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open-webSearch

Research and operations teams that want their AI assistant to look things up on the web while it works.

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What it does

An MCP server that lets your AI assistant search the live web and fetch page content. It queries several search engines, including Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave and Exa, and the project says it works without API keys. It also comes as a CLI and a local daemon.

Use cases

  1. 01Look up current information while drafting a report
  2. 02Check several search engines for the same question
  3. 03Pull page content into a research summary

Questions about
open-webSearch.

What is open-webSearch used for?

Research and operations teams that want their AI assistant to look things up on the web while it works. An MCP server that lets your AI assistant search the live web and fetch page content. It queries several search engines, including Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave and Exa, and the project says it works without API keys. It also comes as a CLI and a local daemon.

How do I install open-webSearch?

Run this in your terminal: claude mcp add --transport http web-search http://localhost:3000/mcp

Is open-webSearch open source?

Yes. The code is on GitHub (Aas-ee/open-webSearch) under the Apache-2.0 licence.

Is open-webSearch safe to use?

It passed our automatic scan for credential theft, hidden instructions and risky install commands. Third party open source software. Sabemos AI does not maintain it. Check the code and permissions before you connect it to company data.

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