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Web Search MCP Server
by sthbryan
Provides web search capabilities using DuckDuckGo as the primary search engine, with API and HTML scraping fallback.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Web Search MCP Serversearch for MCP protocol"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Web Search MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol server for web search and scraping using DuckDuckGo
Overview
This MCP server provides tools for AI agents to search the web, fetch page content, and query specific elements from pages. It uses DuckDuckGo as the primary search engine with a hybrid approach:
API search for fast, direct results
HTML scraping as fallback when API is unavailable
Native fetch for page retrieval and element queries
No headless browser or complex dependencies required.
Related MCP server: DuckDuckGo Search MCP
Tools
search — Search DuckDuckGo
{ "query": "rust programming", "limit": 5 }Response:
{
"query": "rust programming language",
"source": "api",
"results": [
{ "title": "The Rust Programming Language", "url": "https://rust-lang.org" }
]
}fetch_page — Get page content (HTML/markdown/text)
{ "url": "https://example.com", "type": "markdown" }Response:
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"type": "markdown",
"source": "native",
"length": 1234,
"content": "# Example\n\nContent here..."
}query — Extract elements via CSS selector + text filter
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"selector": "h1, h2",
"text": "intro"
}Response:
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"source": "native",
"selector": "h1, h2",
"text": "intro",
"result": ["Introduction", "Getting Started"]
}Requirements
Node.js 18+ or Bun
Internet connection (for DuckDuckGo API/scraping)
Installation
# Clone and install dependencies
bun install
# Build for production
bun run buildAdd to your MCP servers config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"web-search": {
"command": "bunx",
"args": ["-y", "@sthbryan/web-search-mcp"]
}
}
}For client-specific configuration, see INSTALL.md.
Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ MCP Client │
│ Coding Agent │
└─────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘
│ JSON-RPC
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Web Search MCP Server │
│ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │
│ │ search │ │ fetch │ │ query │ ← Tools │
│ └───┬─────┘ └───┬─────┘ └───┬─────┘ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ ▼ ▼ ▼ │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
│ │ searchHandler() ││
│ │ (parallel API + scraping) ││
│ └──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘│
│ │ │
│ ┌────────────┴────────────┐ │
│ ▼ ▼ │
│ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ │
│ │ DuckDuckGo │ │ Native │ │
│ │ API │ │ fetch │ │
│ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘How Search Works
User Query: "MCP protocol"
│
├─► DuckDuckGo API ──► Fast results
│ │
└─► DuckDuckGo Lite ──► HTML scraping
(on fallback) │
▼
┌────────────┐
│ Merge │
│ + Dedupe │
└────────────┘
│
▼
Final ResultsDevelopment
# Run in development mode
bun run dev
# Build for production
bun run build
# Type check
bun run checkLicense
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