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Release & Branch Notice: The formerly standalone pi-search-boost and dsh-search-boost projects are merged into one codebase under lib/. Documented commands specifying @latest retrieve the official published npm package. To test code that is not in a published release, check out the branch or tag you need and follow Installation from Source & Development.


v0.2.4: single-snapshot Jev screening (schema V5), private research save/recovery, bounded PDF text extraction, Desktop integration, and separate package updates / integration management. See the release and migration notes: V3 adaptive inputs/outputs and the upgrade command have changed. This source version does not imply npm publication; @latest follows the published registry.

Table of Contents


Related MCP server: gemini-search-mcp

Key Features

  • Multi-Engine Parallel Fusion (fused_search)
    Queries multiple search providers in parallel. Features an out-of-the-box keyless free pool (Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Exa-free, AnySearch) and a keyed API pool (Tavily, Brave, Exa, AnySearch). Automatically performs cross-engine URL deduplication, domain routing, and relevance re-ranking.

  • Clean Webpage Content Extractor (fetch_page)
    Fetches the origin first for low latency, with optional same-route curl compatibility fallback and Jina Reader backup. Strips CSS, JS, and ad clutter. Supports focused contextual paragraph extraction via focus, backed by in-memory caching and size limits.

  • X / Twitter Community Intelligence (x_search)
    Retrieves public posts, user timelines, and discussion threads via official xAI API or an anonymous fallback channel. Derives UTC timestamps from verifiable Snowflake post IDs and applies author/date filters only when metadata can be verified. Coverage may be incomplete, stale or empty; a retrieved sample does not establish platform-wide sentiment.

  • Jev Intent-Guided Search (adaptive_search · Experimental) Supply one full question and a required research intent. One pre-search Jev strategy request selects the fixed ranking preset and (when community is omitted) whether to add the already-wired community branch; one bounded fused snapshot (32 candidates for targets up to 10; larger targets keep the same headroom ratio, at most 160) is then screened with fixed safety, prototype value 3/4/5 and source-discount options. No keyword planning, no constraints gate, no language check, no automatic page read, and no self-set cumulative budget stop; cursor and saved-result pagination only replay stored results. No claim of verified or complete answers.

  • Native Multi-Agent Parallel Research
    Bundles search-boost and search-boost-parallel-research skills. In hosts supporting subagents (Cursor, Claude Code, Pi, DSH), tasks can be dispatched to parallel Searchers (gathering evidence) and Summarizers (pure synthesis without tools), supporting both Fast and Complex waves.

  • Unified Core Across All Host Ecosystems
    A single, host-neutral core runtime powering standard Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, alongside native extensions for Pi and Cordis plugin bundles for DeepSeek Harness (DSH).

  • Zero-Config Onboarding & Strict Security
    Requires zero API keys to start using the free engine pool. Sensitive credentials are stored as plaintext in local private configs with restricted file permissions (POSIX 0600); this is not encryption at rest. Uses local networking and proxy DNS, with bounded requests and explicit fallback. Configured credentials are kept out of model prompts and diagnostic output.


System Architecture

SearchBoost follows a "One Core, Three Adapters" architecture. All search logic, content parsing, deduplication algorithms, and network safety mechanisms reside in the shared core:

                    SearchBoost TUI / CLI
             installation · configuration · refresh
                              │
                    Shared SearchBoost Core
                    lib/runtime.mjs facade
              search · fetch · X · adaptive evidence
                              │
              ┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
              │               │               │
         MCP Adapter      Pi Adapter     DSH Adapter
         stdio server     extension      Cordis bundle
              │               │               │
     ┌────────┴────────┐      ▼               ▼
     │ Cursor / Claude │      Pi       DeepSeek Harness
     │ Codex / Grok    │
     │ Antigravity     │
     └─────────────────┘
  • Core (lib/): Host-neutral algorithms, engine orchestration, Jev client protocol, and network safety policies.

  • Adapters (adapters/): Maps core operations into host-specific protocols (MCP JSON-RPC, Pi Extension API, DSH Cordis lifecycle).

  • Agents (agents/): Host prompt contracts, workflow templates, and native skill definitions. See the prompt responsibility contract and beta.8 release notes for the Agent-facing routing update.


Supported Hosts Matrix

Host

Integration Type

Files / Mechanism

Capabilities & Notes

Cursor / Cursor CLI

MCP + Skills

~/.cursor/mcp.json / skills/

Supports CLI auto-approval (cli-config.json), session start injection, parallel research skill

Claude Code

MCP + Prompts

Official claude MCP config

Full multi-engine search and page extraction tools with prompt boundaries

Codex

MCP + Prompts

Host MCP configuration

Seamless access to fused search, X retrieval, and reader tools

Grok Build

MCP + Plugin

MCP config + bundled plugin

Automatically syncs and installs companion plugin when grok CLI is available

Google Antigravity

MCP + Workspace

Workspace MCP configuration

Per-project workspace guidance and full search tool suite

Pi

Native Extension

~/.pi/agent/extensions/ / prompts/

Registers native extension, /fast-parallel, /complex-parallel, searcher/summarizer roles

DeepSeek Harness

Native Bundle

cordis.patch.yml / dsh plugin

Integrated with Cordis runtime; provides native research_parallel subagents and call cards


Quick Start (30 Seconds)

Prerequisites

  • Node.js: >= 22.13.0

  • Package Manager: npm (or pnpm)

1. Install & Launch the Dashboard

# Install globally
npm install -g search-boost

# Launch the interactive terminal UI (TUI)
search-boost
TIP

Zero API Keys Required to Start: SearchBoost includes a keyless free pool (Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Exa-free, AnySearch). No paid-provider signup is required; availability and result coverage depend on the providers and your network.

2. 3-Step Setup Wizard

  1. Select Setup wizard on the default flat TUI home (folder layout: Installation & integrations → Setup). Configure engine keys (or skip to use free tier) and optional X credentials.

  2. Check the agents you want to integrate (Cursor, Claude Code, Pi, etc.), confirming auto-approval and native search replacement.

