diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/opencode.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/opencode.ts
index 331e802068a3..758f3110009a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/opencode.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/provider/opencode.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Duration, Effect, Equal, Schema, Semaphore, Stream } from "effect"
+import { Duration, Effect, Equal, Option, Schema, Semaphore, Stream } from "effect"
 import type { Scope } from "effect"
 import type { IntegrationOAuthMethodRegistration } from "@opencode/plugin/effect/integration"
 import { define } from "@opencode/plugin/effect/plugin"
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { IntegrationConnection } from "../../integration/connection.js"
 import { ManagedPolicy } from "../../managed-policy.js"
 import { Provider } from "../../provider.js"
 import { WebSearch } from "../../websearch.js"
+import { WebSearchResponse } from "../websearch/response.js"
 import { ConfigPolicy } from "@opencode/schema/config/policy"
 import { ConfigProvider } from "@opencode/schema/config/provider"
 import { Money } from "@opencode/schema/money"
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ const TokenPending = Schema.Struct({ error: Schema.String })
 const DeviceToken = Schema.Union([Token, TokenPending])
 const User = Schema.Struct({ id: Schema.String, email: Schema.String })
 const Org = Schema.Struct({ id: Schema.String, name: Schema.String })
+const decodeWebSearchResponse = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(
+  Schema.Struct({ providerID: WebSearch.ID, results: Schema.Array(Schema.Unknown) }),
+)
 
 function oauth(http: HttpClient.HttpClient) {
   return {
@@ -313,25 +317,27 @@ export const OpencodePlugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Bus.Service | Manag
                 providerID: descriptor.providerID,
               }),
             )
-            const response = yield* HttpClient.withScope(HttpClient.filterStatusOk(http))
-              .execute(request)
-              .pipe(
-                Effect.provideService(FetchHttpClient.RequestInit, { redirect: "error" }),
-                Effect.flatMap(HttpClientResponse.schemaBodyJson(WebSearch.Response)),
-                Effect.scoped,
-                Effect.timeoutOrElse({
-                  duration: Duration.seconds(25),
-                  orElse: () => Effect.fail(new Error("OpenCode web search request timed out")),
-                }),
-              )
-            if (response.providerID !== descriptor.providerID) {
+            const body = yield* WebSearchResponse.execute(http, request).pipe(
+              Effect.provideService(FetchHttpClient.RequestInit, { redirect: "error" }),
+              Effect.scoped,
+              Effect.timeoutOrElse({
+                duration: Duration.seconds(25),
+                orElse: () => Effect.fail(new Error("OpenCode web search request timed out")),
+              }),
+            )
+            const response = WebSearchResponse.json(body.text, body.truncated).pipe(
+              Option.flatMap(decodeWebSearchResponse),
+            )
+            if (Option.isNone(response))
+              return yield* Effect.fail(new Error("OpenCode web search returned an invalid response"))
+            if (response.value.providerID !== descriptor.providerID) {
               return yield* Effect.fail(
                 new Error(
-                  `OpenCode web search returned provider ${response.providerID} instead of ${descriptor.providerID}`,
+                  `OpenCode web search returned provider ${response.value.providerID} instead of ${descriptor.providerID}`,
                 ),
               )
             }
-            return response.results
+            return WebSearchResponse.items(WebSearch.Result, response.value.results, body.truncated)
           }),
       })
       editor.default.set(descriptor.providerID)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/exa.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/exa.ts
index 1dc3a26108b1..c948fc38ee53 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/exa.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/exa.ts
@@ -47,23 +47,25 @@ export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
             const credential = connection ? yield* ctx.integration.connection.resolve(connection) : undefined
             const url = new URL(endpoint)
             if (credential?.type === "key") url.searchParams.set("exaApiKey", credential.key)
-            const result = yield* WebSearchMcp.call(
+            const response = yield* WebSearchMcp.call(
               http,
               url.toString(),
               "web_search_exa",
               { input: McpInput, output: McpOutput },
               { query: input.query, numResults: 8 },
             )
-            const content = result?.content.find((item) => item.text)
-            return content ? parseResults(content.text) : []
+            const content = response.result?.content.find((item) => item.text)
+            return content ? parseResults(content.text, response.truncated) : []
           }),
       })
     })
   }),
 })
 
-function parseResults(text: string) {
-  return text.split(/\n\n---\n\n/).flatMap((block) => {
+function parseResults(text: string, truncated: boolean) {
+  const blocks = text.split(/\n\n---\n\n/)
+  // The final block of a truncated response may end mid-line, including inside its URL.
+  return (truncated ? blocks.slice(0, -1) : blocks).flatMap((block) => {
     const url = block.match(/^URL:\s*(.+)$/m)?.[1]?.trim()
     if (!url) return []
     const title = block.match(/^Title:\s*(.+)$/m)?.[1]?.trim()
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/firecrawl.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/firecrawl.ts
index 1ea260e0c5da..3fcdd2786274 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/firecrawl.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/firecrawl.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Effect, Option, Schema, Scope } from "effect"
 import { HttpClient } from "effect/unstable/http"
 import { App } from "../../app.js"
 import { WebSearchMcp } from "./mcp.js"
+import { WebSearchResponse } from "./response.js"
 
 export const endpoint = "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp"
 
@@ -17,21 +18,15 @@ const McpOutput = Schema.Struct({
   content: Schema.Array(Schema.Struct({ type: Schema.Literal("text"), text: Schema.String })),
 })
 
