Minimax Web Search

MiniMax Web Search

Token-efficient web search via the MiniMax Token Plan API.

Features:

• Uses pi's built-in MiniMax authentication automatically (no setup required)
• Supports custom API key configuration via /set-minimax-key
• Provides the web_search tool
• No direct HTTP fetching — for web_fetch / batch_web_fetch install pi-smart-fetch

Quick Start (No Setup!)

If you're using pi with the MiniMax provider, the API key is automatically configured.

Try it:

search "latest AI news"

Native Image Input

Models with image support accept images directly through pi, for example:

pi @screenshot.png "Describe this interface"

This package intentionally does not register a separate image-analysis tool, avoiding conflicts with pi's native multimodal input.

Related package: pi-smart-fetch

This extension deliberately does not ship a web_fetch tool. For page fetching — including bot-resistant fetching of Cloudflare-protected sites, site-specific extractors (YouTube, Reddit, X, GitHub, HN, Substack), and batch_web_fetch with per-item progress — install:

pi install npm:pi-smart-fetch

pi-smart-fetch uses wreq-js for browser-impersonated TLS and defuddle for content extraction, and is independently maintained at Thinkscape/agent-smart-fetch. The two packages compose cleanly: use web_search here to find URLs, then web_fetch from pi-smart-fetch to read them.

Commands

/set-minimax-key <api-key> [region]

Configure your own MiniMax API key (overrides the built-in key).

# Global endpoint (default)
/set-minimax-key sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

# China endpoint
/set-minimax-key sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx cn

Get your key from: https://platform.minimax.io/subscribe/token-plan

/minimax-status

Check which API key is currently in use.

/minimax-clear-key

Clear your custom key and revert to pi's built-in key.

Tools

web_search

Search the web for real-time information.

web_search({
  query: "Python 3.13 release date",
  related: true  // optional: include related searches
})

Parameters:

Returns: A bounded numbered list of up to 10 results with title, URL, optional date, and snippet. If related: true, a "Related: …" line is appended with up to 10 suggested follow-up queries. Requests time out after 30 seconds and honor Pi cancellation.

When to Use

• User asks to "search for X", "look up", or "find information online"
• User wants real-time web information

For fetching the contents of a specific URL after searching, defer to pi-smart-fetch's web_fetch tool.

Technical Details

API Endpoints:

• Global: https://api.minimax.io
• China: https://api.minimaxi.com

Key Priority:

1. User-configured key (~/.config/minimax-support/creds.toml) — set via /set-minimax-key
2. Pi-resolved "MiniMax" authentication (global) — stored credentials or MINIMAX_API_KEY
3. Pi-resolved "MiniMax CN" authentication — stored credentials or MINIMAX_CN_API_KEY

Pi authentication is resolved through the Pi 0.83+ ModelRegistry API; the extension does not parse auth.json directly.

Dependencies: Runtime typebox, the Pi-provided @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent peer, and Node built-ins.

The extension automatically handles authentication — no environment variables needed!