  3. Restart or reload your chosen agents, then ask them to research anything in conversation!


Upgrade & Migration Guide

1. Routine Updates: npm First, Then Refresh Integrations

The commands below describe v0.2.4. Before it is published, @latest may still install an older release without refresh or research; use a v0.2.4 source checkout as described below. Use npm to update the package; the TUI no longer updates SearchBoost itself. Installation, refresh and removal live under Manage agent integrations (folder layout: Installation & integrations → Manage agent integrations).

npm install -g search-boost@latest --prefer-online
search-boost
# → Manage agent integrations → Refresh existing integrations → select scopes
# Or refresh all existing integrations:
search-boost refresh -y
# Preview only:
search-boost refresh --dry-run

Refresh uses the current package and preserves credentials, permissions, disabled states and unrelated configuration. It does not install unconfigured hosts. Unchecking a target means no operation, not removal. The old upgrade command and --sync-only option are removed.

If a Grok local cache remains stale after native update, fully quit Grok and separately approve data-retaining reconstruction and trust of the displayed source. -y alone is not approval; explicit CLI approval is search-boost refresh -y --repair-grok-cache. This requests native uninstall --keep-data, then install --trust; legacy-name data reuse is not guaranteed. Restart affected hosts afterward. See integration refresh.


2. Migrating from Legacy search-boost-mcp

IMPORTANT

If you have the old global packagesearch-boost-mcp installed, npm cannot automatically replace the global binary across package renames. Use the one-line npx migration command. The refresh step below requires v0.2.4 or later:

# Execute safe migration via npx
npx --yes --package=search-boost@latest -- search-boost migrate -y

# For v0.2.4 and later, update the package before refreshing integrations:
npm install -g search-boost@latest --prefer-online
search-boost
# -> Manage agent integrations → Refresh existing integrations (or search-boost refresh -y)

Interactive Console (TUI)

Launch search-boost without arguments to access the interactive dashboard built with Clack. Manage host integrations, search configuration and credentials here; package updates are handled by npm:

The default flat home lists these actions in order:

Home entries

Behavior

Setup wizard; Manage agent integrations; Status

Guided setup; install / scoped refresh / confirmed uninstall; read-only status

Search engine configuration; Default search layer; Tool switches

Choose individual engines; free / api; shared MCP / Pi / DSH switches

X credentials; Jev configuration (experimental)

Masked credential management

Native web search; Print MCP snippet

Explicit permission choices; read-only snippets

TUI settings; Exit

Menu layout before display language; close the console

TUI settings → Menu layout offers flat / folder. Folder mode retains Installation & integrations, Search & tools, Services & credentials and Status. Completed actions return to the same flat home entry or their folder submenu. Escape cancels/navigates back; Ctrl+C exits. A layout switch immediately returns to the new home. Management returns to its own submenu; interactive uninstall and Grok cache reconstruction default to cancel. Partial failures are reported, not styled as success.

Layout and language changes apply immediately and are saved in ~/.search-boost/config/tui.json (or $SEARCH_BOOST_HOME/config/tui.json). Missing layout (including legacy language-only settings) defaults to flat. Without a saved language preference, Chinese system locales select Simplified Chinese; other locales select English. The preference also applies to standalone interactive setup/config commands, not non-interactive CLI output, search results or agent replies. Tool names, commands, paths, MCP snippets and raw upstream errors remain unchanged. Dry-run previews layout/language without saving; malformed settings are warned about, not overwritten. See TUI navigation and language settings.

Tool switches

Open Tool switches (folder layout: Search & tools → Tool switches), toggle with Space, press Enter to review, then confirm. Esc or declining confirmation writes nothing; an empty selection disables all tools. Locked adaptive_search appears struck through in the status panel and is excluded from selectable choices until Jev is configured. Configuring Jev makes it available by default; an explicit OFF preference is preserved.

Preferences are shared through ~/.search-boost/config/tools.json (or $SEARCH_BOOST_HOME/config/tools.json), using atomic, locked writes. No host restart or reinstall is needed once the updated adapters are loaded:

  • MCP: tool-list updates within approximately 300ms, with tools/list_changed notification; clients ignoring notifications may need reconnecting.

  • Pi: active tools refresh within approximately 300ms; unrelated and initially excluded tools are preserved. Watchers stop on session shutdown.

  • DSH: registrations remain present but disabled calls fail immediately; the native search/fetch provider paths obey the same switches.

Every new invocation checks the current preference, including stale tool handles. Existing requests finish normally. Removing Jev credentials locks adaptive calls (including pagination and saved-result recovery); restoring credentials does not override explicit OFF. These are tool-entry switches, not engine permissions: enabled adaptive research screens one internal fused snapshot and does not read pages automatically, and fused community search may still use internal X retrieval. Searcher waves in Pi/DSH also require the shared fused_search and fetch_page entries and DSH scoped tools: disabled dependencies prevent initial dispatch, and are checked again before each child starts. Started children finish normally; tool-free summarizers do not require these entries. Checks never enable tools or expand permissions. Slash commands remain available for recovery. Existing processes running older adapter code require one reload/update first. Hosts sharing these settings must use the same SearchBoost home.


Tool Suite & Usage Guide

When integrated, agents automatically receive standard tool definitions and autonomously determine when to call them.

Tool Responsibilities & Boundaries

Tool

Best Used For

Boundary / Non-Goals

fused_search

Parallel multi-engine querying, deduplication, and diversity re-ranking

A single search step; follow-up decisions remain with the parent agent

fetch_page

Reading clean content from public URLs with optional keyword focus

Not an authenticated browser; local network and proxy policy still apply

x_search

Retrieving public X posts, author timelines, or discussion threads

Does not guarantee exhaustive comment threads or total sentiment sampling

adaptive_search

Experimental: one bounded fused snapshot + fixed-option Jev screening for one question and a required intent

Selected URLs with reviewed extracts and value labels; targetMet is quantity only, not verified answers

search_stats

Reading engine status, memory cache hits, and recent diagnostic stats

Read-only; configuration readiness does not guarantee active external network reachability

search_layer

Viewing or switching compatibility search layer in MCP

show is read-only; changing layers mutates persistent configuration on disk


1. fused_search Multi-Engine Search

Dispatches queries across engines concurrently, normalizes URLs, strips redirects, and applies diversity filters.

Tool Arguments Example (JSON):

{
  "query": "Node.js 22 built-in WebSocket API guide",
  "include_domains": ["nodejs.org", "developer.mozilla.org"],
  "engine_pool": "free",
  "ranking": "balanced",
  "complexity": "simple",
  "max_results": 5
}
  • engine_pool: free (keyless Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Exa-free, AnySearch), api (configured API engines), or hybrid (both pools). Unavailable or disabled engines are skipped. When omitted, the compatibility layer maps free to the free pool and api to hybrid.