-const SearchResponse = Schema.fromJsonString(
-  Schema.Struct({
-    success: Schema.Boolean,
-    data: Schema.Struct({
-      web: Schema.Array(
-        Schema.Struct({
-          url: Schema.String,
-          title: Schema.NullOr(Schema.String).pipe(Schema.optional),
-          description: Schema.NullOr(Schema.String).pipe(Schema.optional),
-        }),
-      ),
-    }),
-  }),
+const decodeSearchResponse = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(
+  Schema.Struct({ data: Schema.Struct({ web: Schema.Array(Schema.Unknown) }) }),
 )
-const decodeSearchResponse = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(SearchResponse)
+
+const SearchResult = Schema.Struct({
+  url: Schema.String,
+  title: Schema.NullOr(Schema.String).pipe(Schema.optional),
+  description: Schema.NullOr(Schema.String).pipe(Schema.optional),
+})
 
 export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
   id: "opencode.websearch.firecrawl",
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
           Effect.gen(function* () {
             const connection = yield* ctx.integration.connection.active("firecrawl")
             const credential = connection ? yield* ctx.integration.connection.resolve(connection) : undefined
-            const result = yield* WebSearchMcp.call(
+            const response = yield* WebSearchMcp.call(
               http,
               endpoint,
               "firecrawl_search",
@@ -67,16 +62,18 @@ export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
                 ...(credential?.type === "key" ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${credential.key}` } : {}),
               },
             )
-            const content = result?.content.find((item) => item.text)
-            const response = content ? Option.getOrUndefined(decodeSearchResponse(content.text)) : undefined
-            return (
-              response?.data.web.map((item) => ({
-                url: item.url,
-                ...(item.title ? { title: item.title } : {}),
-                ...(item.description ? { content: item.description } : {}),
-                time: {},
-              })) ?? []
-            )
+            const content = response.result?.content.find((item) => item.text)
+            const search = content
+              ? Option.getOrUndefined(
+                  WebSearchResponse.json(content.text, response.truncated).pipe(Option.flatMap(decodeSearchResponse)),
+                )
+              : undefined
+            return WebSearchResponse.items(SearchResult, search?.data.web ?? [], response.truncated).map((item) => ({
+              url: item.url,
+              ...(item.title ? { title: item.title } : {}),
+              ...(item.description ? { content: item.description } : {}),
+              time: {},
+            }))
           }),
       })
     })
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/mcp.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/mcp.ts
index 478d4feb5f8d..7fbf9a0677e5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/mcp.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/mcp.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
 export * as WebSearchMcp from "./mcp.js"
 
-import { Duration, Effect, Schema } from "effect"
+import { Duration, Effect, Option, Schema } from "effect"
 import { HttpClient, HttpClientRequest } from "effect/unstable/http"
-import { collectBoundedResponseBody } from "../../tool/http-body.js"
+import { WebSearchResponse } from "./response.js"
 
-export const MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES = 256 * 1024
-
-export const parseResponse = <F extends Schema.Struct.Fields>(body: string, result: Schema.Struct<F>) => {
-  const decode = Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(Schema.fromJsonString(Schema.Struct({ result })))
-  const parse = (payload: string) => {
-    const trimmed = payload.trim()
-    if (!trimmed.startsWith("{")) return Effect.undefined
-    return decode(trimmed).pipe(Effect.map((response) => response.result))
-  }
+export const parseResponse = <F extends Schema.Struct.Fields>(
+  body: { readonly text: string; readonly truncated: boolean },
+  tool: string,
+  result: Schema.Struct<F>,
+) => {
+  const decode = Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(Schema.Struct({ result }))
   return Effect.gen(function* () {
-    const trimmed = body.trim()
-    const direct = trimmed ? yield* parse(trimmed) : undefined
-    if (direct) return direct
-    for (const line of body.split("\n")) {
-      if (!line.startsWith("data: ")) continue
-      const data = yield* parse(line.substring(6))
-      if (data) return data
+    for (const payload of WebSearchResponse.payloads(body.text)) {
+      const message = WebSearchResponse.json(payload, body.truncated)
+      if (Option.isNone(message)) return yield* Effect.fail(new Error(`${tool} returned invalid JSON`))
+      const failure = WebSearchResponse.failure(message.value)
+      if (failure !== undefined) return yield* Effect.fail(new Error(failure))
+      return (yield* decode(message.value)).result
     }
   })
 }
@@ -52,13 +48,8 @@ export const call = <F extends Schema.Struct.Fields, R extends Schema.Struct.Fie
       }),
     )
     return yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const response = yield* HttpClient.withScope(HttpClient.filterStatusOk(http)).execute(request)
-      const body = yield* collectBoundedResponseBody(
-        response,
-        MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES,
-        () => new Error(`${tool} response exceeded ${MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES} bytes`),
-      )
-      return yield* parseResponse(body.toString("utf8"), schema.output)
+      const body = yield* WebSearchResponse.execute(http, request)
+      return { result: yield* parseResponse(body, tool, schema.output), truncated: body.truncated }
     }).pipe(
       Effect.scoped,
       Effect.timeoutOrElse({
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/parallel.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/parallel.ts
index 5184155482bd..0f7407c6072a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/parallel.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/parallel.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 export * as WebSearchParallel from "./parallel.js"
 
 import { define } from "@opencode/plugin/effect/plugin"
-import { Effect, Schema, Scope } from "effect"
+import { Effect, Option, Schema, Scope } from "effect"
 import { HttpClient } from "effect/unstable/http"
 import { App } from "../../app.js"
 import { WebSearchMcp } from "./mcp.js"
+import { WebSearchResponse } from "./response.js"
 
 export const endpoint = "https://search.parallel.ai/mcp"
 
@@ -14,38 +15,19 @@ const McpInput = Schema.Struct({
   model_name: Schema.String.check(Schema.isMaxLength(100)).pipe(Schema.optional),
 })
 
