Free Search

io.github.sweetcornna/free-search-mcp · v0.18.0

No-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines. Local-first.

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Terminal

claude mcp add free-search-mcp -e SEARCH_MCP_PROXY=<SEARCH_MCP_PROXY> -e SEARCH_MCP_REGION=<SEARCH_MCP_REGION> -e SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR=<SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR> -- uvx free-search-mcp==0.18.0

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp==0.18.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH_MCP_PROXY": "<SEARCH_MCP_PROXY>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_REGION": "<SEARCH_MCP_REGION>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp==0.18.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH_MCP_PROXY": "<SEARCH_MCP_PROXY>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_REGION": "<SEARCH_MCP_REGION>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "free-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "free-search-mcp==0.18.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH_MCP_PROXY": "<SEARCH_MCP_PROXY>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_REGION": "<SEARCH_MCP_REGION>",
        "SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "<SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`SEARCH_MCP_PROXY` Optional, secret	Optional outbound proxy URL (http://, https:// or socks5://) for engines that block your network.
`SEARCH_MCP_REGION` Optional	Optional default region-language for results, e.g. us-en, uk-en, cn-zh. Default: us-en.
`SEARCH_MCP_CACHE_DIR` Optional	Optional directory for the local search/page cache. Default: ~/.cache/search-mcp.

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
Package	`https://github.com/sweetcornna/free-search-mcp/releases/download/v0.18.0/free-search-mcp-0.18.0.mcpb` (MCPB, stdio)
First published	31 Oct 2026
Last updated	31 Oct 2026
Registry name	`io.github.sweetcornna/free-search-mcp`

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