diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py
index 2dcc824..4962922 100644
--- a/config/__init__.py
+++ b/config/__init__.py
@@ -53,10 +53,15 @@ def load_config():
                     })
             
             # Default values if missing
-            
+
             # Default values if missing
             if 'ollama' not in config: config['ollama'] = {'model': 'llama3'}
-            
+
+            # Search config
+            if 'search' not in config: config['search'] = {}
+            config['search']['provider'] = os.getenv('SEARCH_PROVIDER', config['search'].get('provider', 'duckduckgo'))
+            config['search']['tavily_api_key'] = os.getenv('TAVILY_API_KEY', config['search'].get('tavily_api_key', ''))
+
             return config
     except FileNotFoundError:
         logging.error(f"Configuration file {CONFIG_FILE} not found.")
diff --git a/config/config.yaml.example b/config/config.yaml.example
index 5766c15..4ddbf39 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml.example
+++ b/config/config.yaml.example
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ email:
     #   ssl: true
     #   enabled: true
 
+search:
+  provider: "duckduckgo"  # duckduckgo or tavily
+  tavily_api_key: ""      # Required when provider is tavily
+
 servers:
   - name: "Local System"
     type: "local"
diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index 0b3d562..333d03b 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=
 TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID=
 GBYTE_ERP_URL=""
-API_KEY=secret-agent-key
\ No newline at end of file
+API_KEY=secret-agent-key
+SEARCH_PROVIDER=duckduckgo  # duckduckgo or tavily
+TAVILY_API_KEY=             # Required when SEARCH_PROVIDER=tavily
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a1dec54..21a9c1a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pyyaml
 dateparser
 pytz
 ddgs
+tavily-python
 youtube-transcript-api
 python-dateutil
 playwright
diff --git a/tools/web_search.py b/tools/web_search.py
index 94737ec..7cf2621 100644
--- a/tools/web_search.py
+++ b/tools/web_search.py
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 Web Search Tool — Search the web and summarize content.
 """
 import logging
+import os
 import re
 from langchain_core.tools import tool
 import config as app_config
 
 
-def perform_web_search(query):
+def perform_duckduckgo_search(query):
     """Performs a DuckDuckGo search."""
     from ddgs import DDGS
     try:
         results = DDGS().text(query, max_results=5)
         if not results:
             return "No results found."
-        
+
         summary = ""
         for r in results:
             summary += f"- [{r['title']}]({r['href']}): {r['body']}\n"
@@ -23,6 +24,39 @@ def perform_web_search(query):
         return f"Error performing search: {e}"
 
 
+def perform_tavily_search(query):
+    """Performs a Tavily search."""
+    from tavily import TavilyClient
+    try:
+        client = TavilyClient()
+        response = client.search(query=query, max_results=5)
+        results = response.get("results", [])
+        if not results:
+            return "No results found."
+
+        summary = ""
+        for r in results:
+            summary += f"- [{r['title']}]({r['url']}): {r.get('content', '')}\n"
+        return summary
+    except Exception as e:
+        return f"Error performing search: {e}"
+
+
+def perform_web_search(query):
+    """Dispatches search to the configured provider (duckduckgo or tavily)."""
+    conf = app_config.load_config()
+    provider = (conf.get("search", {}).get("provider", "duckduckgo") if conf else os.environ.get("SEARCH_PROVIDER", "duckduckgo")).lower()
+    if provider not in ("duckduckgo", "tavily"):
+        logging.warning(f'Unknown SEARCH_PROVIDER "{provider}", falling back to duckduckgo')
+        provider = "duckduckgo"
+    if provider == "tavily":
+        tavily_key = conf.get("search", {}).get("tavily_api_key", "") if conf else ""
+        if tavily_key:
+            os.environ.setdefault("TAVILY_API_KEY", tavily_key)
+        return perform_tavily_search(query)
+    return perform_duckduckgo_search(query)
+
+
 def get_youtube_video_id(url):
     """Extracts YouTube video ID from URL."""
     patterns = [