-const SearchResponse = Schema.Struct({
-  search_id: Schema.String,
-  results: Schema.Array(
-    Schema.Struct({
-      url: Schema.String,
-      title: Schema.NullOr(Schema.String).pipe(Schema.optional),
-      publish_date: Schema.NullOr(Schema.String).pipe(Schema.optional),
-      excerpts: Schema.Array(Schema.String),
-    }),
-  ),
-  warnings: Schema.NullOr(
-    Schema.Array(
-      Schema.Struct({
-        type: Schema.Literals(["spec_validation_warning", "input_validation_warning", "warning"]),
-        message: Schema.String,
-        detail: Schema.NullOr(Schema.Record(Schema.String, Schema.Json)).pipe(Schema.optional),
-      }),
-    ),
-  ).pipe(Schema.optional),
-  usage: Schema.NullOr(
-    Schema.Array(
-      Schema.Struct({
-        name: Schema.String,
-        count: Schema.Int,
-      }),
-    ),
-  ).pipe(Schema.optional),
-  session_id: Schema.String,
-})
 const McpOutput = Schema.Struct({
   content: Schema.Array(Schema.Struct({ type: Schema.Literal("text"), text: Schema.String })),
-  structuredContent: SearchResponse,
+  // Parallel sends this after a text copy of the same JSON, so a truncated response can lose it.
+  structuredContent: Schema.Unknown.pipe(Schema.optional),
+})
+
+const decodeSearchResponse = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(Schema.Struct({ results: Schema.Array(Schema.Unknown) }))
+
+const SearchResult = Schema.Struct({
+  url: Schema.String,
+  title: Schema.NullOr(Schema.String).pipe(Schema.optional),
+  publish_date: Schema.NullOr(Schema.String).pipe(Schema.optional),
+  excerpts: Schema.Array(Schema.String),
 })
 
 export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
@@ -71,7 +53,7 @@ export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
           Effect.gen(function* () {
             const connection = yield* ctx.integration.connection.active("parallel")
             const credential = connection ? yield* ctx.integration.connection.resolve(connection) : undefined
-            const result = yield* WebSearchMcp.call(
+            const response = yield* WebSearchMcp.call(
               http,
               endpoint,
               "web_search",
@@ -85,17 +67,24 @@ export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
                 ...(credential?.type === "key" ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${credential.key}` } : {}),
               },
             )
-            return (
-              result?.structuredContent.results.map((item) => {
-                const published = item.publish_date ? Date.parse(item.publish_date) : undefined
-                return {
-                  url: item.url,
-                  ...(item.title ? { title: item.title } : {}),
-                  ...(item.excerpts.length ? { content: item.excerpts.join("\n\n") } : {}),
-                  time: { ...(published !== undefined && Number.isFinite(published) ? { published } : {}) },
-                }
-              }) ?? []
+            const content = response.result?.content.find((item) => item.text)
+            const search = Option.getOrUndefined(
+              decodeSearchResponse(
+                response.result?.structuredContent ??
+                  (content
+                    ? Option.getOrUndefined(WebSearchResponse.json(content.text, response.truncated))
+                    : undefined),
+              ),
             )
+            return WebSearchResponse.items(SearchResult, search?.results ?? [], response.truncated).map((item) => {
+              const published = item.publish_date ? Date.parse(item.publish_date) : undefined
+              return {
+                url: item.url,
+                ...(item.title ? { title: item.title } : {}),
+                ...(item.excerpts.length ? { content: item.excerpts.join("\n\n") } : {}),
+                time: { ...(published !== undefined && Number.isFinite(published) ? { published } : {}) },
+              }
+            })
           }),
       })
     })
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/response.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/response.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eca274912273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/response.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+export * as WebSearchResponse from "./response.js"
+
+import { parseJSON } from "@opencode/ai/protocols/utils/partial-json"
+import { Duration, Effect, Option, Schema, Stream } from "effect"
+import { HttpClient, HttpClientError, type HttpClientRequest, type HttpClientResponse } from "effect/unstable/http"
+
+export const MAX_BYTES = 1024 * 1024
+
+// Keeps the status for rate-limit failover and adds the provider's own explanation of the failure.
+export const execute = (http: HttpClient.HttpClient, request: HttpClientRequest.HttpClientRequest) =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const response = yield* HttpClient.withScope(http).execute(request)
+    if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300) return yield* read(response)
+    return yield* new HttpClientError.HttpClientError({
+      reason: new HttpClientError.StatusCodeError({
+        request,
+        response,
+        description: yield* read(response).pipe(
+          Effect.map((body) =>
+            payloads(body.text)
+              .flatMap((payload) => Option.toArray(json(payload, body.truncated)))
+              .map(failure)
+              .find((message) => message !== undefined),
+          ),
+          // The explanation is optional; a slow or broken body must not delay the failure.
+          Effect.timeoutOrElse({ duration: Duration.seconds(1), orElse: () => Effect.undefined }),
+          Effect.orElseSucceed(() => undefined),
+        ),
+      }),
+    })
+  })
+
+// Stops reading at MAX_BYTES instead of failing; parsers keep the results that arrived complete.
+const read = (response: HttpClientResponse.HttpClientResponse) =>
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    let size = 0
+    const chunks = yield* response.stream.pipe(
+      Stream.takeUntil((chunk) => (size += chunk.byteLength) > MAX_BYTES),
+      Stream.runCollect,
+    )
+    return { text: Buffer.concat(chunks).subarray(0, MAX_BYTES).toString("utf8"), truncated: size > MAX_BYTES }
+  })
+
+// A JSON body, or the data lines of a server-sent event stream.
+export const payloads = (text: string) =>
+  [text, ...text.split("\n").flatMap((line) => (line.startsWith("data: ") ? [line.slice(6)] : []))]
+    .map((payload) => payload.trim())
+    .filter((payload) => payload.startsWith("{"))
+
+const decodeJson = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(Schema.fromJsonString(Schema.Unknown))
+const decodePartialJson = Option.liftThrowable(parseJSON)
+
+export const json = (text: string, truncated: boolean) => (truncated ? decodePartialJson(text) : decodeJson(text))
+
+const decodeFailure = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(
+  Schema.Union([
+    Schema.Struct({ error: Schema.Struct({ message: Schema.String }) }),
+    Schema.Struct({
+      result: Schema.Struct({
+        isError: Schema.Literal(true),
+        content: Schema.Array(Schema.Struct({ text: Schema.String })),
+      }),
+    }),
+    Schema.Struct({ detail: Schema.Struct({ error: Schema.String }) }),
+    Schema.Struct({ _tag: Schema.String, message: Schema.String }),
+  ]),
+)
+
+// JSON-RPC errors, MCP tool errors, Tavily's error detail, and OpenCode API errors.
+export const failure = (value: unknown) =>
+  Option.getOrUndefined(
+    Option.map(decodeFailure(value), (decoded) => {
+      if ("error" in decoded) return decoded.error.message
+      if ("result" in decoded) return decoded.result.content.map((item) => item.text).join("\n")
+      if ("detail" in decoded) return decoded.detail.error
+      return decoded.message
+    }),
+  )
+
+// The last item of a truncated response may be cut mid-value, so it is dropped rather than trusted.
+export const items = <S extends Schema.ConstraintDecoder<unknown>>(
+  schema: S,
+  values: readonly unknown[],
+  truncated: boolean,
+) => {
+  const decode = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(schema)
+  return (truncated ? values.slice(0, -1) : values).flatMap((value) => Option.toArray(decode(value)))
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/tavily.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/tavily.ts
index 4b568a1fb0d2..ab27355dff02 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/tavily.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/tavily.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 export * as WebSearchTavily from "./tavily.js"
 
