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Khamel83/argus

Name: Khamel83/argus
Author: Various

Multi-provider web search broker for AI agents. 14 providers, budget-aware routing, content extraction — one API.

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About Khamel83/argus

Argus is a multi-provider web search broker for AI agents. It provides a single API to query 14 search providers with budget-aware routing and content extraction. The tool is written in Python and is available as an open-source project.

Best for

Developers building AI agents that need flexible, multi-provider web search with cost management

Use cases

Integrating multiple web search providers into an AI agent pipeline
Routing search queries based on cost or provider availability
Extracting structured content from search results for downstream processing

Notes

2 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-06-01. Licensed MIT.

Pros

Supports 14 different search providers through one unified API
Budget-aware routing helps control costs across providers
Includes built-in content extraction from search results

Cons

Low GitHub star count (2) suggests limited community adoption or maturity
Only available in Python, restricting use in other language ecosystems
No clear vendor backing, which may affect long-term maintenance

Key facts

What we have checked

Not checked yet. Dated facts such as prices, releases and repository activity appear here once we have confirmed them from a source.

How to use

How to set it up

As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.

Install

pip install argus-search && argus search -q "python web frameworks"

Tools exposed

ARGUS_NODE_ROLE
ARGUS_AUTHORITY_URL
ARGUS_AUTHORITY_TOKEN
ARGUS_MCP_STANDALONE
ARGUS_EGRESS_TYPE
ARGUS_RESIDENTIAL_POLICY
ARGUS_SEARXNG_ENABLED
ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL
ARGUS_SEARXNG_RESIDENTIAL_BASE_URL
ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY
ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY
ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY
ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY
ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY
ARGUS_PARALLEL_API_KEY
ARGUS_YOU_API_KEY
ARGUS_VALYU_API_KEY
ARGUS_FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
ARGUS_GITHUB_API_KEY
ARGUS_DATA_ROOT

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code

Install

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Claude Code

Config checked

Run in your terminal (runs on your computer)

claude mcp add --transport stdio khamel83-argus -- uvx argus-search@1.6.5

Version 1.6.5 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against Claude Code's config docs

Claude Desktop

Config checked

Add to claude_desktop_config.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "khamel83-argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search@1.6.5"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Version 1.6.5 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against Claude Desktop's config docs

Cursor

Config checked

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "khamel83-argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search@1.6.5"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Version 1.6.5 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against Cursor's config docs

VS Code

Config checked

Add to .vscode/mcp.json (runs on your computer)

{
  "servers": {
    "khamel83-argus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search@1.6.5"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Version 1.6.5 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against VS Code's config docs

Codex

Config checked

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml (runs on your computer)

[mcp_servers.khamel83-argus]
command = "uvx"
args = ["argus-search@1.6.5"]

Version 1.6.5 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against Codex's config docs

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Works with

What Khamel83/argus connects to

5 clients, each with how we know and when we checked.

Works with	Type	How we know	Checked
Claude Code	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 1.6.5Config checked	24 Oct 2026Claude Code docs
Claude Desktop	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 1.6.5Config checked	24 Oct 2026Claude Desktop docs
Cursor	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 1.6.5Config checked	24 Oct 2026Cursor docs
VS Code	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 1.6.5Config checked	24 Oct 2026VS Code docs
Codex	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRuns locally, version 1.6.5Config checked	24 Oct 2026Codex docs

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