  • ranking: Final engine-weight presets: balanced (default), research, or fresh. They do not change query variants, search depth or recency filters, and do not establish source authority or freshness.

  • complexity: simple (1 query variant), medium (up to 2 variants), complex (up to 3 deep variants).

  • community: Boolean (false by default). Set to true to blend real-time X developer discussions into the final result quota.


2. fetch_page Smart Content Reader

Reads webpage content from search URLs. Reads and cleans the origin first; PDFs are extracted to text locally and only fall back to Jina Reader when that fails; curl handles transport compatibility when installed.

Tool Arguments Example:

{
  "url": "https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html",
  "focus": "AbortSignal.any"
}
  • focus (Optional): Filters and retains paragraphs matching the target keywords.

    TIP

    Afocus miss does not prove the information is absent from the page. If in doubt, re-fetch without focus to inspect the full context.

  • offset (Optional): Long bodies are returned in bounded windows (60,000 characters by default). The result reports totalChars and, while more content follows, nextOffset; pass that back as offset to continue reading. Continuations are served from the 24h cache without another request.

    TIP

    Binary responses (images, archives, PDFs with no extractable text) raise a clear error instead of being returned as page text.


3. x_search X (Twitter) Intelligence

Designed for real-time technical tracking and first-party developer updates. Supports keyword search, author timelines, and thread conversations.

Tool Arguments Example:

{
  "query": "Claude 3.7 Sonnet hybrid reasoning from:AnthropicAI",
  "type": "keyword",
  "max_results": 5
}
  • Timestamp derivation: When a valid Snowflake post ID is available, it can supply a UTC creation timestamp if platform metadata is missing or inconsistent; this does not verify the post text.

  • Filters: Keyword mode accepts X operators such as from:username, since:YYYY-MM-DD, and until:YYYY-MM-DD. Use from_date / to_date for explicit date bounds; candidates without verifiable author/date metadata are omitted when those filters apply.


4. adaptive_search Jev Intent-Guided Search (Experimental)

Vercel support: in TUI → Jev configuration (folder layout: Services & credentials → Jev configuration), enter https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1 and a Vercel AI Gateway key. SearchBoost selects the official SDK evaluation model typesafe-ai/jev, not chat completions. The default TypeSafe /systemone path remains supported. Both paths use only the canonical user Jev credential, not environment keys, and respect server rate-limit delays.

Supply one question (questions has exactly one item) plus a required research intent and optional soft preferences. Write them in English as a caller instruction: the server never language-checks, rejects or translates them, and any language is searched exactly as written. The original question is the only query — there is no keyword planning and no query expansion. One pre-search Jev strategy request selects the fixed balanced/research/fresh ranking and, when community is omitted, enable/disable/unknown for the already-wired community (X) branch; an explicit community true/false overrides that choice and is never asked back. That single fused call collects a bounded snapshot: 32 candidates for targets up to 10, ceil(max_results×32/10) for larger targets (at most 160) (web and community rows share it), and every declared candidate is screened with fixed options: safety clear/violation/unavailable, prototype value levels 0-5, source discounts from real positive-contribution engines, and one match per preference. Only safe material with an established value 3/4/5 is delivered, ranked by the versioned screening formula; confidence is audit-only. There is no early stop at the first K acceptable links, no automatic page read, and no self-imposed cumulative cost, token, request-count or whole-run time budget — real single-request timeouts, limited retries, authentication/rate-limit failures, safety refusals and explicit cancellation still apply.

{
  "questions": ["What are the migration risks from ExampleDB 4.1 to 4.2?"],
  "intent": "Find migration steps and concrete incompatibilities, including counterexamples.",
  "preferences": ["Official migration guides"],
  "max_results": 8,
  "page_size": 3
}
  • intent is required (it is no longer filled in from the question) and preferences are independent soft ranking bonuses, deduplicated exactly.

  • constraints is retired as a per-material hard gate: omit it or pass [] (a deprecated_constraints_empty warning); a non-empty array is refused with adaptive_constraints_removed before any network call. Keep every direction and condition in the question/intent; for hard domain limits use site:/-site: or fused_search include_domains/exclude_domains, and verify required document properties by reading.

  • Multi-question lists, tasks/targets/facts/time_range, keywords and nested keyword arrays are refused as legacy inputs; independent questions require separate calls.

  • max_results caps the selected and saved set (default 10, max 50); page_size only changes the page (default 20, max 50) and never re-orders or re-filters.

  • Results contain selected URLs, titles, reviewed extracts, valueLevel/valueLabel, rank, real provenance and score components — never generated answers. selection.targetMet means quantity only, never research completion or verification; selection.incomplete, diagnostics, stopReason, outsideReview and unreviewed disclose what was not finished rather than treating it as low value.

  • run.community reports the finite community decision and the actual execution status (not_requested/domain_excluded/unavailable/blocked/succeeded/empty/failed/partial/not_run), never model reasoning. A failed or partial community branch keeps valid web results and marks the run incomplete.

  • Read saved pages with {"cursor":"<s5:…>"} (optional page_size) only: no new search, strategy, Jev, community or value call. Default 20/max 50 per page with a byte budget. Cursors last up to 30 minutes/32 recent sets in the current process and are not exhaustive search.

  • With explicit save_results:true, the complete final selected set plus typed metadata is stored privately under the SearchBoost home (search-boost-research-v2, schema version 5) and you receive a savedResultId. After a restart or cache clear, read {"saved_result_id":"<savedResultId>"} (optional page_size) without another search or Jev call. Older search-boost-research-v1 files stay readable in a marked read-only h1: historical branch (restoration.historical: true, original schema version preserved, no invented v5 fields). Public tool switches and the Jev configuration lock still apply to reads; search-boost research list / research export <id> --output <new-file.json> work offline without Jev. See integration and acceptance boundaries.

  • Thresholds remain uncalibrated engineering starting points. See the contract, budgets and migration notes.


Engine Pools & Scoring Presets

engine_pool selects engines, ranking selects shared cross-pool weights, and complexity controls query breadth and depth, not scoring weights. AnySearch is one logical engine: anonymous in free, key-required in api, and key-preferred in hybrid. Configure ANYSEARCH_API_KEY or config keys --set anysearch=KEY.