 import { define } from "@opencode/plugin/effect/plugin"
-import { Duration, Effect, Schema, Scope } from "effect"
-import { HttpClient, HttpClientRequest, HttpClientResponse } from "effect/unstable/http"
+import { Duration, Effect, Option, Schema, Scope } from "effect"
+import { HttpClient, HttpClientRequest } from "effect/unstable/http"
 import { App } from "../../app.js"
+import { WebSearchResponse } from "./response.js"
 
 export const endpoint = "https://api.tavily.com/search"
 
@@ -14,14 +15,12 @@ const SearchRequest = Schema.Struct({
   max_results: Schema.Number,
 })
 
-const SearchResponse = Schema.Struct({
-  results: Schema.Array(
-    Schema.Struct({
-      title: Schema.String,
-      url: Schema.String,
-      content: Schema.String,
-    }),
-  ),
+const decodeSearchResponse = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(Schema.Struct({ results: Schema.Array(Schema.Unknown) }))
+
+const SearchResult = Schema.Struct({
+  title: Schema.String,
+  url: Schema.String,
+  content: Schema.String,
 })
 
 export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
@@ -63,17 +62,16 @@ export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
                 max_results: 8,
               }),
             )
-            const response = yield* HttpClient.withScope(HttpClient.filterStatusOk(http))
-              .execute(request)
-              .pipe(
-                Effect.flatMap(HttpClientResponse.schemaBodyJson(SearchResponse)),
-                Effect.scoped,
-                Effect.timeoutOrElse({
-                  duration: Duration.seconds(25),
-                  orElse: () => Effect.fail(new Error("Tavily web search request timed out")),
-                }),
-              )
-            return response.results.map((item) => ({
+            const body = yield* WebSearchResponse.execute(http, request).pipe(
+              Effect.scoped,
+              Effect.timeoutOrElse({
+                duration: Duration.seconds(25),
+                orElse: () => Effect.fail(new Error("Tavily web search request timed out")),
+              }),
+            )
+            const search = WebSearchResponse.json(body.text, body.truncated).pipe(Option.flatMap(decodeSearchResponse))
+            if (Option.isNone(search)) return yield* Effect.fail(new Error("Tavily returned an invalid response"))
+            return WebSearchResponse.items(SearchResult, search.value.results, body.truncated).map((item) => ({
               url: item.url,
               title: item.title,
               ...(item.content ? { content: item.content } : {}),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/tinyfish.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/tinyfish.ts
index 77d86acddc1d..d88ed4317d48 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/tinyfish.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/websearch/tinyfish.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Effect, Option, Schema, Scope } from "effect"
 import { HttpClient } from "effect/unstable/http"
 import { App } from "../../app.js"
 import { WebSearchMcp } from "./mcp.js"
+import { WebSearchResponse } from "./response.js"
 
 export const endpoint = "https://agent.tinyfish.ai/mcp"
 
@@ -16,18 +17,13 @@ const McpOutput = Schema.Struct({
   content: Schema.Array(Schema.Struct({ type: Schema.Literal("text"), text: Schema.String })),
 })
 
-const SearchResponse = Schema.fromJsonString(
-  Schema.Struct({
-    results: Schema.Array(
-      Schema.Struct({
-        url: Schema.String,
-        title: Schema.String,
-        snippet: Schema.String,
-      }),
-    ),
-  }),
-)
-const decodeSearchResponse = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(SearchResponse)
+const decodeSearchResponse = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(Schema.Struct({ results: Schema.Array(Schema.Unknown) }))
+
+const SearchResult = Schema.Struct({
+  url: Schema.String,
+  title: Schema.String,
+  snippet: Schema.String,
+})
 
