MCP Web Search Tool — Model Context Protocol server providing real-time web search, news, image search, and URL content extraction with pluggable
MCP Web Search Tool — Model Context Protocol server providing real-time web search, news, image search, and URL content extraction with pluggable providers (Brave
An MCP server that gives an assistant live web search, full-page reading, and source citations. Stdio transport, pluggable providers, no scraper dependencies.
Five tools: web_search, news_search, image_search, fetch_url, list_providers. Search returns ranked summaries with stable ids; fetch_url reads the page behind any id. Brave Search is the primary provider; DuckDuckGo runs without a key as a fallback.
| | | |---|---| | Node.js | >= 20.18 (uses native fetch) | | npm | >= 10 | | Brave Search API key | optional. Without it, DuckDuckGo handles web_search. news_search and image_search require a key. |
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| web_search | Live web search. Use first for current, source-backed answers. |
| news_search | |
| image_search | |
| fetch_url | Reads a search result or arbitrary http(s) URL. Pass a result id from a previous search (preferred) or a full URL. |
| list_providers | Returns the registered providers and the current default. Call this once if you are unsure whether news_search or image_search are available in this session. |
| | | |---|---| | Node.js | >= 20.18 (uses native fetch) | | npm | >= 10 | | Brave Search API key | optional. Without it, DuckDuckGo handles web_search. news_search and image_search require a key. |
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| BRAVE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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