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Portable MCP server for fallback web search and browser-aware fetch.
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Portable MCP server for fallback web search and browser-aware fetch.
What You'll Need
Set these up before or after installing:
Optional Exa key for the first search tier.Required
Environment variable: EXA_API_KEY
Optional Brave Search key for the second search tier.Required
Environment variable: BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY
Optional self-hosted SearXNG base URL for private, no-key search fallback before DuckDuckGo.
Environment variable: SEARXNG_BASE_URL
Optional toggle to enable or disable Exa search.
Environment variable: SMARTSEARCH_ENABLE_EXA
Optional toggle to enable or disable Brave search.
Environment variable: SMARTSEARCH_ENABLE_BRAVE
Optional toggle to enable or disable SearXNG search.
Environment variable: SMARTSEARCH_ENABLE_SEARXNG
Optional toggle to enable or disable DuckDuckGo fallback search.
Environment variable: SMARTSEARCH_ENABLE_DUCKDUCKGO
Optional Playwright browser channel override.
Environment variable: SMARTFETCH_CHROME_CHANNEL
Optional explicit Chrome executable path for Playwright.
Environment variable: SMARTFETCH_CHROME_PATH
Optional opt-in for FxTwitter relay enrichment on X posts.
Environment variable: SMARTFETCH_ENABLE_FXTWITTER
Optional toggle to enable or disable X oEmbed fallback.
Environment variable: SMARTFETCH_ENABLE_X_OEMBED
Optional toggle to enable or disable Reddit JSON enrichment.
Environment variable: SMARTFETCH_ENABLE_REDDIT_JSON
Optional override to allow localhost/private/reserved fetch targets.
Environment variable: SMART_WEB_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS
Optional mode that disables public fallback and relay-style providers unless explicitly enabled.
Environment variable: SMART_WEB_LOCAL_ONLY
How to Install
Add this to your MCP configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-rich-jojo-smart-web": {
"env": {
"EXA_API_KEY": "your-exa-api-key-here",
"SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "your-searxng-base-url-here",
"BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "your-brave-search-api-key-here",
"SMART_WEB_LOCAL_ONLY": "your-smart-web-local-only-here",
"SMARTFETCH_CHROME_PATH": "your-smartfetch-chrome-path-here",
"SMARTSEARCH_ENABLE_EXA": "your-smartsearch-enable-exa-here",
"SMARTSEARCH_ENABLE_BRAVE": "your-smartsearch-enable-brave-here",
"SMARTFETCH_CHROME_CHANNEL": "your-smartfetch-chrome-channel-here",
"SMARTFETCH_ENABLE_X_OEMBED": "your-smartfetch-enable-x-oembed-here",
"SMARTSEARCH_ENABLE_SEARXNG": "your-smartsearch-enable-searxng-here",
"SMARTFETCH_ENABLE_FXTWITTER": "your-smartfetch-enable-fxtwitter-here",
"SMARTFETCH_ENABLE_REDDIT_JSON": "your-smartfetch-enable-reddit-json-here",
"SMARTSEARCH_ENABLE_DUCKDUCKGO": "your-smartsearch-enable-duckduckgo-here",
"SMART_WEB_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS": "your-smart-web-allow-private-hosts-here"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"smart-web-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Security Report
4.5
Use Caution4.5High RiskThis is a well-structured MCP server for web search and fetch tools with proper authentication patterns and reasonable security controls. The code includes appropriate permissions for its developer tools purpose including network access, environment variables, and file system operations. Minor code quality issues exist around broad exception handling and some input validation patterns, but no significant security vulnerabilities were found. Supply chain analysis found 3 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.
Scanned 5 files · 8 findings
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