 export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
   id: "opencode.websearch.tinyfish",
@@ -52,7 +48,7 @@ export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
           Effect.gen(function* () {
             const connection = yield* ctx.integration.connection.active("tinyfish")
             const credential = connection ? yield* ctx.integration.connection.resolve(connection) : undefined
-            const result = yield* WebSearchMcp.call(
+            const response = yield* WebSearchMcp.call(
               http,
               endpoint,
               "search",
@@ -65,16 +61,18 @@ export const Plugin = define<HttpClient.HttpClient | Scope.Scope>({
                   : { "X-TinyFish-Access-Mode": "keyless" }),
               },
             )
-            const content = result?.content.find((item) => item.text)
-            const response = content ? Option.getOrUndefined(decodeSearchResponse(content.text)) : undefined
-            return (
-              response?.results.map((item) => ({
-                url: item.url,
-                title: item.title,
-                ...(item.snippet ? { content: item.snippet } : {}),
-                time: {},
-              })) ?? []
-            )
+            const content = response.result?.content.find((item) => item.text)
+            const search = content
+              ? Option.getOrUndefined(
+                  WebSearchResponse.json(content.text, response.truncated).pipe(Option.flatMap(decodeSearchResponse)),
+                )
+              : undefined
+            return WebSearchResponse.items(SearchResult, search?.results ?? [], response.truncated).map((item) => ({
+              url: item.url,
+              title: item.title,
+              ...(item.snippet ? { content: item.snippet } : {}),
+              time: {},
+            }))
           }),
       })
     })
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tool/plugin/websearch.ts b/packages/core/src/tool/plugin/websearch.ts
index 0338dfdb601e..68096ce05ac5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tool/plugin/websearch.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tool/plugin/websearch.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import type { Context } from "@opencode/plugin/effect/plugin"
 import type { SessionHooks } from "@opencode/plugin/effect/session"
 import { ToolFailure } from "@opencode/ai"
 import { Effect, Schema, Semaphore } from "effect"
-import { HttpClientError } from "effect/unstable/http"
 import { Form } from "../../form.js"
 import { Permission } from "../../permission.js"
 import { WebSearch } from "../../websearch.js"
@@ -12,10 +11,6 @@ import { WebSearch } from "../../websearch.js"
 export const name = "websearch"
 export const NO_RESULTS = "No search results found. Please try a different query."
 const providerSelectionLock = Semaphore.makeUnsafe(1)
-const httpErrors = new Map([
-  [429, "Web search rate limited (HTTP 429)"],
-  [401, "Web search authentication failed (HTTP 401)"],
-])
 
 export const description = `Search the web using the user's selected search integration. Use this for current information beyond knowledge cutoff.
 
@@ -164,17 +159,21 @@ export const Plugin = {
               return { output, content, metadata: { provider: output.provider } }
             }).pipe(
               Effect.mapError((error) => {
-                const fallback = `Unable to search the web for ${input.query}`
-                if (!Schema.is(WebSearch.RequestError)(error)) return new ToolFailure({ message: fallback, error })
-                const status = HttpClientError.isHttpClientError(error.cause) ? error.cause.response?.status : undefined
-                return new ToolFailure({
-                  message:
-                    status === undefined
-                      ? fallback
-                      : (httpErrors.get(status) ?? `Web search request failed (HTTP ${status})`),
-                  error,
-                  metadata: { provider: error.providerID },
-                })
+                const message = `Unable to search the web for ${input.query}`
+                // A cause becomes the model-visible error, so web search failures are described here instead;
+                // other causes, such as permission errors, keep their own session error.
+                if (error instanceof WebSearch.RequestError)
+                  return new ToolFailure({
+                    message: `${message} (${error.providerID}): ${error.message}`,
+                    metadata: { provider: error.providerID },
+                  })
+                if (
+                  error instanceof WebSearch.ProviderRequiredError ||
+                  error instanceof WebSearch.ProviderNotFoundError ||
+                  error instanceof WebSearch.DisabledError
+                )
+                  return new ToolFailure({ message: `${message}: ${error.message}` })
+                return new ToolFailure({ message, error })
               }),
             ),
         }),
diff --git a/packages/core/src/websearch.ts b/packages/core/src/websearch.ts
index 7ec63bb7b970..86667082580a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/websearch.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/websearch.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export const Response = WebSearch.Response
 export type Response = WebSearch.Response
 
 export const ProviderKey = "websearch:provider"
+// Keeps one oversized page from crowding the other results out of the bounded tool output.
+export const MAX_RESULT_CONTENT_LENGTH = 4_000
 export const Selection = Schema.Union([ID, Schema.Literal("random"), Schema.Literal(false)])
 export type Selection = typeof Selection.Type
 
@@ -39,18 +41,45 @@ export interface ProviderImplementation extends Provider {
 export class ProviderRequiredError extends Schema.TaggedError<ProviderRequiredError>()(
   "WebSearch.ProviderRequired",
   {},
-) {}
+) {
+  override get message() {
+    return "No web search provider is selected"
+  }
+}
 
 export class ProviderNotFoundError extends Schema.TaggedError<ProviderNotFoundError>()("WebSearch.ProviderNotFound", {
   providerID: ID,
-}) {}
+}) {
+  override get message() {
+    return `Web search provider not found: ${this.providerID}`
+  }
+}
 
-export class DisabledError extends Schema.TaggedError<DisabledError>()("WebSearch.Disabled", {}) {}
+export class DisabledError extends Schema.TaggedError<DisabledError>()("WebSearch.Disabled", {}) {
+  override get message() {
+    return "Web search is disabled"
+  }
+}
 
 export class RequestError extends Schema.TaggedError<RequestError>()("WebSearch.Request", {
   providerID: ID,
   cause: Schema.Defect(),
-}) {}
+}) {
+  // HTTP client messages include the request URL, which can carry a provider credential.
+  override get message() {
+    const cause = this.cause
+    if (!HttpClientError.isHttpClientError(cause))
+      return cause instanceof Error && cause.message ? cause.message : "Request failed"
+    const status = cause.response?.status
+    if (status !== undefined && cause.reason.description) return `HTTP ${status}: ${cause.reason.description}`
+    if (status === 429) return "Rate limited (HTTP 429)"
+    if (status === 401) return "Authentication failed (HTTP 401)"
+    if (status !== undefined) return `Request failed (HTTP ${status})`
+    return cause.cause instanceof Error && cause.cause.message
+      ? `Request failed: ${cause.cause.message}`
+      : "Request failed"
+  }
+}
 
 export type Error = ProviderRequiredError | ProviderNotFoundError | DisabledError | RequestError
 
@@ -195,7 +224,13 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
             const result = yield* provider
               .execute({ query: input.query })
               .pipe(Effect.flatMap(decodeResults), Effect.result)
-            if (result._tag === "Success") return new Response({ providerID: provider.id, results: result.success })
+            if (result._tag === "Success")
+              return new Response({
+                providerID: provider.id,
+                results: result.success.map((item) =>
+                  item.content === undefined ? item : { ...item, content: limitContent(item.content) },
+                ),
+              })
             const cause = result.failure
             const error = new RequestError({ providerID: provider.id, cause })
             if (choice !== "random" || !HttpClientError.isHttpClientError(cause) || cause.response?.status !== 429)
@@ -212,6 +247,14 @@ const layer = Layer.effect(
   }),
 )
 
