# yandex-search-mcp

> Self-hosted MCP server for Yandex Search API v2 (web, image, generative search)

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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/yandex-search-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, yandex, search, search-api, llm, agents
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:yandex-search-mcp

### Description (declared)

# yandex-search-mcp

[По-русски → README.ru.md](README.ru.md)

Self-hosted MCP server for **Yandex Search API v2**: web search, image search, and generative search (AI answer with cited sources). Built for Russian-language search (all 6 Yandex indexes: ru/com/tr/kk/be/uz), STDIO transport, fully typed tool parameters, structured output.

Works with **Claude Code**, **Codex CLI**, and **opencode** (any MCP client with stdio support).

## Why

The official `yandex/yandex-search-mcp-server` is a Turkish-market demo: only tr/en regions, XML parsed with regexes, a non-existent dependency pin, and a `json.loads(resp[1:-1])` hack on generative search. This server is a from-scratch replacement modeled on the structure and quality of `brave/brave-search-mcp-server`:

- proper XML parsing with `defusedxml` (untrusted web content), parser written against **live API fixtures**;
- typed parameters with fail-fast validation (no `body: dict`);
- retries with exponential backoff on 429/5xx/network only; a unified JSON error contract;
- the API key never leaks into logs or error messages (covered by tests);
- image results contain URLs and metadata only — never base64 (a lesson from Brave's 2.0 breaking change);
- LLM-facing tool descriptions with "when to use / when NOT to use" guidance.

## Tools

| Tool | What it does | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| `yandex_web_search` | Classic web search: ranked documents (url, title, snippet) | The default: facts, news, research |
| `yandex_image_search` | Image search by text query: URLs and metadata | Pictures, diagrams, references |
| `yandex_gen_search` | One AI-synthesized answer with cited sources | Expensive/slow; only when a digest is explicitly needed |

## Getting credentials

1. [Create an API key](https://yandex.cloud/en/docs/iam/operations/authentication/manage-api-keys) for a service account with scope `yc.search-api.execute`.
2. Grant the service account the **`search-api.editor`** role on the folder.
3. Get your **Folder ID** …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.web-search (0.894, derived)
- security.identity (0.814, derived)
- dev.docs-lookup (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/yandex-search-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T16:23:11.197Z)

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