# search-engine-tool-mcp

> A Python MCP server for zero-config web search and content extraction

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/search-engine-tool-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Search Engine Tool Contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/YiHarvest/search-engine-tool-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/YiHarvest/search-engine-tool-mcp#readme
- version: 0.5.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, search, web, extraction, ddgs, searxng, tavily
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:search-engine-tool-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Search Engine Tool MCP

A Python MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server for web search and extraction with multiple providers.

## Version

Current version: **0.5.0**

## Features

- 🔍 **Web Search**: Zero-configuration search with DDGS, plus SearXNG, TalorData, You.com, and Tavily providers
- 📄 **Content Extraction**: Extract text from public HTTP(S) URLs with local extraction or Tavily
- 🔄 **Fixed Auto Search**: Uses SearXNG when configured, then DDGS
- 🔑 **No Search Key Required**: DDGS search and local extraction work without API keys
- 🔒 **Safe Local Extraction**: DNS-aware SSRF checks, per-hop redirect validation, and bounded responses
- 🚀 **MCP Compatible**: Full support for Model Context Protocol

## Installation

### From PyPI (Recommended)

```bash
# Using pip
pip install search-engine-tool-mcp

# Or using uv (recommended)
uv pip install search-engine-tool-mcp

# Or using uvx (no installation required)
uvx search-engine-tool-mcp@latest
```

### From Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/YiHarvest/search-engine-tool.git
cd search-engine-tool

# Using uv (recommended)
uv sync

# Or using pip
pip install -e .
```

## Configuration

### Environment Variables

- **SEARXNG_BASE_URL** (optional): Your SearXNG instance URL. Example: `http://127.0.0.1:8080`
- **DDGS_REGION**, **DDGS_BACKEND**, **DDGS_SAFESEARCH**, **DDGS_TIMEOUT**, and **DDGS_PROXY** (optional): Tune DDGS. DDGS requires no API key.
- **SEARCH_TOTAL_TIMEOUT** (optional, default `20`): Maximum seconds for the complete `web_search` operation, including automatic fallback.
- **EXTRACT_MAX_BYTES** (optional, default `5000000`): Maximum downloaded response size for local extraction.
- **EXTRACT_MAX_CHARS** (optional, default `100000`): Maximum extracted character count.
- **EXTRACT_MAX_REDIRECTS** (optional, default `5`): Maximum manually followed redirects; every hop is validated.
- **TALORDATA_API_KEY** (optional): Your TalorData SERP API key for explicit `provider="talordata"` searches. T…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.extraction (1, declared)
- data.web-search (1, declared)
- research.web (1, declared)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/search-engine-tool-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T12:21:11.034Z)

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