+function limitContent(content: string) {
+  if (content.length <= MAX_RESULT_CONTENT_LENGTH) return content
+  const code = content.charCodeAt(MAX_RESULT_CONTENT_LENGTH - 1)
+  // Do not split a surrogate pair; a lone surrogate is invalid text for model requests.
+  const end = code >= 0xd800 && code <= 0xdbff ? MAX_RESULT_CONTENT_LENGTH - 1 : MAX_RESULT_CONTENT_LENGTH
+  return `${content.slice(0, end)}\n[truncated]`
+}
+
 function cooldownMillis(value: string | undefined, now: number) {
   if (!value?.trim()) return 60_000
   const seconds = Number(value)
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-opencode.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-opencode.test.ts
index 180390bfb4b5..a84697d97290 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-opencode.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/provider-opencode.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { ModelResolver } from "@opencode/core/model-resolver"
 import { Plugin } from "@opencode/core/plugin"
 import { PluginHost } from "@opencode/core/plugin/host"
 import { OpencodePlugin } from "@opencode/core/plugin/provider/opencode"
+import { WebSearchResponse } from "@opencode/core/plugin/websearch/response"
 import { Provider } from "@opencode/core/provider"
 import { WebSearch } from "@opencode/core/websearch"
 import { withEnv } from "../fixture/env"
@@ -805,7 +806,13 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
           body?: unknown
         }> = []
         const gate = Promise.withResolvers<void>()
-        const state = { advertised: true, providerID: "opencode", waitForConfig: false }
+        const state = {
+          advertised: true,
+          providerID: "opencode",
+          waitForConfig: false,
+          unavailable: false,
+          oversized: false,
+        }
         const server = Bun.serve({
           port: 0,
           fetch: async (request) => {
@@ -832,6 +839,11 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
               })
             }
             if (path === "/api/websearch" || path === "/other/api/websearch") {
+              if (state.unavailable)
+                return Response.json(
+                  { _tag: "ServiceUnavailableError", message: "Web search request failed: firecrawl" },
+                  { status: 503 },
+                )
               return Response.json({
                 providerID: state.providerID,
                 results: [
@@ -841,6 +853,16 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
                     content: "Open source AI coding agent.",
                     time: { published: 1_700_000_000_000 },
                   },
+                  ...(state.oversized
+                    ? [
+                        {
+                          url: "https://huge.example.com",
+                          content: "x".repeat(2 * WebSearchResponse.MAX_BYTES),
+                          time: {},
+                        },
+                        { url: "https://after.example.com", content: "after", time: {} },
+                      ]
+                    : []),
                 ],
               })
             }
@@ -927,6 +949,18 @@ describe("OpencodePlugin", () => {
             value: account("replacement"),
           })
 
+          state.oversized = true
+          expect((yield* websearch.query({ query: "oversized" })).results.map((result) => result.url)).toEqual([
+            "https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode",
+          ])
+          state.oversized = false
+
+          state.unavailable = true
+          expect((yield* websearch.query({ query: "unavailable" }).pipe(Effect.flip)).message).toBe(
+            "HTTP 503: Web search request failed: firecrawl",
+          )
+          state.unavailable = false
+
           state.providerID = "unexpected"
           expect((yield* websearch.query({ query: "wrong provider" }).pipe(Effect.flip))._tag).toBe("WebSearch.Request")
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/plugin/websearch.test.ts b/packages/core/test/plugin/websearch.test.ts
index 775f576df5c5..815b4fc00581 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/plugin/websearch.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/plugin/websearch.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { WebSearch } from "@opencode/core/websearch"
 import { WebSearchExa } from "@opencode/core/plugin/websearch/exa"
 import { WebSearchFirecrawl } from "@opencode/core/plugin/websearch/firecrawl"
 import { WebSearchParallel } from "@opencode/core/plugin/websearch/parallel"
+import { WebSearchResponse } from "@opencode/core/plugin/websearch/response"
 import { WebSearchTavily } from "@opencode/core/plugin/websearch/tavily"
 import { WebSearchTinyFish } from "@opencode/core/plugin/websearch/tinyfish"
 import { host, integrationHost, webSearchHost } from "./host"
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 })
 
 const it = webSearchIntegrationTest
+const sseMessage = (message: object) =>
+  `event: message\ndata: ${JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: "2.0", id: 1, ...message })}\n\n`
 
