Tinysearch

io.github.MarcellM01/tinysearch · v0.4.0

Self-hosted web research for MCP agents.

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Terminal

claude mcp add tinysearch -e MCP_TRANSPORT=<MCP_TRANSPORT> -e TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH=<TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH> -e SEARXNG_URL=<SEARXNG_URL> -e TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND=<TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND> -e TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL=<TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL> -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/marcellm01/tinysearch:v0.4.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tinysearch": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/marcellm01/tinysearch:v0.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH": "<TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<SEARXNG_URL>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND": "<TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tinysearch": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/marcellm01/tinysearch:v0.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH": "<TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<SEARXNG_URL>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND": "<TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tinysearch": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/marcellm01/tinysearch:v0.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH": "<TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<SEARXNG_URL>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND": "<TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`MCP_TRANSPORT` Optional	MCP transport to serve: stdio (default), sse, or streamable-http.
`TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH` Optional	Path to a tinysearch_config.json inside the container, for overriding search/embedding defaults.
`SEARXNG_URL` Optional	SearXNG search endpoint URL. Only needed if not using the bundled Compose SearXNG service.
`TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND` Optional	Embedding implementation: onnx (default) or openai_compatible.
`TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL` Optional	Local ONNX preset (fast, balanced, quality) or a Hugging Face ONNX repository id.

Details

Package	`docker.io/marcellm01/tinysearch:v0.4.0` (OCI, stdio)
Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	27 Jul 2026
Last updated	27 Jul 2026
Registry name	`io.github.MarcellM01/tinysearch`

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