"General search for file-related information" matching MCP servers:

Provides tools for searching and reading local files, supporting metadata filters, PDF full-text keyword search, and sandboxed file access.

Enables semantic search over personal files using natural language, with optional AI summarization, all running locally.

A read-only MCP server that provides document awareness for agents by parsing local files into structured profiles, blocks, chunks, and search results, enabling agents to understand and cite document content without dealing with raw file formats.

MCP server for Google's Gemini File Search (RAG). Manage file search stores, upload documents, and query with RAG through 12 tools.

This server provides an API to query Large Language Models using context from local files, supporting various models and file types for context-aware responses.

Universal search engine for AI agents. Discover products, services, and businesses across every category. 10 MCP tools, zero LLM calls, millisecond responses.

Federated, local-first search for AI agents: one query fans across transcripts, files, a knowledge graph, a vector store, the live web, and YouTube, fused by trust-weighted RRF into one ranked answer. Five modes (grep/lexical/semantic/hybrid/rerank), runs entirely on your machine over MCP.

CLI-first web and code search for agents, with MCP support for integration with IDEs like Cursor, VS Code, and Claude Code.

Enables AI agents to search local Markdown documents using natural language, with automatic indexing and section-level retrieval.

MCP search and evidence tool for AI agents. Rewrites queries, zooms into source domains, and returns sourced answers with metrics.

MCP server for hybrid documentation search (keyword + vector) and RAG chat, enabling natural language queries with cited answers from indexed repositories.

Semantic, on-demand skill retrieval for Claude Code that saves tokens and improves skill discovery by replacing the native skill listing with vector embedding search.

MCP server that allows AI agents to read, search, summarize, and answer questions about local PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and TXT files through five tools.

MCP server for searching files on macOS by name or content using semantic and lexical search, providing file paths and line numbers for agents to read from.

A self-hosted, MCP-native web-search backend for AI agents that provides meta-search, clean extraction, RAG with citations, and GitHub project selection.

Enables web search and AI-summarized answers via an x402-gated gateway, with options for structured results or enriched summaries, accessible as an MCP server.

Free web search MCP server using SearXNG, supporting web search, news search, and search summaries.

Enables semantic code search across indexed code folders using vector embeddings, with support for multiple embedding providers and automatic file watching. Provides an admin UI and integrates with MCP clients for natural language code queries.

Provides an MCP server with a search tool for agents, backed by Cloudflare AI Search and a synced corpus of git repositories.

Enables semantic search across conversation archives via MCP, allowing AI clients to retrieve relevant past conversations using vector embeddings and text fallback.