Websearch Mcp Server

Name: Websearch Mcp Server
Author: Howe829

pytest · by Howe829

MCP server for agent web search

15 4 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

MIT license

Stale

Last commit 357d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: http

4 tools · ~196 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktophttp · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "websearch-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "pytest"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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What Websearch Mcp Server does

A simple web search server that supports free search and converts URL content to Markdown. 中文

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

uvx 'pytest' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

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CVE-2025-71176low · fixedCVSS 3.1

pytest has vulnerable tmpdir handling

pytest through 9.0.2 on UNIX relies on directories with the `/tmp/pytest-of-{user}` name pattern, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges.

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 9.0.3source →

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Websearch Mcp Server safe to use?: Websearch Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Websearch Mcp Server?: Websearch Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Websearch Mcp Server do?: Websearch Mcp Server provides 4 tools: web_search, url_to_markdown, wechat_search, github_search. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Websearch Mcp Server?: Websearch Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses http transport.
Is Websearch Mcp Server actively maintained?: Websearch Mcp Server is less actively maintained — last commit was 357 days ago. It has 15 GitHub stars.

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Features

Web Search: Perform web searches using different providers. Supported providers: Bing, Baidu, Google(with browser_use).

Markdown Conversion: Convert the content of a URL into Markdown format.

Wechat Official Account Articles: Search and retrive wechat official account articles content.

GitHub Search: Easily search for anything on GitHub — repositories, users, issues, and more.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Python 3.12 or higher

uv for dependency management (or pip)

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Howe829/websearch-mcp-server.git
cd websearch-mcp-server

Install the dependencies using uv (Recomend):

uv venv && uv sync

Or, if you prefer using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

Create a .env file based on the .env.example file:

cp .env.example .env

Modify the .env file with your desired settings:

BING_SEARCH_BASE_URL="https://www.bing.com"
LANGUAGE="en"
CC="us"
IMPERSONATE="edge"
HOST=127.0.0.1
PORT=8002
SERVER_MODE=streamable-http

Usage

Run the server using uv:

uv run python server.py

Or run the server using python:

source .venv/bin/activate python server.py

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Websearch Mcp Server safe to use?

Websearch Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Websearch Mcp Server?

Websearch Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Websearch Mcp Server do?

Websearch Mcp Server provides 4 tools: web_search, url_to_markdown, wechat_search, github_search. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Websearch Mcp Server?

Websearch Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses http transport.

Is Websearch Mcp Server actively maintained?

Websearch Mcp Server is less actively maintained — last commit was 357 days ago. It has 15 GitHub stars.

WebSearch MCP Server

A simple web search server that supports free search and converts URL content to Markdown. 中文

Features

Web Search: Perform web searches using different providers. Supported providers: Bing, Baidu, Google(with browser_use).
Markdown Conversion: Convert the content of a URL into Markdown format.
Wechat Official Account Articles: Search and retrive wechat official account articles content.
GitHub Search: Easily search for anything on GitHub — repositories, users, issues, and more.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Python 3.12 or higher
uv for dependency management (or pip)

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Howe829/websearch-mcp-server.git
cd websearch-mcp-server

Install the dependencies using uv (Recomend):
```
uv venv && uv sync
```
Or, if you prefer using pip:
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Configuration

Create a .env file based on the .env.example file:
```
cp .env.example .env
```

Modify the .env file with your desired settings:

BING_SEARCH_BASE_URL="https://www.bing.com"
LANGUAGE="en"
CC="us"
IMPERSONATE="edge"
HOST=127.0.0.1
PORT=8002
SERVER_MODE=streamable-http

Usage

Run the server using uv:

uv run python server.py

Or run the server using python:

source .venv/bin/activate
python server.py

Contribution

Contributions are welcome!

This project uses pytest for unit tests

uv pip install pytest
uv pip install pytest-asyncio
uv run pytest

And use the ruff for code sytle formatting

uv pip install ruff
ruff format .

use mcp inpector to debug this server

uv run fastmcp dev server.py