VibeAround v0.7.6: host-side web search is here

VibeAround v0.7.6 is out:

The main update: VibeAround can now give agents web search even when the selected model provider does not expose native server-side search.

How it works:

- VibeAround can replace provider-native `web_search` with a local search runtime.

- Search runs through the git-installed `va-search-tool` plugin.

- Results are normalized and fed back through the API Bridge, so the upstream model gets usable search context without needing native search support.

- Search sources are configured locally in Settings; API keys stay in local settings.

- Supported search source: Exa, Tavily, Grok, and Brave.

Also new in this release:

- Test configured web search sources directly from the desktop Settings flow.

- Inspect search requests and source-separated results in the Bridge recorder.

- Better profile connection coverage around bridge launches and provider test flows.

- Fixes for Codex Desktop API bridge model routing, including fake model IDs such as `GPT-5.5` with DeepSeek.

- Compatibility with older Codex Desktop bridge URL scope shapes.

- Clearer DeepSeek `Content Exists Risk` errors when injected search results trigger upstream moderation.

Packages are available for macOS Apple Silicon, Windows x64, and Linux x64.

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Interesting approach how does latency compare between native provider search vs the va search tool plugin?

 Pretty close in practice. VibeAround runs search sources in parallel, so the added overhead is small: mostly the search provider response time plus a bit of local normalization. For normal coding-agent use, the latency difference vs native provider search is usually not very noticeable.