Agent Search MCP

A Node.js MCP server and CLI for English and Chinese web search that starts without an API key. It returns compact multi-source evidence, records provider failures, and bounds work with request and evidence budgets. Paid providers run only when policy and credentials allow.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by lennney

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Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

Popularity 113 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

Perform free-first web searches for English and Chinese sources
Verify claims with official sources using bounded search paths
Inspect multi-source evidence with separate result and failure records

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 3.2.1Apache-2.0

mcp-registry: io.github.lennney/agent-search-mcp@3.2.1 Source repository

Last repository push: Sep 21, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC
Latest release: v3.2.1
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC

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agent-search-mcp 3.2.1

npm

agent-search-mcp package definition

{
  "version": "3.2.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "agent-search-mcp",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "BRAVE_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Brave Search API key (optional, enables Brave engine)"
    },
    {
      "name": "TAVILY_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Tavily Search API key (optional, enables Tavily engine)"
    },
    {
      "name": "EXA_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Exa Search API key (optional, enables Exa engine)"
    },
    {
      "name": "YDC_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "You.com Search API key (optional, enables You.com engine)"
    },
    {
      "name": "TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Tencent Web Search API key (optional, enables Tencent WSA engine)"
    },
    {
      "name": "BOCHA_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Bocha Web Search API key (optional, enables Bocha engine)"
    },
    {
      "name": "SERPER_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Serper API key (optional, enables Google SERP search)"
    },
    {
      "name": "SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Provider policy: free_first, quality_escalation, paid_first, or free_only"
    },
    {
      "name": "PAID_ENGINE_ORDER",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Comma-separated optional-provider preference order"
    }
  ]
}

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Nov 2, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
Nov 2, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-search-mcp@3.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_YDC_API_KEY>",
        "TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY>",
        "BOCHA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BOCHA_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE": "<YOUR_SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE>",
        "PAID_ENGINE_ORDER": "<YOUR_PAID_ENGINE_ORDER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-search-mcp@3.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_YDC_API_KEY>",
        "TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY>",
        "BOCHA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BOCHA_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE": "<YOUR_SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE>",
        "PAID_ENGINE_ORDER": "<YOUR_PAID_ENGINE_ORDER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "agent-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-search-mcp@3.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_YDC_API_KEY>",
        "TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY>",
        "BOCHA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BOCHA_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE": "<YOUR_SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE>",
        "PAID_ENGINE_ORDER": "<YOUR_PAID_ENGINE_ORDER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-search-mcp@3.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_YDC_API_KEY>",
        "TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY>",
        "BOCHA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BOCHA_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE": "<YOUR_SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE>",
        "PAID_ENGINE_ORDER": "<YOUR_PAID_ENGINE_ORDER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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