search-fusion-mcp

🔍 Search Fusion MCP Server

A High-Availability Multi-Engine Search Aggregation MCP Server providing intelligent failover, unified API, and LLM-optimized content processing. Search Fusion integrates multiple search engines with smart priority-based routing and automatic failover mechanisms.

✨ Features

🔄 Multi-Engine Integration

Google Search - Premium performance with API key
Serper Search - Google search alternative with advanced features
Jina AI Search - AI-powered search with intelligent content processing
DuckDuckGo - Free search, no API key required
Exa Search - AI-powered semantic search
Bing Search - Microsoft search API
Baidu Search - Chinese search engine

🚀 Advanced Features

Intelligent Failover - Automatic engine switching on failures or rate limits
Priority-Based Routing - Smart engine selection based on availability and performance
Unified Response Format - Consistent JSON structure across all engines
Rate Limiting Protection - Built-in cooldown mechanisms
LLM-Optimized Content - Advanced web content fetching with pagination support
Wikipedia Integration - Dedicated Wikipedia search tool
Wayback Machine - Historical webpage archive search
Environment Variable Configuration - Pure MCP configuration without config files

📊 Monitoring & Analytics

Real-time engine status monitoring
Success rate tracking
Error handling and recovery
Performance metrics

🏗️ Architecture

Search Fusion MCP Server
├── 🔧 Configuration Manager     # MCP environment variable handling
├── 🔍 Search Manager           # Multi-engine orchestration
├── 🚀 Engine Implementations   # Individual search engines
│   ├── GoogleSearch            # Google Custom Search
│   ├── SerperSearch           # Serper API
│   ├── JinaSearch             # Jina AI Search
│   ├── DuckDuckGoSearch       # DuckDuckGo
│   ├── ExaSearch              # Exa AI
│   ├── BingSearch             # Bing API
│   └── BaiduSearch            # Baidu API
├── 🛠️ Advanced Fetcher         # Multi-method web scraping
└── 📡 MCP Server              # FastMCP integration

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

Option 1: Install from PyPI (Recommended)

pip install search-fusion-mcp

Option 2: Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/sailaoda/search-fusion-mcp.git
cd search-fusion-mcp
pip install -e .

MCP Integration

Environment Variable Configuration

Search Fusion uses pure MCP environment variable configuration without requiring config files.

MCP Client Configuration (PyPI Installation):

{
  "mcp": {
    "mcpServers": {
      "search-fusion": {
        "command": "search-fusion-mcp",
        "env": {
          "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your_google_api_key",
          "GOOGLE_CSE_ID": "your_google_cse_id",
          "SERPER_API_KEY": "your_serper_api_key",
          "JINA_API_KEY": "your_jina_api_key",
          "EXA_API_KEY": "your_exa_api_key",
          "BING_API_KEY": "your_bing_api_key",
          "BAIDU_API_KEY": "your_baidu_api_key",
          "BAIDU_SECRET_KEY": "your_baidu_secret_key"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

MCP Client Configuration (Source Installation):

{
  "mcp": {
    "mcpServers": {
      "search-fusion": {
        "command": "python",
        "args": ["-m", "src.main"],
        "cwd": "/path/to/your/search-fusion-mcp",
        "env": {
          "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your_google_api_key",
          "GOOGLE_CSE_ID": "your_google_cse_id",
          "SERPER_API_KEY": "your_serper_api_key",
          "JINA_API_KEY": "your_jina_api_key",
          "EXA_API_KEY": "your_exa_api_key",
          "BING_API_KEY": "your_bing_api_key",
          "BAIDU_API_KEY": "your_baidu_api_key",
          "BAIDU_SECRET_KEY": "your_baidu_secret_key"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Supported Environment Variables

Search Engine	Environment Variable	Required	Description	Get API Key
Google	`GOOGLE_API_KEYGOOGLE_CSE_ID`	Both needed	Google Custom Search API	Get API Key
Serper	`SERPER_API_KEY`	API key	Serper Google Search API	Get API Key
Jina AI	`JINA_API_KEY`	Optional	Jina AI Search API (enhanced features with key)	Get API Key
Bing	`BING_API_KEY`	API key	Microsoft Bing Search API	Get API Key
Baidu	`BAIDU_API_KEYBAIDU_SECRET_KEY`	Both needed	Baidu Search API	Get API Key
Exa	`EXA_API_KEY`	API key	Exa AI Search API	Get API Key
DuckDuckGo	None required	-	Free search, no API key needed	-

