Agent Search MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 157 installs a week from npm. Last commit 16 Sep 2026.
Free-first Chinese and English web search MCP using zero-key sources and inspectable evidence.
Today is the operative word: we check Agent Search MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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 mcp add agent-search-mcp -- npx -y agent-search-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"agent-search-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"agent-search-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.agent-search-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "agent-search-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"agent-search-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"agent-search-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"agent-search-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"agent-search-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
BRAVE_API_KEY (Brave Search API key (optional, enables Brave engine)), TAVILY_API_KEY (Tavily Search API key (optional, enables Tavily engine)), EXA_API_KEY (Exa Search API key (optional, enables Exa engine)), YDC_API_KEY (You.com Search API key (optional, enables You.com engine)), TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY (Tencent Web Search API key (optional, enables Tencent WSA engine)), BOCHA_API_KEY (Bocha Web Search API key (optional, enables Bocha engine)), SERPER_API_KEY (Serper API key (optional, enables Google SERP search)), SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE (Provider policy: free_first, quality_escalation, paid_first, or free_only), PAID_ENGINE_ORDER (Comma-separated optional-provider preference order).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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