JerryLiu369/agent-web-search

Overview

A web-search tool for AI agents. It provides free keyless defaults and supports local/remote MCP, CLI, Python, and Hermes.

Best for

Best for
Developers building lightweight AI agents that need simple web search without API keys.

Use cases

• Add web search to an AI agent via MCP
• Run searches from the command line
• Integrate search into Python scripts

How to use

Install

npx skills add JerryLiu369/agent-web-search --skill agent-web-search

Tools exposed

• max_results
• time_range
• grok_search_mode
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_TIMEOUT
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_MCP_TRANSPORT
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_HTTP_HOST
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_HTTP_PORT
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_AUTH_TOKEN
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_HTTP_ALLOWED_HOSTS
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_HTTP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_HTTP_LOG_LEVEL
• EXA_API_KEY
• EXA_MCP_URL
• PARALLEL_API_KEY
• ARK_API_KEY
• AGENT_WEB_SEARCH_ARK_MODELS
• BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY
• GEMINI_API_KEY

Tested with

Claude Code, ChatGPT

Notes

A web-search tool for AI agents. It provides free keyless defaults and supports local/remote MCP, CLI, Python, and Hermes.

6 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-09-08. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Add web search to an AI agent via MCP
• Run searches from the command line
• Integrate search into Python scripts

Pros

• Free keyless defaults lower setup friction
• Multiple interfaces (MCP, CLI, Python, Hermes) cover different integration paths
• Local and remote MCP options give deployment flexibility

Cons

• Very low GitHub star count (6) suggests limited community adoption
• Vendor listed as ‘Various’ so no single maintainer or support channel
• Python-only implementation may not suit non-Python stacks

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