II-Search-4B is a 4B parameter language model based on Qwen3-4B, fine-tuned specifically for information seeking tasks and web-integrated reasoning. It excels at complex multi-hop information retrieval, fact verification, and comprehensive report generation.
Key Features
Enhanced tool usage for web search and webpage visits
Multi-hop reasoning capabilities with sophisticated planning
Verified information retrieval with cross-checking
Strong performance on factual QA benchmarks
Comprehensive report generation for research queries
Training Methodology
Our training process consisted of three key phases:
Phase 1: Tool Call Ability Stimulation
We used a distillation approach from larger models (Qwen3-235B) to generate reasoning paths with function calling on multi-hop datasets. This established the base capabilities for tool use.
Phase 2: Reasoning Improvement
We addressed initial limitations by:
Creating synthetic problems requiring more reasoning turns, inspired by Random Walk algorithm
Improving reasoning thought patterns for more efficient and cleaner reasoning paths
Phase 3: Rejection Sampling & Report Generation
We applied:
Filtering to keep only high-quality reasoning traces (correct answers with proper reasoning)
STORM-inspired techniques to enhance comprehensive report generation
This configuration enables distributed tensor parallelism across 8 GPUs, reasoning capabilities, custom RoPE scaling for extended context, and a maximum context length of 131,072 tokens.
2. Integrate web_search and web_visit tools
Equip the served model with web_search and web_visit tools to enable internet-aware functionality. Alternatively, use a middleware like MCP for tool integration—see this example repository: https://github.com/hoanganhpham1006/mcp-server-template.
Host on macOS with MLX for local use
As an alternative for Apple Silicon users, host the quantized II-Search-4B-MLX version on your Mac. Then, interact with it via user-friendly interfaces like LM Studio or Ollama Desktop.
For a query that you need to find a short and accurate answer. Add the following phrase: "\n\nPlease reason step-by-step and put the final answer within \\boxed{}."
Citation
@misc{II-Search-4B,
author = {Intelligent Internet},
title = {II-Search-4B: Information Seeking and Web-Integrated Reasoning LLM},
year = {2025},
publisher = {Hugging Face},
journal = {Hugging Face Hub},
howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/II-Vietnam/II-Search-4B}},
}