Free Search MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 7 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

_SELECT_TARGET = _SELECT + ",referenced_works,authorships"

# OpenAlex accepts an OR list in a filter; 50 is its documented ceiling. Larger
# reference lists are truncated rather than paged — this is a neighbourhood
# view, not an export.
_MAX_BATCH = 50

        subprocess.Popen(

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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.

claude mcp add free-search-mcp -- uvx free-search-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.free-search-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["free-search-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: SEARCH_MCP_PROXY (Optional outbound proxy URL (http://, https:// or socks5://) for engines that block your network), SEARCH_MCP_REGION (Optional default region-language for results, e.g. us-en, uk-en, cn-zh. Default: us-en), SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR (Optional directory for the local search/page cache. Default: ~/.cache/search-mcp).