{"slug": "search-providers-first-class-v1-15-0-to-v1-15-1", "title": "Search providers, first-class (v1.15.0 to v1.15.1)", "summary": "Loomcycle released v1.15.0-v1.15.1 of its search infrastructure, replacing the single-provider free tier with a multi-provider fallback circuit. The update introduces a Provider interface with five pure-HTTP drivers (Brave, Serper, Exa, Tavily, SearXNG), a configurable search_priority cascade, and per-AgentDef overlay. An opt-in provenance footer (LOOMCYCLE_WEBSEARCH_PROVENANCE=1) names the winning provider, off by default for byte-identical output.", "body_md": "Two weeks after the \"Brave killed the free tier\" research landed as RFC AR, the shipped answer: WebSearch becomes a multi-provider fallback circuit. A new internal/search connector package with a Provider interface and five pure-HTTP drivers (Brave, Serper, Exa, Tavily, SearXNG). A search_providers config, a search_priority cascade, per-AgentDef.search_providers overlay in content_sha256. The fallback circuit walks the cascade, resolves each provider's key via ResolveKeyOrOperator (RFC AR/AX honored), and falls over silently on error / empty / un-keyable. The model sees the same numbered result text regardless of which provider answered. Routing view gains a search block with keyable / available / selected / reachable / last_error per entry; Web UI Routing page renders it beside the LLM cascade. v1.15.1 adds an opt-in provenance footer (LOOMCYCLE_WEBSEARCH_PROVENANCE=1) that names the winning provider inline — off by default for byte-identical output. Also: search_providers documented in loomcycle.example.yaml; Library detail-panel independent scroll fixed. Bumps @loomcycle/client to 1.15.0 to publish LibraryAgentDefinition.search_providers; Python stays 1.13.0.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/search-providers-first-class-v1-15-0-to-v1-15-1", "canonical_source": "https://loomcycle.dev/blog/search-providers-first-class.html", "published_at": "2026-07-06 12:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 08:41:20.219144+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Loomcycle", "Brave", "Serper", "Exa", "Tavily", "SearXNG"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/search-providers-first-class-v1-15-0-to-v1-15-1", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/search-providers-first-class-v1-15-0-to-v1-15-1.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/search-providers-first-class-v1-15-0-to-v1-15-1.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/search-providers-first-class-v1-15-0-to-v1-15-1.jsonld"}}