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hermes-agent/agent/web_search_registry.py
Teknium f1ccf436a2 feat(web): Perplexity Search API as a web_search + web_extract backend
Adds plugins/web/perplexity — a keyed-only WebSearchProvider over httpx:

- search: POST https://api.perplexity.ai/search (documented Search API),
  search_context_size=low so `snippet` stays description-sized;
  results[].snippet -> description, max_results capped at the API's 20.
- extract: POST /sdk/content/snippets — the query-relevant page-excerpt
  route behind `pplx content snippets` (the CLI's `content fetch` is
  deprecated upstream). web_extract has no query, so the URLs' path words
  serve as the relevance query; per-URL `error` entries survive a 200.
- Wired into the same touchpoints as the other keyed vendors: legacy
  backend set + credential ladder + availability probe (web_tools),
  registry preference walk, OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS, `hermes config`/status/
  dump key lists, nous_subscription direct-credential detection, setup
  summary, test conftests, docs.

Not a keyless-ring member (Perplexity has no anonymous tier). Related
closed PRs #9192 / #23981 / #45225 predate the plugin ABC.
2026-09-04 07:17:00 -07:00

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"""Web Search Provider Registry.
Populated by plugins via :meth:`PluginContext.register_web_search_provider`;
consumed by the ``web_search`` / ``web_extract`` wrappers in :mod:`tools.web_tools`.
Active selection, in precedence order (the ``supports_search`` /
``supports_extract`` capability filter applies at every step, so a search-only
provider configured as ``web.extract_backend`` falls through):
1. ``web.search_backend`` / ``web.extract_backend``, then ``web.backend``.
2. The single capability-eligible provider that is registered AND available.
3. Legacy preference walk (``_LEGACY_PREFERENCE``) filtered by availability —
the historic ``tools.web_tools._get_backend()`` order, so installs that never
set a config key keep landing on the same provider.
4. Keyless free-tier walk (``_KEYLESS_PREFERENCE``), last resort.
5. ``None`` — the tool points the user at ``hermes tools``.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
from typing import Optional
from agent.provider_registry import ProviderRegistry, is_available_safe
from agent.web_search_provider import WebSearchProvider
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
_registry: ProviderRegistry[WebSearchProvider] = ProviderRegistry(
label="Web", provider_cls=WebSearchProvider, logger=logger,
)
_registry.export(globals())
def _read_config_key(*path: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""Resolve a dotted config key from ``config.yaml``. Returns None on miss."""
try:
from hermes_cli.config import load_config_readonly
cur = load_config_readonly()
for segment in path:
if not isinstance(cur, dict):
return None
cur = cur.get(segment)
if isinstance(cur, str) and cur.strip():
return cur.strip()
except Exception as exc:
logger.debug("Could not read config %s: %s", ".".join(path), exc)
return None
def _configured_backend(capability: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""``web.<capability>_backend`` (preferred) or ``web.backend`` (shared fallback)."""
return _read_config_key("web", f"{capability}_backend") or _read_config_key("web", "backend")
# Paid providers first so existing paid setups don't get downgraded to a free
# tier on upgrade; filtered by ``is_available()`` at walk time.
_LEGACY_PREFERENCE = ("firecrawl", "parallel", "tavily", "perplexity", "exa", "searxng", "brave-free", "ddgs")
# Anonymous public free tiers (see plugins/web/keyless_mcp.py); strictly last
# resort, i.e. zero web credentials and no importable ddgs. Unpinned keyless
# traffic round-robins across the ring per request; an explicit `hermes tools`
# pick bypasses this walk. Disable with ``web.keyless_fallback: false``.
_KEYLESS_PREFERENCE = ("exa", "parallel", "firecrawl", "keenable")
def _keyless_preference() -> tuple:
"""Keyless walk order, starting at the ring cursor in
:mod:`plugins.web.keyless_mcp` so resolution and dispatch agree on which
vendor a fresh install starts at; the rest follow in ring order."""
try:
from plugins.web.keyless_mcp import _KEYLESS_RING, _ring_cursor
start = _ring_cursor % len(_KEYLESS_RING)
return tuple(_KEYLESS_RING[start:] + _KEYLESS_RING[:start])
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 — ring optional in stripped envs
logger.debug("keyless ring order unavailable: %s", exc)
return _KEYLESS_PREFERENCE
def _resolve(configured: Optional[str], *, capability: str) -> Optional[WebSearchProvider]:
"""Resolve the active provider for a capability ("search" | "extract").
Rules, in order (see module docstring): explicit config wins even when
``is_available()`` is False (the dispatcher surfaces a precise
"X_API_KEY is not set" error instead of a silent switch); then the single
available capable provider; then the availability-filtered legacy walk;
then the keyless free-tier walk; else None.
"""
snapshot = _registry.merged()
