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One Search MCP Server

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One Search MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 173 installs a week from npm. Last commit 31 Jul 2026.

Web search, URL discovery, scraping & extraction with agent-browser and search providers

Installs per day peak 302 · avg 59 · +85% w/w
a month agotoday
173
Installs / week
npm · one-search-mcp
141
Stars
4 open issues
31 Jul 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 17 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

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.

Builds a file path from a variable src/libs/browser/finder.ts:208
          path: path.join(browser.userDataDir, profileName),

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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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 one-search-mcp -- npx -y one-search-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "one-search-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "one-search-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.one-search-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "one-search-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "one-search-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "one-search-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "one-search-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "one-search-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SEARCH_PROVIDER (Search provider to use (searxng, duckduckgo, bing, tavily, google, zhipu, exa, bocha, ydc, local)), SEARCH_API_URL (API URL for SearXNG (required if using searxng provider), or Google Custom Search Engine ID for google), SEARCH_API_KEY (API key for search provider (required for tavily, bing, google, zhipu, exa, bocha)), YDC_API_KEY (You.com API key for ydc provider), ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK (Allow browser-backed tools to access private, loopback, and link-local network targets when set to true). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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One Search MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for One Search MCP?
One 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 one-search-mcp was installed 173 times last week.
How do I connect One Search 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 one-search-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use One Search MCP?
The npm package one-search-mcp was installed 173 times in the last week. Week over week that is +85%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is One Search MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 141 stars on GitHub and 4 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.