Can local LLMs search the web?

Not on their own. Local LLMs have no network access — they need an external tool to fetch web data and pass it back as context.

The Firecrawl CLI installs as a skill into AI agents with one command, giving them web search, scraping, and browsing:

npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all --browser

After that, agents can call firecrawl search, firecrawl scrape, and firecrawl agent directly. Works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and any agent that supports tool use. The same pattern applies to Codex CLI's lack of live internet access — the skill patches that gap without any MCP configuration.

Local LLMs that support MCP can connect to Firecrawl directly, no custom integration needed.