Cluefinch MCP Server

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Cluefinch MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 178 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 9 Oct 2026.

Local-first web research for AI agents with SearXNG search and SSRF-safe page retrieval.

Installs per day peak 273 · avg 29 · -43% w/w

a month agotoday

178

Installs / week

pypi · cluefinch

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0 open issues

9 Oct 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

Apache-2.0

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Cluefinch MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp -- uvx cluefinch

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "cluefinch"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["cluefinch"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "cluefinch"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "args": [
        "cluefinch"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Cluefinch MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Cluefinch MCP?

Cluefinch MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package cluefinch was installed 178 times last week.

How do I connect Cluefinch MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls cluefinch straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Cluefinch MCP?

The pypi package cluefinch was installed 178 times in the last week. Week over week that is -43%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Cluefinch MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.