 describe("built-in web search providers", () => {
   ;[
@@ -93,6 +96,198 @@ describe("built-in web search providers", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  describe("responses larger than the size cap", () => {
+    const huge = "x".repeat(2 * WebSearchResponse.MAX_BYTES)
+    const mcpText = (text: string) => sseMessage({ result: { content: [{ type: "text", text }] } })
+    const exaBlock = (url: string, title: string, content: string) =>
+      `Title: ${title}\nURL: ${url}\nPublished: N/A\nAuthor: N/A\nHighlights:\n${content}`
+    const parallelSearch = {
+      search_id: "search_1",
+      results: [
+        { url: "https://effect.website", title: "Effect", publish_date: null, excerpts: ["Effect documentation"] },
+        { url: "https://huge.example.com", title: "Huge", publish_date: null, excerpts: [huge] },
+        { url: "https://after.example.com", title: "After", publish_date: null, excerpts: ["after"] },
+      ],
+      session_id: "ses_parallel",
+    }
+    ;[
+      {
+        plugin: WebSearchExa.Plugin,
+        providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("exa"),
+        body: mcpText(
+          [
+            exaBlock("https://effect.website", "Effect", "Effect documentation"),
+            exaBlock("https://huge.example.com", "Huge", huge),
+            exaBlock("https://after.example.com", "After", "after"),
+          ].join("\n\n---\n\n"),
+        ),
+      },
+      {
+        plugin: WebSearchFirecrawl.Plugin,
+        providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("firecrawl"),
+        body: mcpText(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            success: true,
+            data: {
+              web: [
+                { url: "https://effect.website", title: "Effect", description: "Effect documentation" },
+                { url: "https://huge.example.com", title: "Huge", description: huge },
+                { url: "https://after.example.com", title: "After", description: "after" },
+              ],
+            },
+          }),
+        ),
+      },
+      {
+        plugin: WebSearchParallel.Plugin,
+        providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("parallel"),
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          jsonrpc: "2.0",
+          id: 1,
+          result: {
+            content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(parallelSearch) }],
+            structuredContent: parallelSearch,
+          },
+        }),
+      },
+      {
+        plugin: WebSearchTavily.Plugin,
+        providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("tavily"),
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          results: [
+            { title: "Effect", url: "https://effect.website", content: "Effect documentation" },
+            { title: "Huge", url: "https://huge.example.com", content: huge },
+            { title: "After", url: "https://after.example.com", content: "after" },
+          ],
+        }),
+      },
+      {
+        plugin: WebSearchTinyFish.Plugin,
+        providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("tinyfish"),
+        body: mcpText(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            results: [
+              { title: "Effect", url: "https://effect.website", snippet: "Effect documentation" },
+              { title: "Huge", url: "https://huge.example.com", snippet: huge },
+              { title: "After", url: "https://after.example.com", snippet: "after" },
+            ],
+          }),
+        ),
+      },
+    ].forEach((provider) => {
+      it.effect(`keeps the complete results from ${provider.plugin.id}`, () =>
+        Effect.gen(function* () {
+          resetWebSearchFixture(provider.body)
+          const integrations = yield* Integration.Service
+          const websearch = yield* WebSearch.Service
+          yield* provider.plugin.effect(
+            host({ integration: integrationHost(integrations), websearch: webSearchHost(websearch) }),
+          )
+
+          expect(yield* websearch.query({ query: "effect", providerID: provider.providerID })).toEqual(
+            new WebSearch.Response({
+              providerID: provider.providerID,
+              results: [{ url: "https://effect.website", title: "Effect", content: "Effect documentation", time: {} }],
+            }),
+          )
+        }),
+      )
+    })
+  })
+
+  it.effect("reports MCP tool errors instead of returning no results", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const integrations = yield* Integration.Service
+      const websearch = yield* WebSearch.Service
+      yield* WebSearchFirecrawl.Plugin.effect(
+        host({ integration: integrationHost(integrations), websearch: webSearchHost(websearch) }),
+      )
+      const search = websearch.query({ query: "effect", providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("firecrawl") }).pipe(Effect.flip)
+
+      resetWebSearchFixture(
+        sseMessage({ result: { isError: true, content: [{ type: "text", text: "Rate limit exceeded" }] } }),
+      )
+      expect((yield* search).message).toBe("Rate limit exceeded")
+      resetWebSearchFixture(sseMessage({ error: { code: -32602, message: "Invalid arguments" } }))
+      expect((yield* search).message).toBe("Invalid arguments")
+    }),
+  )
+
+  it.effect("reports the provider's explanation for HTTP failures", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const integrations = yield* Integration.Service
+      const websearch = yield* WebSearch.Service
+      yield* WebSearchTinyFish.Plugin.effect(
+        host({ integration: integrationHost(integrations), websearch: webSearchHost(websearch) }),
+      )
+      yield* WebSearchTavily.Plugin.effect(
+        host({ integration: integrationHost(integrations), websearch: webSearchHost(websearch) }),
+      )
+      const quota =
+        "Free daily Search quota used (50/50). Sign up for continued access: https://agent.tinyfish.ai/sign-up"
+
+      resetWebSearchFixture(JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: "2.0", error: { code: -31001, message: quota }, id: 1 }), 401)
+      const tinyfish = yield* websearch
+        .query({ query: "effect", providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("tinyfish") })
+        .pipe(Effect.flip)
+      expect(tinyfish.message).toBe(`HTTP 401: ${quota}`)
+
+      resetWebSearchFixture(JSON.stringify({ detail: { error: "Unauthorized: missing or invalid API key." } }), 401)
+      const tavily = yield* websearch
+        .query({ query: "effect", providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("tavily") })
+        .pipe(Effect.flip)
+      expect(tavily.message).toBe("HTTP 401: Unauthorized: missing or invalid API key.")
+    }),
+  )
+
+  it.effect("limits oversized Firecrawl results instead of failing the search", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const thread = "comment ".repeat(64 * 1024)
+      resetWebSearchFixture(
+        `event: message\ndata: ${JSON.stringify({
+          jsonrpc: "2.0",
+          id: 1,
+          result: {
+            content: [
+              {
+                type: "text",
+                text: JSON.stringify({
+                  success: true,
+                  data: {
+                    web: [
+                      { url: "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1", title: "Thread", description: thread },
+                      { url: "https://effect.website", title: "Effect", description: "Effect documentation" },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                }),
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        })}\n\n`,
+      )
+      const integrations = yield* Integration.Service
+      const websearch = yield* WebSearch.Service
+      yield* WebSearchFirecrawl.Plugin.effect(
+        host({ integration: integrationHost(integrations), websearch: webSearchHost(websearch) }),
+      )
+
+      expect(yield* websearch.query({ query: "opencode", providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("firecrawl") })).toEqual(
+        new WebSearch.Response({
+          providerID: WebSearch.ID.make("firecrawl"),
+          results: [
+            {
+              url: "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1",
+              title: "Thread",
+              content: `${thread.slice(0, WebSearch.MAX_RESULT_CONTENT_LENGTH)}\n[truncated]`,
+              time: {},
+            },
+            { url: "https://effect.website", title: "Effect", content: "Effect documentation", time: {} },
+          ],
+        }),
+      )
+    }),
+  )
+
   it.effect("registers Exa with its MCP schema", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const integrations = yield* Integration.Service
diff --git a/packages/core/test/tool-websearch.test.ts b/packages/core/test/tool-websearch.test.ts
index 7e3f8e8dd723..94dd5a58733e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/tool-websearch.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/tool-websearch.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect } from "bun:test"
 import { Context, Effect, Layer } from "effect"
-import type { HttpClientError } from "effect/unstable/http"
+import { HttpClientError, HttpClientRequest } from "effect/unstable/http"
 import { AppNodeBuilder } from "@opencode/core/effect/app-node-builder"
 import { LayerNode } from "@opencode/util/effect/layer-node"
 import { Permission } from "@opencode/core/permission"
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Fixture {
   formResponse: Form.TerminalState = { status: "cancelled" }
   formResponses: Form.TerminalState[] = []
   formWait = Effect.void
-  error: HttpClientError.HttpClientError | undefined
+  error: HttpClientError.HttpClientError | Error | undefined
   results: readonly WebSearch.Result[] = [
     { url: "https://example.com", title: "Search results", content: "search results", time: {} },
   ]
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const setup = Effect.gen(function* () {
         execute: () =>
           Effect.gen(function* () {
             fixture.events.push("query")
-            if (fixture.error) return yield* fixture.error
+            if (fixture.error) return yield* Effect.fail(fixture.error)
             return fixture.results
           }),
       }),
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ describe("WebSearchTool registration", () => {
             .pipe(Effect.flip)
           expect(toSessionError(error)).toEqual({
             type: "tool.execution",
-            message: "Web search rate limited (HTTP 429)",
+            message: `Unable to search the web for ${query} (${error.metadata?.provider}): Rate limited (HTTP 429)`,
           })
           expect(error.metadata).toMatchObject({ provider: expect.stringMatching(/^(exa|parallel)$/) })
         }),
@@ -437,9 +437,9 @@ describe("WebSearchTool registration", () => {
 
