Agent Web Search

io.github.JerryLiu369/agent-web-search · v0.8.2

Provider-neutral web_search for AI agents. Grounding + agent search APIs, keyless defaults.

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claude mcp add agent-web-search -e AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS=<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS> -e ARK_API_KEY=<ARK_API_KEY> -e GEMINI_API_KEY=<GEMINI_API_KEY> -e XAI_API_KEY=<XAI_API_KEY> -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY> -e AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY=<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY> -e AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL=<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL> -e AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY=<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY> -e AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL=<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL> -e TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY> -e BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY=<BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY> -e PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY> -e YDC_API_KEY=<YDC_API_KEY> -e EXA_API_KEY=<EXA_API_KEY> -e PARALLEL_API_KEY=<PARALLEL_API_KEY> -e ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY=<ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY> -e ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY=<ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY> -- uvx agent-web-search-mcp==0.8.2

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-web-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-web-search-mcp==0.8.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS>",
        "ARK_API_KEY": "<ARK_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<XAI_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "<YDC_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "PARALLEL_API_KEY": "<PARALLEL_API_KEY>",
        "ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-web-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-web-search-mcp==0.8.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS>",
        "ARK_API_KEY": "<ARK_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<XAI_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "<YDC_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "PARALLEL_API_KEY": "<PARALLEL_API_KEY>",
        "ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "agent-web-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-web-search-mcp==0.8.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS>",
        "ARK_API_KEY": "<ARK_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<XAI_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY>",
        "AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL": "<AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "<YDC_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "PARALLEL_API_KEY": "<PARALLEL_API_KEY>",
        "ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

Name	Description
`AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS` Optional	Comma-separated startup-enabled provider set; defaults to ddgs,exa,parallel (all keyless)
`ARK_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Volcengine Ark API key for Doubao grounding
`GEMINI_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Google Gemini API key for Google Search grounding
`XAI_API_KEY` Optional, secret	xAI API key for Grok web/X search
`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` Optional, secret	DeepSeek API key for native web search
`AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Generic Responses API key for web search grounding (falls back to OPENAI_API_KEY)
`AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_RESPONSES_BASE_URL` Optional	Generic Responses API base URL; defaults to https://api.openai.com/v1
`AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Generic Anthropic Messages API key for web search grounding
`AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MESSAGES_BASE_URL` Optional	Generic Anthropic Messages API base URL; defaults to https://api.anthropic.com
`TAVILY_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Tavily API key for agent-oriented search
`BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Brave Search API key
`PERPLEXITY_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Perplexity API key for structured search
`YDC_API_KEY` Optional, secret	You.com API key
`EXA_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Optional Exa key; free MCP fallback without it
`PARALLEL_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Optional Parallel key; free MCP fallback without it
`ZHIPU_WEB_SEARCH_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Zhipu standalone Web Search API key
`ZHIPU_CHAT_SEARCH_API_KEY` Optional, secret	Zhipu Chat Completions native web search key

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	13 Nov 2026
Last updated	13 Nov 2026
Registry name	`io.github.JerryLiu369/agent-web-search`

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