diff --git a/tools.py b/tools.py
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--- a/tools.py
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-import requests
-
-from virtual_file_system import VirtualFileSystem
-
-# Web search tool: fetch DuckDuckGo search results page
-
-def web_search(query: str) -> str:
-    """Search the web for the given query using DuckDuckGo.
-
-    Returns the raw HTML of the search results page.
-    """
-    url = f"https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q={query}"
-    try:
-        response = requests.get(url, timeout=10)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        return response.text
-    except Exception as e:
-        return f"Error during web search: {e}"
-
-# File system tools will be wrapped in agent.py with access to a VirtualFileSystem instance.