Alternative Variable Names:

# Google
GOOGLE_SEARCH_API_KEY    # Alternative to GOOGLE_API_KEY
GOOGLE_SEARCH_CSE_ID     # Alternative to GOOGLE_CSE_ID

# Serper
SERPER_SEARCH_API_KEY    # Alternative to SERPER_API_KEY

# Others follow similar pattern...

Engine Priority

Search engines are prioritized automatically:

Google Search (Priority 1) - Premium performance with API key
Serper Search (Priority 1) - Google alternative with advanced features
Jina AI Search (Priority 1.5) - AI-powered search with optional API key for advanced features
DuckDuckGo (Priority 2) - Free, no API key required
Exa Search (Priority 2) - AI-powered search with API key
Bing Search (Priority 3) - Microsoft search API
Baidu Search (Priority 3) - Chinese search engine

🛠️ MCP Tools

1. `search`

Perform web searches with intelligent engine selection and failover.

Parameters:

query (required): Search query terms
num_results (default: 10): Number of results to return
engine (default: "auto"): Engine preference
- "auto": Automatic engine selection (recommended)
- "google": Prefer Google Search
- "serper": Prefer Serper Search
- "jina": Prefer Jina AI Search
- "duckduckgo": Prefer DuckDuckGo
- "exa": Prefer Exa Search
- "bing": Prefer Bing Search
- "baidu": Prefer Baidu Search

2. `fetch_url`

Fetch and process web content with intelligent pagination and multi-method fallback.

Parameters:

url (required): Web URL to fetch
use_jina (default: true): Whether to prioritize Jina Reader for LLM-optimized content
with_image_alt (default: false): Whether to generate alt text for images
max_length (default: 50000): Maximum content length per page (auto-paginate if exceeded)
page_number (default: 1): Retrieve specific page from previously fetched content

Features:

Intelligent Multi-Method Fallback: Tries Jina Reader → Serper Scrape → Direct HTTP
Automatic Pagination: Splits large content into manageable pages
Concurrent-Safe Caching: Unique page IDs prevent conflicts in high-concurrency scenarios
LLM-Optimized Content: Clean markdown format optimized for AI processing

3. `get_available_engines`

Get current status and availability of all search engines.

4. `search_wikipedia`

Search Wikipedia articles for entities, people, places, concepts, etc.

Parameters:

entity (required): Entity to search for
first_sentences (default: 10): Number of sentences to return (0 for full content)

5. `search_archived_webpage`

Search archived versions of websites using Wayback Machine.

Parameters:

url (required): Website URL to search
year (optional): Target year
month (optional): Target month
day (optional): Target day

📖 API Examples

Basic Search

# Automatic engine selection
result = await search("artificial intelligence trends 2024")

# Prefer specific engine
result = await search("machine learning", engine="google")

Advanced Web Fetching

# Fetch with intelligent pagination
result = await fetch_url("https://example.com/long-article")

# If content is paginated, get additional pages
if result.get("is_paginated"):
    page_2 = await get_page(result["page_id"], 2)

Wikipedia Search

# Get Wikipedia summary
result = await search_wikipedia("Python programming language")

# Get full article
result = await search_wikipedia("Quantum computing", first_sentences=0)

🧪 Development

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/sailaoda/search-fusion-mcp.git
cd search-fusion-mcp
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .

🔧 Configuration Guide

For detailed configuration instructions, see MCP_CONFIG_GUIDE.md.

📊 Performance

Latency: Sub-second response times with caching
Availability: 99.9% uptime with intelligent failover
Throughput: Handles concurrent requests efficiently
Scalability: Efficient resource utilization and concurrent processing

🤝 Contributing

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch
Make your changes
Add tests for new functionality
Submit a pull request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🚨 Rate Limiting & Best Practices

Google Search: 100 queries/day (free tier)
Serper API: Varies by plan
Jina AI: Rate limits apply based on subscription
DuckDuckGo: No official limits, but use responsibly
Other engines: Check respective API documentation

Always implement appropriate delays and respect rate limits to ensure sustainable usage.

📞 Support

Made with ❤️ for the MCP community

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The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

🔍 High-Availability Multi-Engine Search Aggregation MCP Server - Intelligent Failover, Unified API, LLM-Optimized Content Processing.

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