Valyu Plugin for LMStudio

Gives your local LLMs access to web search and content extraction powered by Valyu's API.

🎯 See the Difference

Example 1: Real-Time Financial Data

✅ With Valyu Plugin	❌ Without Valyu Plugin
✨ Real-time Apple stock prices 📊 Actual financial data from September 2025 🎯 Precise daily closing prices	❓ Can't access current data 📚 Only suggests where to look ⏰ No real-time information

Example 2: Latest Research & Developments

✅ With Valyu Plugin	❌ Without Valyu Plugin
🔬 Latest quantum computing breakthroughs 📰 Real news from September 2025 🌐 Access to current research papers	📅 Stuck in 2023-2024 (knowledge cutoff) 🤔 Makes up plausible-sounding info ❌ No access to recent developments

Transform your local LLM from a knowledge cutoff prisoner to a real-time information powerhouse! The Valyu plugin bridges the gap between your local AI and the live web, giving you access to current stock prices, latest news, academic papers, and any webpage content - all while keeping your LLM running locally.

🚀 Quick Setup (2 minutes)

Prerequisites

• LMStudio installed
• Valyu API key from platform.valyu.network (free tier available)

One Command Setup

# After cloning, just run:
./setup.sh

That's it! The script will:

• Ask for your API key
• Install everything automatically
• Start the plugin for you (optional)

Follow the instructions at the end.

After Running setup.sh

Once the plugin is running, you'll see the Valyu tool automatically appear in your LMStudio chat:

The 'valyu' tool appears alongside other tools like 'Think' - ready to fetch real-time data!

Manual Installation (if setup.sh doesn't work)

# 1. Clone repository
git clone [repository-url]
cd valyu

# 2. Add your API key
echo "VALYU_API_KEY=your_key_here" > .env

# 3. Build and install
npm install
npx tsc
cp -r . ~/.lmstudio/extensions/plugins/lmstudio/valyu

# 4. Run plugin server (keep running!)
cd ~/.lmstudio/extensions/plugins/lmstudio/valyu
lms dev

📝 Usage

Once installed and running, your LLM can:

Search the web

Use valyu_deepsearch to find recent news about artificial intelligence

Extract content from URLs

Use valyu_contents to get the full content from https://example.com

❓ Troubleshooting

Plugin not showing?

• Make sure lms dev is running in a terminal
• Check Integrations panel (⚡ icon) in LMStudio

API key error?

• Ensure .env file exists in the plugin folder with your key
• Get a key at platform.valyu.network

📚 What This Plugin Does

• DeepSearch: Search web, academic papers, financial data
• Contents: Extract full content from any webpage
• No truncation: Full content retrieval, not just snippets

License

ISC