the local merge was unavailable through the current Git credentials/API connection.
Full go test ./... completed with failures in agent, cli, config, sandbox, tools and tui; some runs also failed npmwrapper tests. These include path/permission assertions and subprocess timeouts in this environment. Four agent permission tests were reproduced unchanged on clean upstream 7c55a09. The full suite is not claimed green; remaining failures need CI or a clean development environment.
govulncheck on the MCP sibling: no vulnerabilities found. Advisory static analysis there reported four findings in existing upstream code in installtest, proxydial and web_fetch.go, outside the new integration code.
No paid live Toolbox calls, media generation or browser OAuth were exercised. Other platforms remain for CI.
Related work
One of three independently selectable AI/ML API integrations for Zero: Toolbox web search, Toolbox page fetching and an opt-in MCP server. Each branch includes the same shared attribution and service-key foundation. Remaining branches will be updated after the first PR lands.
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New Features
Added AI/ML API Toolbox as an option for the built-in web search tool.
Searches can be restricted to specified domains, with results filtered to match.
Requests use a fixed service destination and enforce a spending cap. Searches fail without sending a request if a valid API key is unavailable.
Documentation
Added setup guidance for provider selection and API key configuration.
Documented approximate per-result costs, the minimum search charge, spending cap, and domain restrictions.
…vices
Adds the pieces the Toolbox and MCP integrations share:
- internal/aimlapi: X-AIMLAPI-Source (agent/zero), the fixed Toolbox and
MCP URLs, and an exact-hostname check (https, default port, no
userinfo) for api/tools/mcp.aimlapi.com before the key or attribution
headers are attached. The partner id still comes from ResolvePartnerID.
- internal/config: AIMLAPIServiceKey picks the key from the aimlapi
profile (or AIMLAPI_API_KEY without one), reading the credential
store, and withholds it when any aimlapi-keyed profile points at a
proxy base URL or AIMLAPI_INFERENCE_URL is overridden. Keys that are
not a single token are refused.
ZERO_WEBSEARCH_PROVIDER=aimlapi runs the Toolbox tool web/search at the
fixed https://tools.aimlapi.com/v1/tools URL. It is selected only by that
setting; an AI/ML API key alone never enables it or registers web_search.
- The key comes from config.LoadAIMLAPIServiceKey on every search; a
missing, proxy-profile or invalid key fails before any request.
ZERO_WEBSEARCH_BASE_URL and ZERO_WEBSEARCH_API_KEY are ignored.
- The key and attribution headers are attached only after
aimlapi.IsAttributedURL accepts the URL, and redirects are refused.
- Every run carries max_cost_usd 0.025 and a fresh idempotency key;
limit maps to max_results and domains to include_domains, with the
local domain filter kept.
- A queued run (202) is polled until it ends, honouring
next_poll_hint_ms clamped to 250 ms..5 s. This backend gets a 30 s
budget with wait_ms 20 s; the generic backends keep 10 s.
- Non-2xx responses, is_error runs, failed/stopped/timed_out runs and
malformed bodies are errors carrying the error code and request id,
with the key scrubbed.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @internal/config/aimlapi_service_key.go:
- Around line 85-87: Update Resolve and the AIMLAPIServiceKey resolution flow to
preserve whether the selected profile uses a stored key, and read that stored
key before falling back to AIMLAPI_API_KEY when apiKeyStored is true. Add a
regression test where both keys are set and verify the selected profile’s stored
key is used.
Walkthrough
The web_search tool can use an AI/ML API Toolbox backend when ZERO_WEBSEARCH_PROVIDER=aimlapi. The backend resolves and validates service keys, sends cost-capped requests, polls queued runs, and applies domain filtering. The README documents configuration and request behavior.
Changes
AI/ML API web search
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Service-key and destination validation internal/config/aimlapi_service_key.go, internal/config/aimlapi_service_key_test.go, internal/aimlapi/attribution.go, internal/aimlapi/attribution_test.go
Service-key resolution supports a canonical AI/ML API profile or AIMLAPI_API_KEY. It rejects proxy profiles and invalid keys. URL checks accept only configured HTTPS service hosts and apply attribution headers.
Backend selection and search requests internal/tools/web_search.go, internal/tools/web_search_aimlapi.go, internal/tools/web_search_aimlapi_test.go, README.md
web_search selects the backend when the provider is aimlapi, and supports domain-scoped searches and backend-specific timeouts. The backend sends cost-capped requests to the fixed Toolbox endpoint with fresh idempotency keys. The README describes configuration, key handling, billing, destination restrictions, and domain filtering.
