TongXiao Common Search MCP Server
# TongXiao Common Search MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that integrates with IQS APIs, which delivers clean, accurate, diverse, and high-quality results through multiple data sources.
For more Information about TongXiao, please visit our [documents](https://help.aliyun.com/product/2837261.html?spm=5176.29875775.0.0.15362064NYv3s0).
## Installation
### NPM Installation
```bash
npm install -g @tongxiao/common-search-mcp-server
```
### Running with npx
```bash
# run stdio server
env TONGXIAO_API_KEY=your-api-key npx -y @tongxiao/common-search-mcp-server
```
```bash
# run sse server
env TONGXIAO_API_KEY=your-api-key SERVER=sse npx -y @tongxiao/common-search-mcp-server
```
You can find your apikey from [ipaas.console.aliyun.com/api-key](https://ipaas.console.aliyun.com/api-key)
### Running on client
Configure Tongxiao MCP Server directly on mainstream MCP Client.
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tongxiao-common-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@tongxiao/common-search-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"TONGXIAO_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}
```
## Available Tools
1. common_search
This tool offers enhanced real-time search capabilities for open domain networks. By utilizing optimization with large models and integrating multiple data sources, it delivers clean, accurate, diverse, and high-quality results.
**Best for:**
When you are unsure where to find information, use this interface to obtain accurate information from the web or multiple vertical data sources.
TDQS
Scored across 1 tool
With only one tool, there is no possibility of ambiguity or overlap between tools. The single tool has a clearly defined and distinct purpose focused on enhanced web search.
With only one tool, naming consistency is inherently perfect. The tool name 'common_search' follows a clear and consistent verb_noun pattern, though no comparison with other tools is possible.
A single tool is too few for a server described as providing 'enhanced web open-domain real-time search capabilities' with 'multi-data source fusion'. This scope suggests operations like filtering, refining, or managing searches, which are missing, making the surface feel thin and incomplete.
The server's domain implies a search service, but with only a basic search tool, there are significant gaps. Missing operations likely include advanced filtering, result pagination, source selection, or search history management, which could cause agent failures in complex workflows.