🤖 AI Agent Web Search using SearchApi & LLM
Who is this for?
This workflow is ideal for anyone conducting online research, including students, researchers, content creators, and professionals looking for accurate, up-to-date, and verifiable information. It also serves as an excellent foundation for building more sophisticated AI-driven applications.
What problem does this workflow solve? / Use case
This workflow automates web searches by enabling an AI agent to efficiently retrieve and summarize external, verifiable information, ensuring accuracy through source citations.
What this workflow does
- Connects an AI agent node to SearchApi.io as an integrated search tool.
- Empowers the AI agent to perform real-time web searches using various SearchApi engines (e.g., Google, Bing).
- Allows the AI agent to dynamically determine search parameters based on user interaction, delivering contextually relevant results.
- Ensures responses include clearly cited sources for validation and further exploration.
Setup
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Install the SearchApi community node:
- Open Settings → Community Nodes inside your self‑hosted n8n instance.
- Fill npm Package Name with
@searchapi/n8n-nodes-searchapi
.
- Accept the risk prompt, and hit Install.
- It should now appear as a node when you search for it.
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API Configuration:
- Set up your SearchApi.io credentials in n8n.
- Add your preferred LLM provider credentials (e.g., OpenRouter API).
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Input Requirements:
- Provide the YouTube video ID (e.g.,
wBuULAoJxok
).
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Connect LLM Integration:
- Configure the summarization chain with your chosen model and parameters for text splitting.
How to customize this workflow to your needs
- Integrate additional nodes to structure or store search results (e.g., saving to databases, Notion, Google Sheets).
- Extend chatbot capabilities to integrate with messaging platforms (Slack, Discord) or email notifications.
- Adjust search parameters and filters within the AI agent node to tailor information retrieval.
Example Usage
- Input: User asks, "What are the latest developments in AI regulation?"
- Output: AI retrieves, summarizes, and cites recent, authoritative articles and news sources from the web.