Valyu MCP Server

The Valyu MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool that enables AI models to retrieve high-quality context from Valyu's API, including full search capabilities over Wikipedia, arXiv papers…

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What is the Valyu MCP Server?

Valyu MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the valyu-network/valyu-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “The Valyu MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool that enables AI models to retrieve high-quality context from Valyu's API, including full search…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/.venv/bin/python. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares VALYU_API_KEY. 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 Valyu MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "valyu-mcp": {
      "command": "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/.venv/bin/python",
      "args": [
        "-u",
        "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/valyu-mcp.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VALYU_API_KEY": "YOUR_VALYU_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
VALYU_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation