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Qwen Mm Plugins Search by qwenlm — Agent Skill

Name: Qwen Mm Plugins Search
Author: QwenLM

Qwen Mm Plugins Search

Web search and page extraction MCP tools (Serper, Exa, or Tavily) plus Serper Lens reverse-image search for confirming facts — web_search (find facts), web_extractor (read a page in depth), image_search (reverse-search a frame to identify an entity). Use to verify anything you cannot confirm from the media alone.

QwenLM Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Qwen-MM-Plugins Search

You have qwen-mm-plugins-search MCP tools available. With QWEN_MM_SEARCH_BACKEND unset or set to auto, web_search and web_extractor choose the first configured key in this order: SERPER_API_KEY, TAVILY_API_KEY, EXA_API_KEY. Set the selector to serper, tavily, or exa to pin a backend; explicit selection does not fall back when its key is missing. Independently of that selection, image_search always uses Serper Lens and reads SERPER_API_KEY.

Check the qwen-mm-plugins-search tools in your tool list for full schemas and parameters.

When to Use Which Tool

Search the web for facts → web_search
Read a web page in depth → web_extractor
Reverse image search to identify an entity from a frame/photo → image_search. Its optional bbox uses 0–1000 coordinates after EXIF orientation, matching core read_image/crop and API grounding.

Confirm Before You Commit

Any question that needs external knowledge — identifying a specific thing, OR a fact about what's shown that you cannot confirm from the media alone — MUST be confirmed with a search before you answer. Never commit from appearance alone.

Typical flow (spans capabilities):

Watch the video with qwen-mm-plugins-core's read_video — for a long video do a low-fps overview first (~32 frames, fps≈32/duration), then zoom. Don't run ffmpeg/montage yourself.
Grab the frame to search with core's save_view (times=[...]).
image_search (reverse-search the frame) and/or web_search to confirm the identity/fact.
Optionally cross-check appearance with qwen-mm-plugins-api's vision_chat.

Details and worked examples in references/video_search.md.

Relationship to Other Capabilities

Frames come from qwen-mm-plugins-core (save_view / read_video) — this capability does not read media.
Model-based understanding (caption, OCR, grounding, ASR) → qwen-mm-plugins-api.

---name: qwen-mm-plugins-searchdescription: Web search and page extraction MCP tools (Serper, Exa, or Tavily) plus Serper Lens reverse-image search for confirming facts — web_search (find facts), web_extractor (read a page in depth), image_search (reverse-search a frame to identify an entity). Use to verify anything you cannot confirm from the media alone.---# Qwen-MM-Plugins SearchYou have `qwen-mm-plugins-search` MCP tools available. With `QWEN_MM_SEARCH_BACKEND` unset or set to `auto`, `web_search` and `web_extractor` choose the first configured key in this order: `SERPER_API_KEY`, `TAVILY_API_KEY`, `EXA_API_KEY`. Set the selector to `serper`, `tavily`, or `exa` to pin a backend; explicit selection does not fall back when its key is missing. Independently of that selection, `image_search` always uses Serper Lens and reads `SERPER_API_KEY`.Check the `qwen-mm-plugins-search` tools in your tool list for full schemas and parameters.## When to Use Which Tool- **Search the web** for facts → `web_search`- **Read a web page** in depth → `web_extractor`- **Reverse image search** to identify an entity from a frame/photo → `image_search`. Its optional `bbox` uses 0–1000 coordinates after EXIF orientation, matching core `read_image`/`crop` and API `grounding`.## Confirm Before You CommitAny question that needs external knowledge — identifying a specific thing, OR a fact about what's shown that you cannot confirm from the media alone — MUST be confirmed with a search before you answer. Never commit from appearance alone.Typical flow (spans capabilities):1. Watch the video with `qwen-mm-plugins-core`'s `read_video` — for a long video do a low-fps overview first (~32 frames, `fps≈32/duration`), then zoom. Don't run `ffmpeg`/montage yourself.2. Grab the frame to search with core's `save_view` (`times=[...]`).3. `image_search` (reverse-search the frame) and/or `web_search` to confirm the identity/fact.4. Optionally cross-check appearance with `qwen-mm-plugins-api`'s `vision_chat`.Details and worked examples in `references/video_search.md`.## Relationship to Other Capabilities- **Frames come from** `qwen-mm-plugins-core` (`save_view` / `read_video`) — this capability does not read media.- **Model-based understanding** (caption, OCR, grounding, ASR) → `qwen-mm-plugins-api`.

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