Personality & Web Search
This page covers the parts of /agent-settings that shape how the built-in agent behaves by default.
Agent Personality
If souls are configured, the settings page shows an Agent Personality selector.
This selects the default soul for the built-in agent.
Souls define the agent's identity and communication style. They are stored separately and then chosen here as the default personality for new sessions.
In the current UI:
- The selector only appears when at least one soul exists
- You can choose
Default (no soul)or a configured soul
See Souls for the file format, storage location, and API.
When the Selected Soul Is Used
The selected soul becomes the default for the built-in agent. Users can still override the soul in the chat UI for a message or session when that UI control is available.
Web Search
The settings page includes a Web Search toggle.
This enables provider-native web search for agent sessions. It is not a separate callable tool in the chat tool list.
Whether it actually works depends on the selected provider and model.
Max Uses per Request
When web search is enabled, the current UI also shows Max Uses per Request.
Behavior:
- Empty means no UI-level limit is saved here
- Values below
1are not kept by the UI
Scope of This Setting
This setting controls the built-in agent configuration.
Workflow type: agent steps can also define their own agent.web_search settings in DAG YAML. Those are documented separately in Agent Step.
Important Distinction
Provider-native web search is different from exposing a generic "search the web" tool.
In Dagu's built-in agent:
- Web search is configured as part of the model request path
- Tool permissions do not show it as a standalone tool