Polling and result handling internal/tools/web_search.go, internal/tools/web_search_aimlapi.go, internal/tools/web_search_aimlapi_test.go
The backend polls queued runs, handles terminal statuses and errors, sanitizes error text, redacts credentials, and filters results. Tests cover polling, cancellation, response failures, redirects, destination validation, and domain filtering.
sequenceDiagram
participant WebSearch as web_search
participant Backend as aimlapiSearchBackend
participant KeyLoader as LoadAIMLAPIServiceKey
participant Toolbox as AI/ML API Toolbox
WebSearch->>Backend: Search query and optional domains
Backend->>KeyLoader: Resolve service key
KeyLoader-->>Backend: Return key or error
Backend->>Toolbox: Submit search request
Toolbox-->>Backend: Return results or queued run
Backend->>Toolbox: Poll queued run status
Toolbox-->>Backend: Return run status and results
Backend-->>WebSearch: Return filtered results or error
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Possibly related PRs
Twigpine/zero#1186: Adds the same service-key resolution and URL-attribution symbols for the web-fetch backend.
Twigpine/zero#1187: Adds the same service-key resolution and URL-attribution symbols for the MCP request path.
Suggested reviewers: kevincodex1
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 0368c
If a user has a stored AI/ML API key on their profile and also sets AIMLAPI_API_KEY, web searches can run and bill under the environment key instead of the profile's key. Fix the key precedence and add a regression test with both keys set before merging. The empty-result message for unscoped backends is a smaller wording problem.
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Add a same-host redirect case to the Toolbox redirect test.
TestAIMLAPISearchRefusesRedirect redirects only to https://collector.example/run. A change that allowed same-host redirects but still refused other hosts would pass this test. Add a case with a same-host Location, such as https://tools.aimlapi.com/v1/tools/run. Assert the same refusal and a single recorded request.
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Review comment at @internal/tools/web_search_aimlapi_test.go around lines 483 -
484:
Extend TestAIMLAPISearchRefusesRedirect with a same-host redirect case targeting
tools.aimlapi.com; assert the redirect is refused and exactly one request is
recorded. Keep the existing other-host case and its assertions intact.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Preserve empty-result handling for unscoped backends.
An ordinary backend receives no domain constraint. If it returns no results, this branch now advises removing the allowlist, although that cannot change its search. Preserve the ordinary empty-result response for unscoped backends; keep the new guidance for scoped searches.
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Review comment at @internal/tools/web_search.go at line 170:
Update the empty-result handling in the branch guarded by len(domains) > 0 so
the allowlist-removal guidance is shown only for scoped searches. Preserve the
existing ordinary empty-result response when the backend is unscoped.
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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift
Use the selected stored key before the environment key.
If an AI/ML API profile has apiKeyStored: true and AIMLAPI_API_KEY is also set, Resolve fills the profile’s empty APIKey from the environment. This early return then skips the credential store. Toolbox searches use and bill the environment key instead of the selected profile’s stored key. Preserve the key’s source during resolution so a stored-key profile reads its store entry first. Add a regression test with both keys set. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comment at @internal/config/aimlapi_service_key.go around lines 85 - 87:
Update Resolve and the AIMLAPIServiceKey resolution flow to preserve whether the
selected profile uses a stored key, and read that stored key before falling back
to AIMLAPI_API_KEY when apiKeyStored is true. Add a regression test where both
keys are set and verify the selected profile’s stored key is used.
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Summary
Adds AI/ML API Toolbox as an explicitly selected backend for web_search. Users can reuse their AI/ML API provider credential and pay for search from the same balance, without configuring a separate search account.
Enable it with:
An AI/ML API key alone never selects this backend or registers web_search.
What changed
Credentials and attribution
The key is resolved on every search from the aimlapi provider profile, including its credential-store entry, or from AIMLAPI_API_KEY when no aimlapi profile exists.
Proxy profiles and invalid single-token credentials are rejected before a request is sent. Comma-separated key pools are not supported. ZERO_WEBSEARCH_BASE_URL and ZERO_WEBSEARCH_API_KEY do not override this backend's destination or credential.
Requests carry X-AIMLAPI-Source: agent/zero and X-AIMLAPI-Partner-ID, using Zero's existing partner-ID resolver. Credentialed requests refuse redirects.
Billing and impact
Every search is a billed Toolbox run and carries max_cost_usd: 0.025 and a fresh idempotency key.
Existing search-provider selection remains unchanged unless the user explicitly chooses aimlapi. No runtime dependencies are added.
Validation
Focused command:
Related work
One of three independently selectable AI/ML API integrations for Zero: Toolbox web search, Toolbox page fetching and an opt-in MCP server. Each branch includes the same shared attribution and service-key foundation. Remaining branches will be updated after the first PR lands.
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