@newdevai/openclaw-plugin-nexai-websearch

OpenClaw web_search provider plugin for NEXAI WebSearch.

Requirements

• OpenClaw CLI 2026.3.13
• NEXAI WebSearch API key

Check version:

openclaw --version

Install (Published Package)

npm i @newdevai/openclaw-plugin-nexai-websearch
# install into OpenClaw
openclaw plugins install @newdevai/openclaw-plugin-nexai-websearch
openclaw gateway restart

Install (Local Source)

git clone <your-public-repo-url>
cd openclaw-plugin-nexai-websearch
npm install
npm run build

openclaw plugins install /absolute/path/to/openclaw-plugin-nexai-websearch
openclaw gateway restart

openclaw plugins install may show:

Plugin config key is openclaw-plugin-nexai-websearch (plugin id).

Configure OpenClaw (~/.openclaw/openclaw.json)

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      "openclaw-plugin-nexai-websearch": {
        enabled: true,
        config: {
          webSearch: {
            apiKey: "YOUR_NEXAI_WEBSEARCH_KEY",
            // optional
            // baseUrl: "https://nexai.newdev.net/api/v1"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  tools: {
    web: {
      search: {
        enabled: true,
        provider: "nexai_websearch",
        maxResults: 5,
        timeoutSeconds: 30,
        cacheTtlMinutes: 15
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Fallback

export NEXAI_WEBSEARCH_API_KEY="YOUR_NEXAI_WEBSEARCH_KEY"
# optional
export NEXAI_WEBSEARCH_BASE_URL="https://nexai.newdev.net/api/v1"

Then restart:

openclaw gateway restart

Verify

openclaw plugins list

Expected:

• plugin id: openclaw-plugin-nexai-websearch
• status: loaded

Tool parameters

• query (required)
• pageno (optional, default 1)

Development

npm install
npm run typecheck
npm run build

Publish

npm publish --access public