Engine

balanced

research

fresh

bing

0.957

0.927

1.020

ddg

0.981

0.903

0.927

yahoo

0.957

0.877

0.902

exa-free

1.004

1.085

0.951

tavily

1.049

1.105

1.084

brave

1.004

0.951

1.125

exa

1.049

1.146

1.063

anysearch

1.004

1.042

0.951

These are uncalibrated cold-start priors, not measured quality rankings. consensus-v2.1 combines original ranks, related-provider discounts and max+log consensus, with metadata adjustments capped at 20%. Quality and list-selection scores stay separate; zero-weight sources cannot vote. Recalibrate old min_score thresholds. See scoring and migration and pool routing.


Parallel Multi-Agent Research Workflows

One shared workflow with three host bindings. The parent agent splits a question into independent tracks; each searcher gathers evidence with fused_search and fetch_page; a tool-less summarizer (or the parent itself) then turns the reports into one answer.

                        [ Parent Agent ]
                   splits tracks · owns the answer
                              │
              ┌───────────────┴───────────────┐
              ▼                               ▼
       [ Searcher A ]                  [ Searcher B ]
   fused_search · fetch_page       fused_search · fetch_page
              │                               │
              └───────────────┬───────────────┘
                              ▼
                      [ Summarizer ]
                   no tools · synthesis only
                              ▼
                     [ Parent Report ]

Host

Entry point

How children run

Pi

/fast-parallel and /complex-parallel prompts; the search-parallel-subagent tool; searcher / summarizer roles

Each searcher is a child process that explicitly loads the SearchBoost Pi extension (adapters/pi/index.js) and may call only fused_search and fetch_page; summarizers launch with --no-tools. The caller chooses the wave size — this runner sets no concurrency cap.

DeepSeek Harness

Native research_parallel tool

Children spawn on the same Cordis context through the host's subagent service. Searchers receive toolFilter.allow = ['fused_search','fetch_page']; summarizers receive an empty allowlist. Before a wave, research_parallel verifies both tools are registered and refuses to spawn otherwise. Handles are disposed on success and failure, and maxDepth stays at 1, so children cannot nest further research.

MCP hosts (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Antigravity)

Bundled search-boost-parallel-research skill

The skill embeds the same roles and workflow and runs them through whatever subagent mechanism the host provides. A host without usable delegation falls back to serial research by the parent.

Installing into an MCP host also installs the companion search-boost router skill for optional workflows. Ordinary tool selection uses the registered descriptions and schemas directly; no skill load is required.

  • Fast mode: one searcher wave, then parent synthesis — no summarizer and no second wave.

  • Complex mode: one to three waves with a gap review in between; another wave starts only when a material gap remains, and the run stops early when the evidence is sufficient. These wave limits are workflow instructions, not global quotas enforced across independent tool calls.

  • Unavailable delegation: the parent may research serially when browsing is allowed and parallelism is not a strict requirement, and discloses that choice. A denied or failed runtime is a blocker, not permission for a silent fallback.

IMPORTANT

A child returningok means it finished with non-empty text, not that its claims are verified. Failed or partial reports stay visible, but their URLs are excluded from the successful aggregate, and final judgment always belongs to the parent.

For Pi/DSH child-tool loading, stale pi-search-boost references, and the retired deep_research tool, see Subagent tool setup and diagnosis.


Security

Custom search API bases

Open Search engine configuration on the flat TUI home (folder layout: Services & credentials). Each engine shows its masked key and default/custom Base URL. Choose Set / replace Base URL, then keep or edit the key; Restore default Base URL resets only the address. Choose any individual engine without stepping through all credential slots; unrelated keys and routing selections are preserved. Status and config keys --show also show the effective bases. Standalone search-boost config keys and first setup retain the sequential guided wizard.

search-boost config keys --base-url exa=https://gateway.example/exa
search-boost config keys --reset-base-url exa

Engine

Default Base URL

Appended path

Tavily

https://api.tavily.com

/search

Exa

https://api.exa.ai

/search

Brave

https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1

/web/search

AnySearch

https://api.anysearch.com/v1

/search

Supply an API base, not a full search endpoint; gateway prefixes are preserved. Overrides live in engines.<name>.baseUrl in the keys file; existing key strings and routing flags are unchanged. Use only trusted API-compatible gateways: queries and configured keys are sent there (AnySearch remains anonymous in the free pool). Prefer HTTPS; HTTP is supported for local gateways. Credentials, query strings and fragments in URLs are rejected. Exa-free is unaffected. Changing a base invalidates the search cache partition.

API keys use a credential store this tool owns. They are not written into prompts, tool results or shell profiles:

  • Private file permissions: keys live in ~/.search-boost/config/keys.json (redirect the root with SEARCH_BOOST_HOME). On POSIX the store directory is 0700 and the file is 0600; a rewrite is built from a fresh 0600 temporary file rather than written in place, so an existing file is never widened. Backups and upgrade receipts under the same root are 0600 as well. An env-overridden directory keeps its own mode, while the credential file is still created 0600. Windows has no POSIX mode bits — ACL inheritance applies there.

  • Atomic, locked writes: replacement uses an O_EXCL temporary file plus rename, so a reader sees either the old or the new file and never a partial one; a failed write cleans up after itself and leaves the previous file untouched. Read-modify-write cycles take an exclusive lock, so two writers cannot silently lose each other's update, and a rejected change does not touch the file at all.

  • Never echoed back: a key is only sent to the engine it belongs to (Tavily, Brave, Exa and AnySearch request parameters/headers). Status output, search-boost config keys --show and the doctor report print masked values (abcd****wxyz); error messages are tested not to contain credential material, and Jev evaluation payloads deliberately carry no key, masked key or fingerprint. AnySearch uses anonymous quota in free, requires a key in api, and prefers a configured key in hybrid. Its potentially credential-bearing error envelopes are never echoed or persisted.


CLI Command Reference (Headless & CI)

The following CLI reference describes v0.2.4. refresh and research require that version or later; merging source does not publish it to npm. Use a source checkout until the required version is published.

DeepSeek Harness Desktop: interactive installation offers Desktop / CLI / All, then Automatic (default) or Local directory for Desktop. Automatic setup retains bundled-command discovery through Windows installer registry metadata (including custom destinations), default directories and PATH; launch Desktop once, then fully quit it including its tray. Local setup runs last, after all other integrations including Grok, and displays the current durable package directory to paste into the running app's Plugins → Add plugin dialog. The TUI observes saved installation read-only and finishes after stable verification; Escape / Ctrl+C or timeout marks Desktop unfinished while retaining earlier results. Saved installation is not proof of live activation; missing bundled launchers explicitly leave runtime verification unknown. Temporary _npx paths are refused as persistent local links. The app also accepts search-boost for a registry install. Automatic install/update still verifies the owning resolver and rejects shadow copies. Disabled bundles stay disabled unless explicitly requested; local setup with --enable-dsh-bundle waits for the user to enable it in Desktop. See Desktop integration for ownership and validation limits.

