bocha-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOCHA_API_KEY | Yes | Your Bocha API key |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| web-searchA | Search the web using Bocha Web Search API. Returns web pages, images, videos with titles, URLs, snippets, and summaries. Supports natural language queries, time range filtering, and site-specific search. |
| ai-searchA | Search using Bocha AI Search API. Returns web results, images, multimodal cards (weather, calendar,百科, etc.), AI-generated answers, and follow-up questions. Supports streaming. Use only when specifically requested by the user. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 2 tools
Both tools are search-based and can return similar result types, creating potential ambiguity. The AI search tool explicitly notes it should only be used when requested, which helps, but the boundary between general web search and AI-enhanced search is not always obvious.
Both tool names follow a consistent pattern: a type prefix followed by 'search' (web-search, ai-search). This makes the naming predictable and easy to understand.
With only two tools, the server is on the lean side, but for a focused search API server, this is reasonable. Each tool serves a distinct search mode, so the count feels appropriate for the scope.
The tool surface covers general web search and AI-powered search, including images, videos, and multimodal cards. No obvious missing functionality for the stated purpose of a search API.