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Aas-ee/open-webSearch
Multi-engine MCP server, CLI, and local daemon for agent web search and content retrieval — skill-guided workflows, no API keys.
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From the listing
About Aas-ee/open-webSearch
A TypeScript-based MCP server, CLI, and daemon that enables agents to perform multi-engine web searches and content retrieval without requiring API keys. It uses skill-guided workflows to orchestrate searches across multiple engines and parse results locally.
Best for
Developers building autonomous agents that need flexible, API-key-free web search integration
Use cases
- Letting autonomous agents search the web and retrieve page content
- Running local search pipelines without external API dependencies
- Integrating multi-engine search into MCP-compatible development workflows
Notes
1,338 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-16. Licensed Apache-2.0.
Pros
- No API keys needed, reducing setup friction and costs
- Supports multiple search engines for diverse retrieval strategies
- Modular skill-guided workflow design for adaptable agent behavior
Cons
- Limited to web search and content retrieval, not a general-purpose MCP server
- Requires running a daemon or CLI process, adding operational overhead
- May depend on public search engines that could throttle or block automated access
Key facts
What we have checked
- Days since the last commit
- 18
- GitHub forks
- 188
- GitHub stars
- 1,875
- Days to a first reply on issues
- 99.7
- Open issues
- 11
- Releases in the last 90 days
- 1
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How to use
How to set it up
As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/Aas-ee/open-webSearch --skill open-websearchTools exposed
ENABLE_CORSCORS_ORIGINDEFAULT_SEARCH_ENGINEUSE_PROXYPROXY_URLFAKE_IP_CIDRSFETCH_WEB_INSECURE_TLSALLOWED_SEARCH_ENGINESSEARCH_MODEPLAYWRIGHT_PACKAGEPLAYWRIGHT_MODULE_PATHPLAYWRIGHT_EXECUTABLE_PATHPLAYWRIGHT_WS_ENDPOINTPLAYWRIGHT_CDP_ENDPOINTPLAYWRIGHT_HEADLESSPLAYWRIGHT_NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT_MSOPEN_WEBSEARCH_PROFILE_DIRMCP_TOOL_SEARCH_NAMEMCP_TOOL_FETCH_LINUXDO_NAMEMCP_TOOL_FETCH_CSDN_NAME
Clients the listing names (not checked here)
Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, VS Code
Install
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Until then, follow the project's own README, or the setup the listing publishes under How to set it up.
Works with
What Aas-ee/open-webSearch connects to
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Health and security
Is Aas-ee/open-webSearch looked after, and what do its setup files show
Health score
38 out of 100
| Part | Points | What we saw |
|---|---|---|
| Recent activity | 30 of 30 | Last push 18 days ago |
| Releases | 7.5 of 15 | 1 release in 90 days |
| Issue replies | 0 of 20 | First reply in 99.7 days (median) |
| Maintainer | 0 of 15 | Owned by a single user |
| Official source | 0 of 20 | Community server |
Security check static checks
97 out of 100
- Low The documented install uses skills, whose published metadata points at github.com/vercel-labs/skills, not this repository. Check it is the right package before installing.
- Note No published npm or PyPI package of this repository was found, so package advisories were not checked.
- Note The lab has not recorded this server's tool list yet, so tool permissions were not checked.
Sources
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Changelog
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