openai-websearch-mcp MCP Server

An advanced MCP server that provides intelligent web search capabilities using OpenAI's reasoning models. Perfect for AI assistants that need up-to-date information with smart reasoning capabilities.

Local serverstdio

What is the openai-websearch-mcp Server?

openai-websearch-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the conechoai/openai-websearch-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An advanced MCP server that provides intelligent web search capabilities using OpenAI's reasoning models. Perfect for AI assistants that need up-to-date information with smart reasoning…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented pypi package is openai-websearch-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_DEFAULT_MODEL. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the openai-websearch-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openai-websearch-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openai-websearch-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "OPENAI_DEFAULT_MODEL": "gpt-5-mini"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OPENAI_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Yes
OPENAI_DEFAULT_MODELDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation