How do I connect Free Search MCP Server to Claude?

The listing records `claude mcp add search -- uvx free-search-mcp # Claude Code` as its setup step. Run it, then follow the repository's instructions for the client configuration; the listing names Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor as compatible clients.

Is Free Search MCP Server free?

The listed licence is MIT. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.

What can Free Search MCP Server do?

Free Search MCP Server documents 29 tools to the agent, including anysearch, bilibili, brave. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.

Free Search MCP

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by sweetcornna

Local-first, no-API-key MCP server for web search, fetch, and document reading. Multi-engine (DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Startpage), smart Playwright fallback, FTS5 cache, LLM-tuned output.

Install

$claude mcp add search -- uvx free-search-mcp # Claude Code

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Project instructions

claudeduckduckgollmmcpmodel-context-protocolmojeekplaywrightpythonsearchwebsearch

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Documented tools (29)

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anysearch

AnySearch

bilibili

keyless Bilibili (哔哩哔哩) video search via the public

brave

, baidu — intermittent challenges to headless clients.

brave_api

Brave Search API

dataset

zenodo

exclude_domains

["pinterest.com"]

exclude_text

"beginner"

forum

stackexchange, hackernews

freshness

day / week / month / year

github

github (repos + issues/PRs), githubcode (needs a token)

github_code

GitHub

google

keyless Google web SERP scrape (HTTP first, Playwright

google_cse

Google Custom Search

image

openverse

include_domains

["python.org", "djangoproject.com"]

include_text

"async"

max_age_hours

news

googlenews, gdelt

openlibrary

book search over the Internet Archive catalogue.

paper

arxiv, openalex, crossref, pubmed

searx

meta-search proxy via public SearXNG instances; included for

serper

Serper (Google)

sogou

, so360 — Chinese web indexes, HTML scrapes, best-effort like

stackexchange

Stack Apps (key optional)

startpage

browser-rendered (~5-10s/query); good for hard-to-reach

tavily

Tavily (AI search)

wikipedia

encyclopedia search; language follows SEARCHMCPREGION.

zhihu

best-effort keyless Zhihu (知乎) search. Zhihu's

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Questions about Free Search MCP Server

How do I connect Free Search MCP Server to Claude?: The listing records `claude mcp add search -- uvx free-search-mcp # Claude Code` as its setup step. Run it, then follow the repository's instructions for the client configuration; the listing names Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor as compatible clients.
Is Free Search MCP Server free?: The listed licence is MIT. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.
What can Free Search MCP Server do?: Free Search MCP Server documents 29 tools to the agent, including anysearch, bilibili, brave. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.