Online Mode

How to Use Online Mode in Cherry Studio

Examples of scenarios that require an internet connection:

• Time-sensitive information: for example, today/this week/just now, gold futures prices, etc.

• Real-time data: for example, weather, exchange rates, and other dynamic values.

• Emerging knowledge: for example, new things, new concepts, new technologies, etc...

1. How to enable internet access

In Cherry Studio’s question window, click the [globe] icon to enable internet access.

Click the globe icon - enable internet access

Indicates - internet access is enabled

2. Special note: there are two modes for internet access

Mode 1: the model provider’s large model has built-in internet access

In this case, once internet access is enabled, you can directly use the internet service, which is very simple.

You can quickly determine whether the model supports internet access by checking whether there is a small globe mark after the model name at the top of the Q&A interface.

On the model management page, this method can also help you quickly identify which models support internet access and which do not.

Cherry Studio currently supports internet-enabled model providers including

• Google Gemini

• OpenRouter (all models support internet access)

• Tencent Hunyuan

• Zhipu AI

• Alibaba Cloud Bailian, etc.

Special note:

There is a special case where, even if the model does not have a globe mark, it can still access the internet, as explained in the tutorial below.

Volcengine Online Access Integration

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Mode 2: the model does not have internet access; use Tavily service to enable internet access

When we use a large model without internet access (there is no globe icon after the name), and we need it to obtain some real-time information for processing, we need to use the Tavily web search service.

When using the Tavily service for the first timea pop-up will prompt you to set some information; just follow the instructions—very simple!

Popup, click: Go to settings

Click Get API key

After clicking Get API key, you will be automatically redirected toTavily’s official websitethe login/registration page. After registering and logging in, create an API key, then copy the key into Cherry Studio.

If you don’t know how to register, refer to the Tavily internet access login/registration tutorial in the same directory as this document.

Tavily registration reference document:

Tavily Online Login and Registration Guide

Seeing the interface below means registration was successful.

Copy key

Paste the key, and you’re done

Let’s try again and see the results. The result shows that internet search is working normally, and the number of search results is the default value we set: 5.

Note: Tavily has a monthly free-use limit; beyond that, you need to pay~~

PS: If you find any errors, please feel free to contact us anytime.