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Agentsearch MCP Server

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AgentSearch web search, page extract and JS page render for agents. Self-hosted API via stdio.

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AgentSearch web search, page extract and JS page render for agents. Self-hosted API via stdio.

Security Report

5.2
Moderate5.2Moderate Risk

This is a well-structured MCP server with proper authentication, input validation, and secure credential handling. The server makes authenticated HTTP requests to a user-configured AgentSearch backend API with appropriate error handling and input sanitization. Permissions align well with the server's stated purpose of web search, page extraction, and JavaScript rendering. Minor code quality observations exist but do not significantly impact security. Supply chain analysis found 3 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

7 files analyzed · 7 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Base URL of your AgentSearch API deployment (no trailing slash)Optional

Environment variable: AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL

Optional Bearer token for your AgentSearch APIRequired

Environment variable: AGENTSEARCH_API_KEY

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-agentsearchhq-coder-agentsearch-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "AGENTSEARCH_API_KEY": "your-agentsearch-api-key-here",
        "AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL": "your-agentsearch-base-url-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agentsearchhq/agentsearch-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

agentsearch-mcp

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for people running their own AgentSearch-compatible backend. It exposes web search, page extract, and JavaScript page rendering (headless browser) to Cursor, Claude Desktop, and other MCP hosts over stdio.

AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL is required and points at that API. There is no built-in default host.

For pay-per-call access with no backend of your own, use Pocket's official MCP server instead:

npx -y @pocket-network/agentic-portal-mcp

That server calls agentsearch-web-search-v1 and agentsearch-web-extract-v1 at $0.005/call over x402. Details: https://agentsearchhq.com/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=mcp

This package calls your API directly:

  • Search: POST {AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL}/v1/search with body { "query": "...", "max_results": 5 }
  • Extract: POST {AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL}/v1/extract
  • Render: POST {AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL}/v1/render (headless Chromium; OpenAPI spec)

Tools

ToolArgsDescription
agentsearch_web_searchquery (string, required), max_results (number, optional, default 5, clamped 1–5)Web search. Returns pretty-printed JSON. Use for a query; use extract when you already have a URL. Read-only HTTP.
agentsearch_extracturl (absolute URL, required), formats (string[], optional), max_chars (positive integer, optional)Page extract via POST /v1/extract. Use when you already have a URL. Read-only HTTP.
agentsearch_renderurl (absolute http(s) URL, required); optional: formats (markdown|text|html|links, default ["markdown"]), max_chars (1–100000), screenshot, screenshot_format (png|jpeg), full_page, viewport ({width 320–1920, height 240–1600}), wait_until (domcontentloaded|load|networkidle), wait_for_selector, wait_ms (0–1500), block (image|media|font|stylesheet)Renders a JavaScript-heavy page in headless Chromium via POST /v1/render and returns title, status, meta, and the rendered markdown/text/HTML/links (plus optional base64 screenshot). Use when extract returns empty/partial content for an SPA; prefer extract for static pages. Read-only HTTP.

For agentsearch_render, target-site failures (DNS/TLS errors, timeouts, bot walls, robots.txt) come back as a normal result whose JSON has a non-null error object (code, message, retryable); bad input (400), oversize body (413), rate limits (429) and backend faults (500) are MCP errors. The backend enforces a ~4.2 s render deadline.


Requirements

  • Node.js 20+
  • Your own AgentSearch-compatible API. Set AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL to its base URL. The process exits at startup if that variable is missing.

Install

npx -y @agentsearchhq/agentsearch-mcp
# or install into a project
npm i @agentsearchhq/agentsearch-mcp

From a local checkout:

cd agentsearch-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Scripts: build → tsc, start → node dist/index.js, test → build + node --test test/*.mjs, prepare → runs build.

Binary: agentsearch-mcp → dist/index.js


Environment variables

VariableRequiredNotes
AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URLyesBase URL of your API (no trailing slash). No default.
AGENTSEARCH_API_KEYnoOptional Authorization: Bearer …. On 401 the client retries once without the key.

See .env.example. Never commit a real .env.


Cursor

Project (.cursor/mcp.json) or user (~/.cursor/mcp.json / Cursor Settings → MCP):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentsearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@agentsearchhq/agentsearch-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL": "https://your-agentsearch-host.example"
      }
    }
  }
}

Optional API key:

"env": {
  "AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL": "https://your-agentsearch-host.example",
  "AGENTSEARCH_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
}

Claude Desktop

Edit Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agentsearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@agentsearchhq/agentsearch-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL": "https://your-agentsearch-host.example"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving.


Local run

npm run build
AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL=https://your-agentsearch-host.example node dist/index.js
# process waits on stdin — Ctrl+C to stop

If AGENTSEARCH_BASE_URL is unset, the process prints an error and exits.


License

MIT

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