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claude mcp add argus -e ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY=<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY> -e ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY=<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY> -e ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY=<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY> -e ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY=<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY> -e ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY=<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY> -e ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY=<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY> -e ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL=<ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL> -e ARGUS_DATA_ROOT=<ARGUS_DATA_ROOT> -- uvx argus-search==1.6.5{
"mcpServers": {
"argus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"argus-search==1.6.5"
],
"env": {
"ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
"ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"argus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"argus-search==1.6.5"
],
"env": {
"ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
"ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"argus": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"argus-search==1.6.5"
],
"env": {
"ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
"ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
"ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
}
}
}
}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 |
|---|---|
ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEYOptional, secret | WolframAlpha App ID (2,000 free computed-answer queries/month) |
ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEYOptional, secret | Brave Search API key (2,000 free queries/month) |
ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEYOptional, secret | Tavily API key (1,000 free queries/month) |
ARGUS_EXA_API_KEYOptional, secret | Exa API key (1,000 free queries/month) |
ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEYOptional, secret | Serper API key (2,500 one-time free queries) |
ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEYOptional, secret | Linkup API key (1,000 free queries/month) |
ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URLOptional | SearXNG instance URL (self-hosted, aggregates 70+ engines) |
ARGUS_DATA_ROOTOptional | Optional override for the writable Argus runtime corpus root |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (PYPI, stdio) |
| First published | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.Khamel83/argus |
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