google__adk-docs/docs/integrations/google-search.md

catalog_title, catalog_description, catalog_icon, catalog_tags

catalog_title	catalog_description	catalog_icon	catalog_tags
Google Search	Perform web searches using Google Search with Gemini	/integrations/assets/google-search.png	search google

Gemini API Google Search tool for ADK

Supported in ADKPython v0.1.0TypeScript v0.2.0Go v0.1.0Java v0.2.0

The google_search tool allows the agent to perform web searches using Google Search. The google_search tool is only compatible with Gemini 2 models. For further details of the tool, see Understanding Google Search grounding.

!!! warning "Additional requirements when using the google_search tool" When you use grounding with Google Search, and you receive Search suggestions in your response, you must display the Search suggestions in production and in your applications. For more information on grounding with Google Search, see Grounding with Google Search documentation for Google AI Studio or Agent Platform. The UI code (HTML) is returned in the Gemini response as renderedContent, and you will need to show the HTML in your app, in accordance with the policy.

!!! warning "Warning: Single tool per agent limitation"

This tool can only be used ***by itself*** within an agent instance.
For more information about this limitation and workarounds, see
[Limitations for ADK tools](/tools/limitations/#one-tool-one-agent).

=== "Python"

```py
--8<-- "examples/python/snippets/tools/built-in-tools/google_search.py"
```

=== "TypeScript"

```typescript
import {GOOGLE_SEARCH, LlmAgent} from '@google/adk';

export const rootAgent = new LlmAgent({
  model: 'gemini-flash-latest',
  name: 'root_agent',
  description:
      'an agent whose job it is to perform Google search queries and answer questions about the results.',
  instruction:
      'You are an agent whose job is to perform Google search queries and answer questions about the results.',
  tools: [GOOGLE_SEARCH],
});
```

=== "Go"

```go
--8<-- "examples/go/snippets/tools/built-in-tools/google_search.go"
```

=== "Java"

```java
--8<-- "examples/java/snippets/src/main/java/tools/GoogleSearchAgentApp.java:full_code"
```