# ----------------- Core & Interactive -----------------
search-boost                                # Launch interactive dashboard (TUI)
search-boost status                         # Disk/configuration evidence; running host version remains unknown
search-boost status --json                  # Structured read-only installation evidence
search-boost research list                  # List opt-in private result snapshots
search-boost research export <id> --output <new-file.json> # Explicit export; never overwrite
search-boost --help                         # Display full CLI documentation
search-boost refresh --dry-run              # Preview refreshing existing integrations
search-boost refresh -y                     # Refresh all existing integrations from this package
search-boost migrate --dry-run              # Preview the legacy global package rename

# ----------------- Headless Installation -----------------
search-boost install -t cursor -y           # Install for Cursor with auto-approval
search-boost install -t claude,codex --keep-native  # Install while preserving host native search
search-boost install -t antigravity --workspace /path/to/project # Target a specific workspace
search-boost install -t antigravity -y --antigravity-config legacy # Explicit old-client compatibility; modern switches back
search-boost install -t pi -y               # Mount Pi extension and prompt templates
search-boost install -t dsh --profile web   # Connect to DeepSeek Harness CLI web profile
search-boost install -t dsh --dsh-surface desktop -y # Desktop bundled command + local package
search-boost install -t dsh --dsh-surface all -y     # Manage Desktop and CLI independently
# No global search-boost / dsh / pnpm required (Windows, Linux, macOS):
npx --yes search-boost@latest install -t dsh --profile web -y
search-boost install -t cursor --dry-run    # Preview installation without writing files

# ----------------- Configuration Management -----------------
search-boost config keys                    # Manage API keys from CLI
search-boost config keys --set anysearch=KEY  # Configure the AnySearch key (ANYSEARCH_API_KEY)
search-boost config layer                   # Switch default layer (free / api)
search-boost config x --import-grok         # Import X credentials from local Grok login
search-boost config jev                     # Configure Jev endpoint and token

# ----------------- Diagnostics & Health -----------------
search-boost doctor                         # Run offline diagnostic checks
search-boost doctor --strict                # Strict mode (exits non-zero on warnings)
search-boost doctor --json                  # Output machine-readable JSON report

# ----------------- Uninstall -----------------
search-boost uninstall -t cursor,claude -y  # Remove integrations from selected hosts

Installation from Source & Development

Use this path to contribute to SearchBoost, or to test code that is not in a published release yet. Everywhere else, @latest refers to the published package.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js >= 22.13.0 (matching package.json)

  • git and npm

  • Optional: curl, for the same-route transport-compatibility fallback in fetch_page

  • Optional: pdfjs-dist (optionalDependency) to extract PDF text locally; without it, PDF reads fall back to Jina Reader

Set up a checkout

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Mr-remon219/search-boost.git
cd search-boost

# 2. Install dependencies exactly as CI does
npm ci

# 3. Regenerate the bundled Grok plugin assets
npm run plugin:sync-grok

The clone lands on the repository's default branch. To test a different branch or tag, check it out before installing dependencies (git checkout BRANCH_OR_TAG).

Run it without a global install

node cli.mjs                  # interactive TUI straight from the checkout
node cli.mjs status           # one-shot status summary
node cli.mjs install -t pi -y # mount the Pi extension from this checkout
node cli.mjs install -t dsh --profile web

node cli.mjs accepts the same commands as the installed search-boost binary. If you want the bare command in your terminal, link the checkout instead of installing from npm:

npm link        # or: npm install -g .
search-boost

After changing adapter or agent assets, re-run the same install command for that host (node cli.mjs install -t HOST) so the host picks up the new files, then restart or reload that host.

Test gates before a PR

Command

What it covers

npm run check

Syntax check across the CLI, core, adapters and scripts

npm run prepublishOnly

Syntax and CI policy checks, exact-lock dependency audit (registry access required), then every isolated regression entrypoint, including generated assets, install / refresh / migration, search, adapters and MCP

npm run test:network

Proxy retries, curl fallback, request bounds and compatibility regressions

npm run test:adapters

MCP, Pi and DSH adapter protocol suites plus Pi subagent settings migration/diagnosis

npm run test:parallel

Searcher/summarizer contracts, DSH dispatch preflight, cancellation and tool isolation

npm run test:adaptive

Single-snapshot V5 screening, capacity boundaries and MCP/Pi/DSH adapter fixtures (not live host sessions)

npm run smoke

MCP JSON-RPC protocol smoke test

Regression suites use isolated state, loopback fixtures and process doubles; no engine keys are needed. The dependency audit requires registry access. A green npm run prepublishOnly is the local PR gate, not proof of live host loading, paid-service behaviour or evidence quality.



License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Available Tools

5 tools
fetch_pageFetch PageA
Read-only

Read a known HTTP(S) URL without searching again. Returns readable HTML or locally extracted PDF text, with retrieval route and any extraction limitations. Long bodies use bounded windows; continue from nextOffset using the cached read, not a new request. A focus miss is not evidence of absence: retry without focus. Binary bodies and PDFs with no extractable text return errors, not page text. Network safety, proxy policy, cancellation and size limits remain enforced through all supported fallbacks. This is not an authenticated browser.

