How to Add Image Search to OpenClaw

OpenClaw can handle text conversations well, but sometimes what you need is an image — a reference photo, a product shot, a logo, a visual example of something. Adding Google Image Search through AgentPatch gives your bot the ability to find images directly.

Why This Matters

Image search as an agent capability is more useful than it might sound. Design reference gathering, product research, finding visual examples for documentation, locating logos or brand assets — these are all practical tasks where an agent that can search images saves real time.

The typical workaround is to search yourself and paste image URLs into the conversation. With AgentPatch, your OpenClaw bot can do that loop itself: understand what’s needed, search Google Images, and return relevant results.

Setup

Add AgentPatch to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "agentpatch": {
        "transport": "streamable-http",
        "url": "https://agentpatch.ai/mcp",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual key from the AgentPatch dashboard. Restart OpenClaw and it discovers all AgentPatch tools automatically.

Example

You’re putting together a mood board for a client and you’re coordinating with your OpenClaw bot on Telegram:

“I need some reference images for a minimal, brutalist website design. Can you find a few examples?”

The bot runs an image search:

Searching Google Images for "brutalist website design minimal examples"...

Found several relevant results:

1. Bloomberg's redesigned site — stark grid layout, aggressive typography
   https://bloomberg.com [screenshot URL]

2. Cargo Collective examples — raw HTML aesthetic, intentionally unstyled elements
   [image URL]

3. Hacker News — often cited as unintentionally brutalist
   [image URL]

Want me to refine the search — more color, or leaner on text?

The agent searched, returned relevant results with context, and offered to iterate. That’s a more useful interaction than a list of search terms to try yourself.

You can also use image search for more practical tasks — finding a specific company’s current logo, locating product images for a comparison, or pulling reference photos for a prompt you’re writing for an image generation tool.

Wrapping Up

Image search opens up a range of visual research tasks for your OpenClaw bot. Connect AgentPatch once and you get Google Image Search alongside web search, email, maps, and everything else on the marketplace — no separate API keys. More at agentpatch.ai.

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