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Agent Search MCP Server

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Agent Search MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 180 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.

Installs per day peak 48 · avg 22 · -8% w/w
a month agotoday
180
Installs / week
npm · agent-search-mcp
113
Stars
0 open issues
16 Sep 2026
Last commit
1 release in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

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.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add agent-search-mcp -- npx -y agent-search-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-search-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.agent-search-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "agent-search-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-search-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "agent-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-search-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: 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).

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Agent Search MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Agent Search MCP?
Agent Search 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 npm package agent-search-mcp was installed 180 times last week.
How do I connect Agent Search MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls agent-search-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Agent Search MCP?
The npm package agent-search-mcp was installed 180 times in the last week. Week over week that is -8%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Agent Search MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 113 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.