ChatGPT WebSearch MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENAI_API_KEY | Yes | Your OpenAI API key | |
| REASONING_EFFORT | No | Default reasoning effort level for reasoning models (minimal|low|medium|high) | |
| OPENAI_API_TIMEOUT | No | Default API timeout in milliseconds. If not set, auto-adjusts based on effort level: minimal/low: 60000 (1 minute), medium: 120000 (2 minutes), high: 300000 (5 minutes) | |
| OPENAI_MAX_RETRIES | No | Default maximum retry attempts | 3 |
| SEARCH_CONTEXT_SIZE | No | Default verbosity level (low|medium|high) | |
| OPENAI_DEFAULT_MODEL | No | Default model to use | gpt-5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| ask_chatgptA | Ask ChatGPT a question and get a response. Supports both regular models (with temperature) and reasoning models (with effort/verbosity). |
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 1 tool
With only one tool, there is no possibility of confusion between tools.
A single tool means naming is trivially consistent.
A single tool is far too few for a server named 'WebSearch MCP'; it suggests a mismatch between server purpose and tool surface.
The server only offers ask_chatgpt, lacking dedicated web search, scraping, or any other relevant operations, making it severely incomplete.