Argus Retrieval MCP

Argus Retrieval is a multi-provider web search broker for AI agents that routes searches across 14 providers using budget-aware routing and performs 12-step content extraction. It supports zero-key start with DuckDuckGo and Yahoo, self-hosted SearXNG for 70+ engines, dead URL recovery, and local corpus storage. The server provides an MCP interface alongside HTTP API, CLI, and Python SDK for reliable search, capture, and local evidence generation.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Khamel83

You need:pip install argus-search

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Popularity 7 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

Route web searches across 14 providers with budget-aware routing
Extract full page text with quality gates using 12-step extraction
Recover dead articles using Wayback Machine and archive fallbacks
Build local docs-plus-research packs with traceable artifacts

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.6.5MIT

mcp-registry: io.github.Khamel83/argus@1.6.5 Source repository

Last repository push: Nov 2, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC
Latest release: v1.6.5
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC

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argus-search 1.6.5

pypiuvx

argus-search package definition

{
  "version": "1.6.5",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "argus-search",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY",
      "description": "WolframAlpha App ID (2,000 free computed-answer queries/month)"
    },
    {
      "name": "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY",
      "description": "Brave Search API key (2,000 free queries/month)"
    },
    {
      "name": "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY",
      "description": "Tavily API key (1,000 free queries/month)"
    },
    {
      "name": "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY",
      "description": "Exa API key (1,000 free queries/month)"
    },
    {
      "name": "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY",
      "description": "Serper API key (2,500 one-time free queries)"
    },
    {
      "name": "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY",
      "description": "Linkup API key (1,000 free queries/month)"
    },
    {
      "name": "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL",
      "description": "SearXNG instance URL (self-hosted, aggregates 70+ engines)"
    },
    {
      "name": "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT",
      "description": "Optional override for the writable Argus runtime corpus root"
    }
  ]
}

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Nov 2, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
Nov 2, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus-retrieval-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search==1.6.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus-retrieval-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search==1.6.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "argus-retrieval-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search==1.6.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus-retrieval-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search==1.6.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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