# universal-vibet-search-mcp

> Free multi-engine web search MCP server — no API keys required

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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/universal-vibet-search-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: hdworker
- homepage: https://github.com/hdworker/universal-vibet-search-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/hdworker/universal-vibet-search-mcp
- version: 0.1.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: duckduckgo, fastmcp, free-search, mcp, web-search
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:universal-vibet-search-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Universal VibeT Search MCP

**Free multi-engine web search MCP server — no API keys required.**

Built with [FastMCP](https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp) and [ddgs](https://github.com/deedy5/ddgs).

> **Acknowledgment:** The multi-engine search logic is based on the `web_search` tool from [Vibe-Trading](https://github.com/HKUDS/Vibe-Trading) (MIT License) — an open-source AI trading research workspace by [HKUDS](https://github.com/HKUDS).

## Features

- **Zero API keys** — queries DuckDuckGo, Google, Bing, Brave, Mojeek, Yahoo directly
- **Retry with backoff** — 3 attempts with exponential backoff for transient failures
- **News search** — dedicated tool for recent news results
- **Lightweight** — single file, minimal dependencies

## Quick Start

### Install

```bash
pip install universal-vibet-search-mcp
```

Or from source:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/hdworker/universal-vibet-search-mcp.git
cd universal-vibet-search-mcp
pip install -e .
```

### Run as MCP Server

```bash
universal-vibet-search-mcp
```

Or directly:

```bash
python -m universal_vibet_search_mcp.server
```

### Add to Claude Desktop / OpenCode / Cursor

Add to your MCP config:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search": {
      "command": "universal-vibet-search-mcp",
      "transport": "stdio"
    }
  }
}
```

Or with Python module:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "universal_vibet_search_mcp.server"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/universal-vibet-search-mcp",
      "transport": "stdio"
    }
  }
}
```

## Tools

### `web_search`

Search the web across free engines.

**Parameters:**
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|------|------|---------|-------------|
| `query` | string | required | Search query |
| `max_results` | int | 5 | Max results (1-10) |

**Returns:** JSON with `status`, `query`, and `results` array.

### `web_search_news`

Search recent news across free engines.

**Parameters:**
| Name | Type | Default | D…

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

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/universal-vibet-search-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T15:22:50.915Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/universal-vibet-search-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/universal-vibet-search-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:universal-vibet-search-mcp