From ef7cdde43c580843dd192554645d2786b0ab22e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: muava12 <moeaph@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:55:06 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat(tools): prioritize tavily as first search provider

Reorder web search priority from Perplexity > Brave > Tavily > DuckDuckGo
to Tavily > Perplexity > Brave > DuckDuckGo. Add Tavily configuration
entry to config.example.json for discoverability.
---
 config/config.example.json |  5 +++++
 pkg/tools/web.go           | 20 ++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/config.example.json b/config/config.example.json
index 0e5615ae3..a91be5b05 100644
--- a/config/config.example.json
+++ b/config/config.example.json
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@
         "enabled": true,
         "max_results": 5
       },
+      "tavily": {
+        "enabled": false,
+        "api_key": "tvly-YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY",
+        "max_results": 5
+      },
       "perplexity": {
         "enabled": false,
         "api_key": "pplx-xxx",
diff --git a/pkg/tools/web.go b/pkg/tools/web.go
index 452e95e0f..cfe95e1bd 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/web.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/web.go
@@ -354,8 +354,16 @@ func NewWebSearchTool(opts WebSearchToolOptions) *WebSearchTool {
 	var provider SearchProvider
 	maxResults := 5
 
-	// Priority: Perplexity > Brave > Tavily > DuckDuckGo
-	if opts.PerplexityEnabled && opts.PerplexityAPIKey != "" {
+	// Priority: Tavily > Perplexity > Brave > DuckDuckGo
+	if opts.TavilyEnabled && opts.TavilyAPIKey != "" {
+		provider = &TavilySearchProvider{
+			apiKey:  opts.TavilyAPIKey,
+			baseURL: opts.TavilyBaseURL,
+		}
+		if opts.TavilyMaxResults > 0 {
+			maxResults = opts.TavilyMaxResults
+		}
+	} else if opts.PerplexityEnabled && opts.PerplexityAPIKey != "" {
 		provider = &PerplexitySearchProvider{apiKey: opts.PerplexityAPIKey}
 		if opts.PerplexityMaxResults > 0 {
 			maxResults = opts.PerplexityMaxResults
@@ -365,14 +373,6 @@ func NewWebSearchTool(opts WebSearchToolOptions) *WebSearchTool {
 		if opts.BraveMaxResults > 0 {
 			maxResults = opts.BraveMaxResults
 		}
-	} else if opts.TavilyEnabled && opts.TavilyAPIKey != "" {
-		provider = &TavilySearchProvider{
-			apiKey:  opts.TavilyAPIKey,
-			baseURL: opts.TavilyBaseURL,
-		}
-		if opts.TavilyMaxResults > 0 {
-			maxResults = opts.TavilyMaxResults
-		}
 	} else if opts.DuckDuckGoEnabled {
 		provider = &DuckDuckGoSearchProvider{}
 		if opts.DuckDuckGoMaxResults > 0 {