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
urlYeshttp(s) URL to fetch
focusNoKeep matching paragraphs; omit for the readable body. Output may still be windowed; inspect nextOffset and limitations
offsetNoCharacter offset into the page body (default 0); pass nextOffset from a previous call to continue a long page from cache

Output Schema

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescription
urlYes
viaYes
offsetNo
tookMsYes
contentYes
focusMissNo
truncatedNo
limitationNo
nextOffsetNo
totalCharsNo
windowNoteNo
word_countYes
requestedUrlNo

TDQS

A4.7/5.0
Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations only cover the safety profile (readOnly, openWorld, non-destructive); the description adds substantial behavior beyond them: binary bodies and text-less PDFs return errors, long bodies are windowed and continued from cache, network safety/proxy/cancellation/size limits persist through fallbacks, and it is explicitly not an authenticated browser. These are exactly the operational caveats an agent needs.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness5/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Front-loaded with the core action, then dense but purposeful sentences covering return format, pagination, focus retry, error cases, and the auth boundary. No filler and no repetition of the schema or annotations.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return-value documentation is not required, and the description still covers error outcomes, extraction limitations, pagination continuation, and the unauthenticated boundary. Nothing needed to invoke it correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 100%, so the baseline is 3, but the description adds real semantics: offset continuation should use the cached read rather than a new request, and focus should be dropped on a miss because a miss is not evidence of absence. That goes beyond the schema's parameter descriptions without restating them.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The first sentence gives a specific verb (read/fetch) and resource (a known HTTP(S) URL) plus a distinguishing constraint ('without searching again') that separates it from the search siblings. It also states the return shape (readable HTML or locally extracted PDF text with retrieval route). An agent can select this over fused_search or x_search without opening either schema.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines4/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

It clearly sets the context of use (a URL you already know, avoiding a re-search) and gives concrete recovery guidance: 'A focus miss is not evidence of absence: retry without focus.' It stops short of explicitly naming the search siblings as the alternative when the URL is unknown, so routing is implied rather than spelled out.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

search_layerSearch LayerA

Inspect the current search layer with layer=show (default, no change). layer=free or api persists a new default: only change it when authorized. free = free — compatibility default engine_pool=free (keyless). api = api — compatibility default engine_pool=hybrid (keyless plus configured APIs). For a single search, use fused_search.engine_pool instead; legacy api maps to hybrid, not the strict api pool.

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
layerNoshow (default) reads current state; free/api persist a new default and require authorization

TDQS

A4.7/5.0
Behavior4/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations provide readOnlyHint=false and destructiveHint=false, but the description adds critical behavioral context: layer=show causes no change, while free/api persist a new default and require authorization. It also discloses the compatibility mapping (legacy api maps to hybrid, not strict api pool), which goes beyond the structured fields.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

The description is dense but mostly earns its length, with the default behavior and key warning front-loaded. The 'free = free' and 'api = api' phrasing is slightly redundant and could be tightened, but it remains efficient and readable.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a tool with one optional parameter, full schema coverage, and no output schema, the description covers all essential context: default behavior, persistence side effects, authorization requirement, engine_pool mapping, and the alternative tool for single searches. Nothing an agent needs to call it correctly is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters5/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema coverage is 100%, but the description adds meaning beyond the enum descriptions by explaining the engine_pool implications of each value: free maps to engine_pool=free (keyless), api maps to engine_pool=hybrid, and legacy api does not map to the strict api pool. This is valuable semantic nuance that the schema alone does not convey.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description names a specific resource (the search layer) and a clear action set: inspect with layer=show or persist a new default with free/api. It also explicitly differentiates this tool from fused_search, making its purpose and scope unambiguous.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines5/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description gives explicit when-to-use guidance: use layer=show to inspect, only change the default when authorized, and for a single search use fused_search.engine_pool instead. This routes the agent to the correct sibling in the exact condition that matters.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

search_statsSearch StatsA
Read-only

Read-only search diagnostics: cache activity, engine configuration readiness and recent searches. Inspect result warnings as well; empty results do not prove absence or authorize changing credentials, permissions or defaults.

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No parameters

Output Schema

ParametersJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescription
layerYes
recentYes
enginesYes
xSourceYes
cacheHitsYes
startedAtYes
xOfficialYes
tierCountsYes
cacheMissesYes
keyedEnginesYes

TDQS

A3.9/5.0
Behavior4/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already cover the safety profile (readOnlyHint=true, destructiveHint=false), so the bar is lower. The description adds genuine value beyond them: it discloses the diagnostic surfaces returned and warns that empty results do not authorize changing credentials, permissions, or defaults — a meaningful behavioral caveat for an agent acting on ambiguous results.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Two front-loaded sentences: the first defines scope, the second carries the caution. No filler, though the second sentence packs three distinct warnings and is slightly dense.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

An output schema exists, so return values need not be described. With zero parameters and annotations covering the safety profile, the description supplies everything an agent needs to call this correctly, including the caveat about interpreting empty results.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

The tool takes zero parameters, so there is nothing for the description to disambiguate. Baseline of 4 applies; the description neither helps nor hurts parameter understanding.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose4/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description names a concrete resource and enumerates what it exposes: cache activity, engine configuration readiness, and recent searches. It clearly reads as a diagnostics tool, distinct from the search/retrieval siblings (fused_search, fetch_page, search_layer), though it never names an alternative explicitly.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines3/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

