Monid MCP Server

MCP server for Monid's TinyFish free web search & fetch API. Exposes web_search and web_extract tools to any MCP-compatible client (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, etc.).

TinyFish is 100% free — both search and fetch cost $0/call. No subscriptions, no per-call charges. Just a free Monid account for the API key.

Features

• web_search — Search the live web with freshness filtering (60 min - 10 years)

• web_extract — Fetch and extract clean Markdown from up to 10 URLs

• Free — $0/call, no rate limits

• Real content — Returns actual web content, not LLM-generated summaries

• JavaScript rendering — Handles SPAs and dynamic content via Chromium

Related MCP server: scrapesearch-mcp

Pricing

Installation

1. Get a Monid API key

1. Create a free account at app.monid.ai

2. Go to API Keys and generate a key

3. Copy the key (shown only once)

2. Install the server

pip install monid-mcp

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/ashafizullah/monid-mcp.git
cd monid-mcp
pip install -e .

3. Configure

Set environment variables:

export MONID_API_KEY="monid_live_..."

Or create a .env file:

MONID_API_KEY=monid_live_...
MONID_BASE_URL=https://api.monid.ai
MONID_TIMEOUT=60
MONID_MAX_FETCH_URLS=5

Usage with Claude Code

Add to your .claude/settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "monid": {
      "command": "monid-mcp",
      "env": {
        "MONID_API_KEY": "monid_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Or use the full path:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "monid": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "monid_mcp.server"],
      "env": {
        "MONID_API_KEY": "monid_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Code. The web_search and web_extract tools will be available automatically.

Usage with Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "monid": {
      "command": "monid-mcp",
      "env": {
        "MONID_API_KEY": "monid_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage with VS Code (Copilot)

Add to your VS Code settings:

{
  "github.copilot.chat.mcpServers": {
    "monid": {
      "command": "monid-mcp",
      "env": {
        "MONID_API_KEY": "monid_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

web_search

Search the live web via TinyFish.

Parameters:

• query (string, required) — Search query

• limit (integer, optional) — Max results (1-20, default: 5)

• recency_minutes (integer, optional) — Freshness window in minutes

Example:

web_search(query="AI agent frameworks 2026", limit=10, recency_minutes=10080)

web_extract

Fetch and extract clean Markdown from URLs.

Parameters:

• urls (array of strings, required) — URLs to fetch (max 10)

Example:

web_extract(urls=["https://example.com",https://another.com"])

Configuration

Running the server directly

# With environment variable
export MONID_API_KEY="monid_live_..."
monid-mcp

# Or with .env file
monid-mcp

# Debug mode
monid-mcp --debug

License

MIT © Adam Suchi Hafizullah