Open Web Search MCP Server

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.

Local server

What is the Open Web Search MCP Server?

Open Web Search source profile. From the maintainer documentation: “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.”

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

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

How to install the Open Web Search MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search": {
      "name": "Web Search MCP",
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "description": "Multi-engine web search with article fetching",
      "isActive": true,
      "baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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