It gives interpretive guidance ('inspect result warnings', 'empty results do not prove absence') but never states when to call this tool versus the search siblings or when not to. Usage is implied by the diagnostics framing rather than spelled out.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. 3 tool updatesv0.2.4
    • Changedfetch_page7 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / focus / description
        Previous value: -"Keep paragraphs matching these terms (optional; full page is returned when omitted)"New value: +"Keep matching paragraphs; omit for the readable body. Output may still be windowed; inspect nextOffset and limitations"
      • addedInput schema / properties / offset
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Character offset into the page body (default 0); pass nextOffset from a previous call to continue a long page from cache",
        +  "minimum": 0,
        +  "type": "integer"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / nextOffset
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / offset
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / requestedUrl
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / totalChars
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / windowNote
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
    • Changedfused_search2 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / engine_weights / description
        Previous value: -"Override preset engine weights; never enables or selects engines"New value: +"Override preset engine weights; zero still calls the engine. Never enables or selects engines"
      • changedInput schema / properties / queries / description
        Previous value: -"Distinct query angles, not paraphrases; use up to 3 variants"New value: +"Distinct query angles, not paraphrases; complexity caps total variants at 1/2/3, including query and OR alternatives"
    • Changedx_search4 fields changed
      • addedOutput schema / properties / engineStats
        Added value: +{
        +  "additionalProperties": {
        +    "additionalProperties": false,
        +    "properties": {
        +      "attempts": {
        +        "type": "number"
        +      },
        +      "errors": {
        +        "type": "number"
        +      },
        +      "note": {
        +        "type": "string"
        +      },
        +      "successes": {
        +        "type": "number"
        +      },
        +      "used": {
        +        "type": "boolean"
        +      }
        +    },
        +    "required": [
        +      "used",
        +      "errors"
        +    ],
        +    "type": "object"
        +  },
        +  "type": "object"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / enginesUsed
        Added value: +{
        +  "items": {
        +    "type": "string"
        +  },
        +  "type": "array"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / inFlight
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "boolean"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / warnings
        Added value: +{
        +  "items": {
        +    "type": "string"
        +  },
        +  "type": "array"
        +}
  2. 1 tool updatev0.2.3
    • Removedadaptive_search
  3. 7 tool updatesv0.2.2
    • Addedadaptive_search
    • Removeddeep_research
    • Changedfetch_page3 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / properties / focus / description
        Previous value: -"Keep paragraphs matching these terms (~90% token savings)"New value: +"Keep paragraphs matching these terms (optional; full page is returned when omitted)"
      • addedOutput schema / properties / focusMiss
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "boolean"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / limitation
        Added value: +{
        +  "additionalProperties": false,
        +  "properties": {
        +    "kind": {
        +      "type": "string"
        +    },
        +    "message": {
        +      "type": "string"
        +    }
        +  },
        +  "required": [
        +    "kind",
        +    "message"
        +  ],
        +  "type": "object"
        +}
    • Changedfused_search37 fields changed
      • addedInput schema / properties / community
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Add X developer/community voices when relevant; default false; shares final max_results",
        +  "type": "boolean"
        +}
      • addedInput schema / properties / complexity / description
        Added value: +"Budget, query variants and depth only; default medium"
      • changedInput schema / properties / complexity / enum
        Previous value: -[
        -  "auto",
        -  "simple",
        -  "medium",
        -  "complex"
        -]New value: +[
        +  "simple",
        +  "medium",
        +  "complex"
        +]
      • addedInput schema / properties / engine_pool
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Which engines to search. Omitted: compatibility layer free→free, api→hybrid",
        +  "enum": [
        +    "free",
        +    "api",
        +    "hybrid"
        +  ],
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedInput schema / properties / engine_weights
        Added value: +{
        +  "additionalProperties": false,
        +  "description": "Override preset engine weights; never enables or selects engines",
        +  "properties": {
        +    "anysearch": {
        +      "minimum": 0,
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "bing": {
        +      "minimum": 0,
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "brave": {
        +      "minimum": 0,
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "ddg": {
        +      "minimum": 0,
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "exa": {
        +      "minimum": 0,
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "exa-free": {
        +      "minimum": 0,
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "tavily": {
        +      "minimum": 0,
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "yahoo": {
        +      "minimum": 0,
        +      "type": "number"
        +    }
        +  },
        +  "type": "object"
        +}
      • changedInput schema / properties / engines / description
        Previous value: -"Engine subset override"New value: +"Optional exact engine selection overriding engine_pool; unavailable or disabled engines are skipped with warnings"
      • changedInput schema / properties / engines / items / enum
        Previous value: -[
        -  "bing",
        -  "ddg",
        -  "yahoo",
        -  "exa-free",
        -  "antigravity",
        -  "tavily",
        -  "brave",
        -  "exa"
        -]New value: +[
        +  "bing",
        +  "ddg",
        +  "yahoo",
        +  "exa-free",
        +  "anysearch",
        +  "tavily",
        +  "brave",
        +  "exa"
        +]
      • addedInput schema / properties / engines / minItems
        Added value: +1
      • addedInput schema / properties / exclude_domains / description
        Added value: +"Exclude these hostnames from results"
      • addedInput schema / properties / include_domains / description
        Added value: +"Restrict results to these hostnames, e.g. nodejs.org; useful for official sources"
      • addedInput schema / properties / layer / description
        Added value: +"Deprecated compatibility alias: free→free pool, api→hybrid pool; engine_pool takes precedence; not persisted"
      • addedInput schema / properties / min_score
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Minimum consensus-v2 quality score; old thresholds need recalibration, default 0",
        +  "minimum": 0,
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • changedInput schema / properties / queries / description
        Previous value: -"Extra query variants (max 3)"New value: +"Distinct query angles, not paraphrases; use up to 3 variants"
      • addedInput schema / properties / ranking
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Final engine-weight preset only; default balanced",
        +  "enum": [
        +    "balanced",
        +    "research",
        +    "fresh"
        +  ],
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedInput schema / properties / recency / description
        Added value: +"Favor recent dated results; omit for historical or version-pinned documentation"
      • addedOutput schema / properties / communityUsed
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "boolean"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / effectiveWeights
        Added value: +{
        +  "additionalProperties": {
        +    "type": "number"
        +  },
        +  "type": "object"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / enginePool
        Added value: +{
        +  "enum": [
        +    "free",
        +    "api",
        +    "hybrid"
        +  ],
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / engineStats / additionalProperties / properties / attempts
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / engineStats / additionalProperties / properties / successes
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / ranking
        Added value: +{
        +  "enum": [
        +    "balanced",
        +    "research",
        +    "fresh"
        +  ],
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / consensusBoost
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / contributions
        Added value: +{
        +  "additionalProperties": {
        +    "type": "number"
        +  },
        +  "type": "object"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / dateStatus
        Added value: +{
        +  "enum": [
