diff --git a/docs/my-website/img/release_notes/claude_code_websearch.png b/docs/my-website/img/release_notes/claude_code_websearch.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..eec4b6d70e Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/my-website/img/release_notes/claude_code_websearch.png differ diff --git a/docs/my-website/release_notes/v1.81.0/index.md b/docs/my-website/release_notes/v1.81.0/index.md index c190cebf4d..51eac80a1a 100644 --- a/docs/my-website/release_notes/v1.81.0/index.md +++ b/docs/my-website/release_notes/v1.81.0/index.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: "v1.81.0 - Claude Code - Web Search with all LiteLLM Providers" +title: "v1.81.0 - Claude Code - Web Search Across All Providers" slug: "v1-81-0" date: 2026-01-18T10:00:00 authors: @@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ pip install litellm==1.81.0 --- +## Claude Code - Web Search Across All Providers + + + +This release brings web search support to Claude Code across all LiteLLM providers (Bedrock, Azure, Vertex AI, and more), enabling AI coding assistants to search the web for real-time information. + +This means you can now use Claude Code's web search tool with any provider, not just Anthropic's native API. LiteLLM automatically intercepts web search requests and executes them server-side using your configured search provider (Perplexity, Tavily, Exa AI, and more). + +Proxy Admins can configure web search interception in their LiteLLM proxy config to enable this capability for their teams using Claude Code with Bedrock, Azure, or any other supported provider. + +[**Learn more →**](../../docs/tutorials/claude_code_websearch.md) + +--- + ## Major Change - /chat/completions Image URL Download Size Limit To improve reliability and prevent memory issues, LiteLLM now includes a configurable **50MB limit** on image URL downloads by default. Previously, there was no limit on image downloads, which could occasionally cause memory issues with very large images.