Open WebSearch
skills · by Aas-ee
Multi-engine MCP server, CLI, and local daemon for agent web search and content retrieval — skill-guided workflows, no API keys.
No known CVEs
Apache-2.0 license
Actively maintained
Last commit 3d ago
Works with most clients
Transport: stdio, sse, http
4 tools · ~335 tok
Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx
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Open WebSearch is an MCP server that multi-engine MCP server, CLI, and local daemon for agent web search and content retrieval — skill-guided workflows, no API keys. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 86/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.
Step 1
Install in your client
Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.
CD
Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"web-search": {
"name": "Web Search MCP",
"type": "streamableHttp",
"baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000/mcp",
"isActive": true,
"description": "Multi-engine web search with article fetching"
}
}
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What Open WebSearch does
open-websearch provides an MCP server, CLI, and local daemon, and can also be paired with skill-guided agent workflows for live web search and content retrieval without API keys.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Open WebSearch safe to use?
- Open WebSearch has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
- How do I install Open WebSearch?
- Open WebSearch supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
- What can Open WebSearch do?
- Open WebSearch provides 4 tools: search, fetch-web, fetch-csdn, fetch-github. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
- What AI clients work with Open WebSearch?
- Open WebSearch is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
- Is Open WebSearch actively maintained?
- Open WebSearch is actively maintained — last commit was 3 days ago. It has 1,744 GitHub stars.
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