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open-search-mcp

open-search-mcp

Web search, page fetching, and research from the terminal or any MCP client — no API key required.

Built on DuckDuckGo for search and Trafilatura for content extraction.

Install

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install rockindahizzy/tap/open-search-mcp

pipx / uv

# One-shot (no install)
uvx open-search-mcp search "your query"

# Permanent install
uv tool install open-search-mcp
# or
pipx install open-search-mcp

pip

pip install open-search-mcp

Related MCP server: Local-MCP-server

CLI Usage

# Search the web
open-search search "python async tutorial"
open-search search "react native" -n 5 -t w
open-search search "security CVE" -s github.com

# Fetch a page and extract readable content
open-search fetch https://example.com/article
open-search fetch https://news.ycombinator.com -m 5000

# Research: search + auto-fetch top results
open-search research "philosophy of mind AI"
open-search research "rust vs go 2025" -f 5 -v

# JSON output (pipe to jq, etc.)
open-search search "AI agents" --json
open-search research "MCP protocol" --json | jq '.results[0].content'

Commands

Command

Description

search

Search the web via DuckDuckGo

fetch

Fetch a URL → clean readable text

research

Search + auto-fetch top N results

Query Tips

  • Exact phrases: "financial literacy"

  • Exclude terms: -pinterest

  • Site filter: -s github.com or site:stackoverflow.com in query

  • Time range: -t d (day), -t w (week), -t m (month), -t y (year)

  • Combine: "react native" expo -reddit

MCP Server Usage

The package also runs as an MCP server for AI assistants and agents.

As stdio server

open-search-mcp

With Claude Desktop / MCP clients

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["open-search-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

MCP Tools

  • search — Web search with filters (region, time, site)

  • fetch — URL → clean text extraction

  • research — Search + auto-fetch combined

Dependencies

  • click — CLI framework

  • ddgs — DuckDuckGo search

  • httpx — HTTP client

  • trafilatura — Web content extraction

  • mcp — Model Context Protocol SDK

License

MIT

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