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🧠 Open‑WebSearch MCP Plugin — Free multi‑engine web search 🌐, no API key!

Hey👋, I built something I think you’ll dig:

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/Aas-ee/open-webSearch
🐳 Docker: ghcr.io/aas-ee/open-web-search:latest

✨ What It Does

  • Supports Bing, Baidu, CSDN (linux.do in progress)
  • ZERO API keys—no quotas, no login
  • Returns structured JSON: {title, url, description, source, engine}
  • Fully MCP-compatible: streamableHttp & SSE transport styles
  • Built-in article scraping: fetchCsdnArticle, fetchLinuxDoArticle
  • One-command Docker deploy for self-hosting

🧪 Example in Action

1. Start the server

git clone https://github.com/Aas-ee/open-webSearch
cd open-webSearch
npm install && npm run build
node build/index.js
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or via Docker:

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 ghcr.io/aas-ee/open-web-search:latest
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2. Add to your MCP client config

Streamable HTTP version (e.g., Claude Dev / Cherry Studio):

"mcpServers": {
  "web-search": {
    "type": "streamableHttp",
    "url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
  }
}
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SSE alternative:

"mcpServers": {
  "web-search": {
    "type": "sse",
    "url": "http://localhost:3000/sse"
  }
}
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3. Use it in a tool call

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "web-search",
  tool_name: "search",
  arguments: {
    query: "Claude plugin tutorial",
    limit: 3,
    engines: ["bing", "csdn"]
  }
})
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➡️ Returns structured results:

[
  {
    "title": "How to write a Claude plugin",
    "url": "...",
    "description": "...",
    "source": "CSDN",
    "engine": "csdn"
  }
]
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And to fetch a full article:

use_mcp_tool({
  server_name: "web-search",
  tool_name: "fetchCsdnArticle",
  arguments: {
    url: "https://blog.csdn.net/.../details/..."
  }
})
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✅ Why It Matters

  • 💸 No API keys, no costs
  • 🔎 Multi-engine = richer, broader results
  • 🧠 Plug-and-play for Claude, LangChain, RAG systems
  • 🏗️ Great for real-time Q&A, smart agents, prompt-enhanced workflows

What’s Next?

  • Google, Reddit, YouTube engine support
  • Poll: which engine/source do you want next?

If you try it, I’d love feedback, issues/PRs, or just a ⭐️. Let me know how it fits in your MCP workflow! 🙏

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