name: web_search
description: "Search the web for current information on a topic"
when_to_use: "When market data, competitor announcements, industry news, or pricing changes need to be retrieved; when monitoring for breaking developments that post-date training data"
parameters:
  query:
    type: string
    description: "The search query, formulated using relevant market terms, company names, or industry keywords"
    required: true
  max_results:
    type: integer
    description: "Maximum number of results to return"
    default: 5
  date_range:
    type: string
    description: "Restrict results to a recency window (e.g. 'past_month', 'past_week', 'past_year')"
    required: false
returns:
  type: array
  description: "List of web search results with title, url, snippet, and publication date"
  items:
    type: object
    properties:
      title:
        type: string
      url:
        type: string
      snippet:
        type: string
      published_date:
        type: string