Marginalia MCP Server

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Marginalia is answering right now. Last checked 3 min ago. Last commit 17 Sep 2026.

Marginalia MCP — independent web search over a non-commercial, non-SEO index.

Uptime history 4 days of history

4 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

160 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 17 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Marginalia 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

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 3 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add marginalia --transport http https://gateway.pipeworx.io/marginalia/mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "marginalia": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/marginalia/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.marginalia]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/marginalia/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "marginalia": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/marginalia/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "marginalia": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/marginalia/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://gateway.pipeworx.io/marginalia/mcp	streamable-http	answering	98 ms	3 min ago

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Marginalia — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Is Marginalia working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 160 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Marginalia?

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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Marginalia need an API key?

No. Marginalia completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Marginalia?

It answers our handshake in 160 ms on average, which is faster than 74% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Marginalia open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript 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.