def _capable(p: WebSearchProvider) -> bool:
return bool(
p.supports_search() if capability == "search"
else p.supports_extract() if capability == "extract" else False
)
def _available(p: WebSearchProvider) -> bool:
return is_available_safe(p, logger, "provider %s.is_available() raised %s")
if configured:
provider = snapshot.get(configured)
if provider is not None and _capable(provider):
return provider
if provider is None:
logger.debug("web backend '%s' configured but not registered; falling back", configured)
else:
logger.debug(
"web backend '%s' configured but does not support '%s'; falling back", configured, capability
)
# Fallbacks are availability-filtered so a registered-but-keyless provider
# never becomes "active" on a fresh install.
eligible = [p for p in snapshot.values() if _capable(p) and _available(p)]
if len(eligible) == 1:
return eligible[0]
for legacy in _LEGACY_PREFERENCE:
provider = snapshot.get(legacy)
if provider is not None and provider in eligible:
return provider
# Keyless free tier (anonymous public MCP tiers) is last-resort only: it is
# reachable solely when the legacy walk found nothing, never pre-empting a
# keyed setup. Disabled via ``web.keyless_fallback: false``.
if _keyless_tier_enabled():
for name in _keyless_preference():
provider = snapshot.get(name)
if provider is None or not _capable(provider):
continue
try:
if provider.is_keyless_available():
return provider
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 — buggy provider skipped
logger.debug("provider %s.is_keyless_available() raised %s", name, exc)
return None
def _keyless_tier_enabled() -> bool:
"""Read ``web.keyless_fallback`` from config.yaml (default: enabled)."""
try:
from hermes_cli.config import load_config
web_cfg = load_config().get("web") or {}
return bool(web_cfg.get("keyless_fallback", True))
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 — config layer optional
logger.debug("keyless_fallback config read failed: %s", exc)
return True
def _disabled_web_plugin_for(configured: Optional[str] = None, *, capability: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
"""Plugin key of a *disabled* bundled web plugin that would have provided
the configured backend (``web.<capability>_backend`` → ``web.backend``), or None.
Lets the dispatcher say "re-enable web-firecrawl" instead of "No web extract
provider configured". Resolved from config.yaml rather than the resolved
backend because a disabled provider fails the availability gate and silently
drops to the default. Bundled web plugins live under ``web/<vendor>`` with
the provider name differing only by hyphen/underscore, so both are normalized.
When a user sets ``web.extract_backend: firecrawl`` (or the search equivalent) but also lists
``web-firecrawl`` in ``plugins.disabled``, the provider never registers and the dispatcher would
otherwise emit a misleading "No web extract provider configured. Set web.extract_backend to ..." error —
even though the backend IS configured correctly. This helper detects that case so the dispatcher can
point the user at the actual cause (issue #40190 follow-up: pi314's disabled-plugin symptom).
"""
def _norm(s: str) -> str:
return s.strip().lower().replace("-", "_")
if not configured and capability in ("search", "extract"):
configured = _configured_backend(capability)
if not configured:
return None
want = _norm(configured)
try:
from hermes_cli.plugins import get_plugin_manager
pm = get_plugin_manager()
for key, loaded in pm._plugins.items():
if (
isinstance(key, str) and key.startswith("web/") and not loaded.enabled
and loaded.error == "disabled via config" and _norm(key.split("/", 1)[1]) == want
):
return key
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 — diagnostics are best-effort
logger.debug("disabled-web-plugin lookup failed: %s", exc)
return None
def get_active_search_provider() -> Optional[WebSearchProvider]:
"""Resolve the currently-active web search provider."""
return _resolve(_configured_backend("search"), capability="search")
def get_active_extract_provider() -> Optional[WebSearchProvider]:
"""Resolve the currently-active web extract provider."""
return _resolve(_configured_backend("extract"), capability="extract")
# ---- BEGIN PLUGIN-COMPAT (revert-scheduled; see COMPAT_MANIFEST.md) ----
# Names external plugins imported from this module before the Sep 2026 decomposition.
# Internal code MUST NOT use these (scripts/check_compat_pointers.py fails CI if it does).
# The whole block is removed by reverting the commit that added it.
from typing import Dict # noqa: F401,E402
from typing import List # noqa: F401,E402
import threading # noqa: F401,E402
_PLUGIN_COMPAT_LAZY = {
'hermes_home_key': ('hermes_constants', 'hermes_home_key'),
}
def __getattr__(name): # PEP 562 — lazy so no import cycles
target = _PLUGIN_COMPAT_LAZY.get(name)
if target is None:
raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__!r} has no attribute {name!r}")
import importlib
from hermes_cli.plugin_compat import warn_once
warn_once(__name__, name, *target)
return getattr(importlib.import_module(target[0]), target[1])
# ---- END PLUGIN-COMPAT ----