       yield* Effect.forEach(
         [
-          { status: 403, message: "Web search request failed (HTTP 403)" },
-          { status: 429, message: "Web search rate limited (HTTP 429)" },
-          { status: 401, message: "Web search authentication failed (HTTP 401)" },
+          { status: 403, message: "Unable to search the web for effect (exa): Request failed (HTTP 403)" },
+          { status: 429, message: "Unable to search the web for effect (exa): Rate limited (HTTP 429)" },
+          { status: 401, message: "Unable to search the web for effect (exa): Authentication failed (HTTP 401)" },
         ],
         ({ status, message }, index) =>
           Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -469,4 +469,58 @@ describe("WebSearchTool registration", () => {
       )
     }),
   )
+
+  it.effect("reports the underlying reason for provider failures", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const fixture = yield* setup
+      const tools = yield* fixture.registry.snapshot()
+      yield* fixture.websearch.select(WebSearch.ID.make("exa"))
+
+      yield* Effect.forEach(
+        [
+          {
+            error: new Error("web_search_exa request timed out"),
+            message: "Unable to search the web for effect (exa): web_search_exa request timed out",
+          },
+          {
+            error: new HttpClientError.HttpClientError({
+              reason: new HttpClientError.TransportError({
+                request: HttpClientRequest.post("https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?exaApiKey=secret"),
+                cause: new TypeError("Unable to connect. Is the computer able to access the url?"),
+              }),
+            }),
+            message:
+              "Unable to search the web for effect (exa): Request failed: Unable to connect. Is the computer able to access the url?",
+          },
+        ],
+        (item, index) =>
+          Effect.gen(function* () {
+            fixture.error = item.error
+            const error = yield* tools
+              .execute({
+                sessionID,
+                ...toolIdentity,
+                call: { type: "tool-call", id: `call-reason-${index}`, name: "websearch", input: { query: "effect" } },
+              })
+              .pipe(Effect.flip)
+            expect(toSessionError(error)).toEqual({ type: "tool.execution", message: item.message })
+            expect(error.metadata).toEqual({ provider: "exa" })
+          }),
+        { discard: true },
+      )
+
+      yield* fixture.websearch.select(false)
+      const disabled = yield* tools
+        .execute({
+          sessionID,
+          ...toolIdentity,
+          call: { type: "tool-call", id: "call-disabled", name: "websearch", input: { query: "effect" } },
+        })
+        .pipe(Effect.flip)
+      expect(toSessionError(disabled)).toEqual({
+        type: "tool.execution",
+        message: "Unable to search the web for effect: Web search is disabled",
+      })
+    }),
+  )
 })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/websearch.test.ts b/packages/core/test/websearch.test.ts
index 59f0c32d1055..162c6ee9b61e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/websearch.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/websearch.test.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,34 @@ describe("WebSearch", () => {
     }),
   )
 
+  it.effect("limits each result's content for every provider", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const websearch = yield* WebSearch.Service
+      const providerID = WebSearch.ID.make("large")
+      const limit = WebSearch.MAX_RESULT_CONTENT_LENGTH
+      yield* websearch.transform((editor) => {
+        editor.add({
+          id: providerID,
+          name: "Large",
+          execute: () =>
+            Effect.succeed([
+              { url: "https://large.example.com", content: "b".repeat(limit + 1), time: {} },
+              { url: "https://emoji.example.com", content: `${"a".repeat(limit - 1)}😀 after the limit`, time: {} },
+              { url: "https://exact.example.com", content: "c".repeat(limit), time: {} },
+              { url: "https://empty.example.com", time: {} },
+            ]),
+        })
+      })
+
+      expect((yield* websearch.query({ query: "large", providerID })).results).toEqual([
+        { url: "https://large.example.com", content: `${"b".repeat(limit)}\n[truncated]`, time: {} },
+        { url: "https://emoji.example.com", content: `${"a".repeat(limit - 1)}\n[truncated]`, time: {} },
+        { url: "https://exact.example.com", content: "c".repeat(limit), time: {} },
+        { url: "https://empty.example.com", time: {} },
+      ])
+    }),
+  )
+
   it.effect("requires a provider when no default is set", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       yield* register("exa")