Web Search MCP

Web Search MCP

Enables web searching via DuckDuckGo and extracting readable content from any URL using Mozilla Readability, providing web context similar to Cursor's built-in functionality.

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Web Search MCP

Minimal MCP server that can search the web and extract readable page content, similar to Cursor's built-in web context.

Features

  • search_web: Query the web (DuckDuckGo HTML) and return result URLs and titles
  • fetch_page: Fetch any URL and extract readable content using Mozilla Readability + JSDOM

Requirements

  • Node.js 20+ (recommended: 20.18.1+)

Install

npm install

Run (stdio)

npm start

Install globally

npm i -g @guhcostan/web-search-mcp

Then reference the binary web-search-mcp.

Integrate with Cursor (MCP)

Add to your Cursor MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search-mcp": { "command": "web-search-mcp" }
  }
}

Alternatively, without global install, use npx:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@guhcostan/web-search-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

  • search_web

    • input:
      • query (string, required)
      • limit (number, optional, 1–10, default 5)
    • output: array of { url: string; title?: string; snippet?: string }
  • fetch_page

    • input:
      • url (string URL, required)
    • output: { url: string; title?: string; content: string }

Development

Type-check, lint and tests:

npm run check

Run individually:

npm run build
npm run lint
npm test

Notes

  • Web search uses DuckDuckGo HTML; results may vary and are HTML-scraped (no API key required)
  • Be mindful of target site terms of use and robots policies when fetching pages

License

MIT

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