Qwen Code CLI removes built-in search tool
·2026.04.29 03:40
Key point
Qwen Code CLI removed its built-in web_search tool and switched to MCP.
Details
In QwenLM's qwen-code CLI, the built-in web_search tool and its related providers have been removed, and search functionality has moved to MCP-based implementation.
- The
tavily,google,glm, anddashscopeprovider implementations have been deleted. ToolNames.WEB_SEARCH, error codes, CLI options, and sandbox environment variable passing logic were also removed.- Documentation, integration tests, tool listings, and permission handling code were cleaned up as well.
- The commit modified 45 files, including 1,830 deletions.
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