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Best Web search MCP servers
Search APIs and answer engines. 3,470 listed, 60 scanned and shown here. Reviewed servers rank first, then the ones with the most real-world adoption. At most two per publisher, so no single account can fill the list. Nothing here is sponsored.
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Ranked by rating, adjusted so a single five-star review does not outrank a steady four.
Global customs trade data and company registry. Search shipments, and look up legal entities.
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Scanned, not yet reviewed (59)
Safety-scanned and ordered by adoption. If you run one of these, a review puts it in the section above.
- 2RepomixPack local or remote codebases into AI-friendly files that LLMs and coding agents can read or searchnot reviewedWidely usedA
- 3screenpipeSearch your local screen recordings, audio transcripts, and computer activity from screenpipe.not reviewedWidely usedB
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Zotero MCPSearch, read, annotate, and add to your Zotero research library, local or web.not reviewedWidely usedB - 5Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server)Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's APInot reviewedWidely usedA
- 6ArxivSearch arXiv papers, download full text, semantic search, citation graphs, and alerts via MCP.not reviewedWidely usedA
- 7TavilyMCP server for advanced web search using Tavilynot reviewedWidely usedA
- 8SearchMCP server for web search operationsnot reviewedEstablishedA
- 9Perplexity API PlatformReal-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's APInot reviewedEstablishedA
- 10Brave SearchBrave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 11LetsFG — Flights & HotelsSearch and book flights and hotels: hundreds of airlines, plus bookable hotel rates.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 12SocraticodeMCP server for enterprise local codebase indexing, semantic search, and code dependency graphs.not reviewedEstablishedB
- 13Claude Code Ultimate GuideSearch the Claude Code Ultimate Guide and machine-readable references from any MCP client.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 14SearXNG SearchMCP server for SearXNG — privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL readingnot reviewedEstablishedB
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BoostedTravelFlight search & booking for AI agents. 400+ airlines, $20-50 cheaper than OTAs.not reviewedEstablishedC - 16Airweave SearchMCP server for searching Airweave collections with natural language queries.not reviewedEstablishedC
- 17PubmedSearch PubMed/Europe PMC, fetch articles and full text (PMC/EPMC/Unpaywall), citations, MeSH terms.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 18MapboxGeospatial intelligence with Mapbox APIs like geocoding, POI search, directions, isochrones, etc.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 19JshookmcpSearch-first MCP server for JavaScript reverse engineering: 735 tools across 36 domains.not reviewedEstablishedC
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GitHitsSearch public open-source code, documentation, metadata, vulnerabilities, changelogs, and examples.not reviewedEstablishedA - 21AIHOTChinese AI news: search topics, explore hot events, and read daily, weekly and monthly briefs.not reviewedEstablishedB
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DocsMintCloud or self-hosted knowledge for AI agents: hybrid search, reranking, GraphRAG, scoped MCP tools.not reviewedEstablishedA - 23Claude Code Explorer MCPExplore the Claude Code CLI source — browse tools, commands, search code, and more.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 24Exa SearchSearch the live web and fetch clean content from source pages.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 25obseiSelf-hosted customer feedback with PII stripped at ingest: search, stats and themes with citations.not reviewedEstablishedA
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Bitbybit CAD MCPBitbybit 3D parametric CAD API, version-exact, for coding agents: search, describe, examples, guidenot reviewedEstablishedA - 27webclawWeb scraping, search, crawling, structured extraction and research for AI agents.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 28TolgeeYour app's translations in Tolgee: search keys, create translations, trigger machine translationnot reviewedEstablishedA
- 29Google Maps MCP Server18 Google Maps tools for AI agents — geocode, search, directions, weather, and more.not reviewedEstablishedB
- 30OctocodeAI-powered code indexer with semantic search and knowledge graphsnot reviewedEstablishedA
- 31Sui Knowledge Base (kapa.ai)Semantic search across Sui documentation and knowledge sources, powered by kapa.ainot reviewedEstablishedA
- 32ZoteusZotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.not reviewedEstablishedA
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Search1APIWeb search, agentic search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API.not reviewedEstablishedA - 34ContextStream MCP ServerThe context platform for AI agents: code search, team decisions, and grounded project context.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 35ClinicaltrialsgovSearch ClinicalTrials.gov: find studies, retrieve results, match patients to candidate trials.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 36ThoughtDAGSearch local AI conversations by file or phrase and recall source turns. Four read-only tools.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 37ExaConnect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 38Claude Code Explorer MCPExplore the Claude Code CLI source — browse tools, commands, search code, and more.not reviewedEstablishedA
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Free SearchNo-API-key web search, page fetching and document reading across many engines. Local-first.not reviewedEstablishedB - 40MisakanetFailure-memory layer for coding agents: search evidence-rated failure lessons by error text.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 41RedditReddit MCP server with full read/write - posts, comments, search, and content creation.not reviewedEstablishedB
- 42Chatroost — unofficial Telegram MCP serverUnofficial Telegram MCP server — read, search, reply and react in your own Telegram account.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 43Everything SearchFast file search: Everything SDK on Windows, Spotlight (mdfind) on macOS, locate/plocate on Linux.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 44MarmUniversal MCP Server with advanced AI memory capabilities and semantic search.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 45Reddit BuddyBrowse Reddit RSS; approved API access for search, analysis, and optional posting.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 46jDocmunch MCPSection-level doc search for .md, .rst, .adoc, .ipynb, .html, .yaml, .json, and OpenAPI specs.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 47Keyline IconsSearch Keyline Icons by name and get any icon's SVG source or React import. No key, no network.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 48reMarkable MCP ServerRead, render, search, and manage reMarkable documents through MCPnot reviewedEstablishedB
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KodyYour agents' cloud for individuals and teams. Search, execute, packages, jobs, and credentials.not reviewedEstablishedA - 50FrankenSurfRead any web page and search the web: 28 tools, cheapest first, every page checked.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 51searxNcrawlWeb search via SearXNG and/or You.com, plus clean Markdown crawling via Crawl4AI. Self-hosted.not reviewedEstablishedA
- 52ShodanMCP server for Shodan API — device search, IP and domain recon, DNS, and CVE/CPE queries.not reviewedEstablishedB
- 53Papersgpt For ZoteroProfessional AI research tool for Zotero: chat with PDFs, whole-library search, Literature Radar, AutoPilot. 30+ LLMs or local models; built-in MCP server.not reviewedEstablishedB
- 54BraveVisit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…not reviewedEstablishedA
- 55VexorA semantic search engine for files and code.not reviewedEstablishedB
- 56TinysearchFast discovery search and self-hosted web research for MCP agents.not reviewedEstablishedB
- 57HeyClaude — Claude & AI workflow directorySearch the HeyClaude directory of Claude Code agents, MCP servers, skills, and tools.not reviewedEstablishedB
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Watermelon UISearch free React, Tailwind, and shadcn components, blocks, and dashboards; get installable source.not reviewedEstablishedB - 59CLIO WebProvider-fixed web search plus transparent URL, DOI, and document fetchingnot reviewedEstablishedA
- 60Vadivam IconsSearch 24px outline icons by name, tag, or category and get SVG or framework code.not reviewedEstablishedA