MCP Server SearXNG
by jhstatewide
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEARXNG_INSTANCES | No | Comma-separated list of SearXNG instances URLs | http://localhost:8080 |
| SEARXNG_USER_AGENT | No | Custom User-Agent header for requests | MCP-SearXNG/1.0 |
| SEARXNG_MAX_ATTEMPTS | No | Total number of attempts per instance (initial request + retries) | 4 |
| SEARXNG_RETRY_JITTER_MS | No | Random jitter added to each retry delay in milliseconds | 100 |
| SEARXNG_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS | No | Per-attempt request timeout in milliseconds | 10000 |
| SEARXNG_RETRY_BASE_DELAY_MS | No | Base retry delay in milliseconds (exponential backoff) | 300 |
| NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED | No | Set to '0' to bypass SSL certificate verification (for development with self-signed certificates) |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| web_searchA | Performs a web search using SearXNG and returns structured JSON results. IMPORTANT: Pagination is offset-based, NOT page-based.To get a specific range of results, set 'offset' to the zero-based index of the first result you want, and 'max_results' to how many results you want. For example, to get results 40-43, set offset=39 and max_results=4. Pagination: Use offset (not page) - offset=0=first result, offset=10=11th resultExample: offset=39, max_results=4 gets results 40-43 |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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