        +    "known",
        +    "unknown",
        +    "conflicting"
        +  ],
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / engineRanks
        Added value: +{
        +  "additionalProperties": {
        +    "type": "number"
        +  },
        +  "type": "object"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / evidenceScore
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / id
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / kind
        Added value: +{
        +  "enum": [
        +    "web",
        +    "x"
        +  ],
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / metadataDelta
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / provenance
        Added value: +{
        +  "items": {
        +    "additionalProperties": false,
        +    "properties": {
        +      "engine": {
        +        "type": "string"
        +      },
        +      "published": {
        +        "type": [
        +          "string",
        +          "null"
        +        ]
        +      },
        +      "rank": {
        +        "type": "number"
        +      },
        +      "snippet": {
        +        "type": "string"
        +      },
        +      "title": {
        +        "type": "string"
        +      },
        +      "url": {
        +        "type": "string"
        +      },
        +      "variant": {
        +        "type": "string"
        +      }
        +    },
        +    "required": [
        +      "engine",
        +      "rank",
        +      "url",
        +      "title",
        +      "snippet",
        +      "published"
        +    ],
        +    "type": "object"
        +  },
        +  "type": "array"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / rankScore
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / scoreVersion
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / selectionScore
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "number"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / results / items / properties / username
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • changedOutput schema / properties / results / items / required
        Previous value: -[
        -  "title",
        -  "url",
        -  "domain",
        -  "snippet",
        -  "score",
        -  "engines",
        -  "published"
        -]New value: +[
        +  "title",
        +  "url",
        +  "domain",
        +  "snippet",
        +  "score",
        +  "scoreVersion",
        +  "rankScore",
        +  "evidenceScore",
        +  "consensusBoost",
        +  "metadataDelta",
        +  "engineRanks",
        +  "contributions",
        +  "provenance",
        +  "dateStatus",
        +  "engines",
        +  "published"
        +]
      • addedOutput schema / properties / scoreVersion
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
      • changedOutput schema / required
        Previous value: -[
        -  "query",
        -  "layer",
        -  "tier",
        -  "tookMs",
        -  "cacheHit",
        -  "resultCount",
        -  "results"
        -]New value: +[
        +  "scoreVersion",
        +  "query",
        +  "layer",
        +  "tier",
        +  "tookMs",
        +  "cacheHit",
        +  "resultCount",
        +  "enginePool",
        +  "ranking",
        +  "effectiveWeights",
        +  "communityUsed",
        +  "results"
        +]
    • Changedsearch_layer1 field changed
      • addedInput schema / properties / layer / description
        Added value: +"show (default) reads current state; free/api persist a new default and require authorization"
    • Changedsearch_stats2 fields changed
      • addedOutput schema / properties / keyedEngines
        Added value: +{
        +  "additionalProperties": false,
        +  "properties": {
        +    "configured": {
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "enabled": {
        +      "type": "number"
        +    },
        +    "enabledNames": {
        +      "items": {
        +        "type": "string"
        +      },
        +      "type": "array"
        +    },
        +    "total": {
        +      "type": "number"
        +    }
        +  },
        +  "required": [
        +    "configured",
        +    "enabled",
        +    "total",
        +    "enabledNames"
        +  ],
        +  "type": "object"
        +}
      • changedOutput schema / required
        Previous value: -[
        -  "startedAt",
        -  "layer",
        -  "cacheHits",
        -  "cacheMisses",
        -  "tierCounts",
        -  "engines",
        -  "xOfficial",
        -  "xSource",
        -  "recent"
        -]New value: +[
        +  "startedAt",
        +  "layer",
        +  "cacheHits",
        +  "cacheMisses",
        +  "tierCounts",
        +  "keyedEngines",
        +  "engines",
        +  "xOfficial",
        +  "xSource",
        +  "recent"
        +]
    • Changedx_search10 fields changed
      • addedInput schema / properties / allowed_x_handles
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Only these authors; mutually exclusive with excluded_x_handles",
        +  "items": {
        +    "type": "string"
        +  },
        +  "maxItems": 20,
        +  "type": "array"
        +}
      • addedInput schema / properties / excluded_x_handles
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Exclude these authors; mutually exclusive with allowed_x_handles",
        +  "items": {
        +    "type": "string"
        +  },
        +  "maxItems": 20,
        +  "type": "array"
        +}
      • changedInput schema / properties / from_date / description
        Previous value: -"YYYY-MM-DD"New value: +"Inclusive start date, YYYY-MM-DD (UTC)"
      • addedInput schema / properties / max_results / description
        Added value: +"Requested result limit, 1–10"
      • addedInput schema / properties / post_id / description
        Added value: +"Real X post ID or status URL for type=thread"
      • addedInput schema / properties / query / description
        Added value: +"Search terms and X filters (e.g. from:OpenAI), or a natural-language topic for semantic mode"
      • changedInput schema / properties / to_date / description
        Previous value: -"YYYY-MM-DD"New value: +"Inclusive end date, YYYY-MM-DD (UTC)"
      • addedInput schema / properties / type / description
        Added value: +"Mode: keyword (default) or semantic uses query; user uses username; thread uses post_id"
      • addedInput schema / properties / username / description
        Added value: +"X account handle for type=user"
      • addedOutput schema / properties / note
        Added value: +{
        +  "type": "string"
        +}
  4. 2 tool updatesv0.1.6
    • Changeddeep_research1 field changed
      • addedInput schema / properties / round
        Added value: +{
        +  "description": "Research round number (auto-increments when omitted)",
        +  "minimum": 1,
        +  "type": "integer"
        +}
    • Changedfused_search4 fields changed
      • addedOutput schema / properties / engineStats
        Added value: +{
        +  "additionalProperties": {
        +    "additionalProperties": false,
        +    "properties": {
        +      "errors": {
        +        "type": "number"
        +      },
        +      "note": {
        +        "type": "string"
        +      },
        +      "used": {
        +        "type": "boolean"
        +      }
        +    },
        +    "required": [
        +      "used",
        +      "errors"
        +    ],
        +    "type": "object"
        +  },
        +  "type": "object"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / enginesRequested
        Added value: +{
        +  "items": {
        +    "type": "string"
        +  },
        +  "type": "array"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / enginesUsed
        Added value: +{
        +  "items": {
        +    "type": "string"
        +  },
        +  "type": "array"
        +}
      • addedOutput schema / properties / warnings
        Added value: +{
        +  "items": {
        +    "type": "string"
        +  },
        +  "type": "array"
        +}
  5. 6 tool updatesv0.1.2
    • First observeddeep_research
    • First observedfetch_page
    • First observedfused_search
    • First observedsearch_layer
    • First observedsearch_stats
    • First observedx_search

TDQS

A4.1/5.0

Scored across 5 tools

Disambiguation4/5

Tools have mostly distinct purposes: fused_search for general web search, x_search for X/Twitter, fetch_page for URL reading, and search_stats/search_layer for diagnostics/configuration. However, search_stats and search_layer both touch engine configuration, and fused_search's description references a non-existent adaptive_search tool, which could cause mild confusion.

Naming Consistency3/5

All names use snake_case, which is consistent. However, the naming patterns vary: fused_search (adjective_noun), fetch_page (verb_noun), x_search (noun_noun), search_stats (noun_noun), search_layer (noun_noun). There is no single predictable verb_noun convention, though names remain readable.

Tool Count5/5

5 tools is well-scoped for a search server: core search, specialized X search, page fetch, diagnostics, and configuration. Each tool has a clear role without redundancy.

Completeness3/5

The surface covers general search, X search, page fetch, stats, and layer configuration. However, the descriptions reference an adaptive_search tool for higher-quality intent-guided evidence selection that is not present, indicating a notable gap in the intended tool set.

Maintenance

ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues

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