Web Search MCP

Minimal MCP server that can search the web and extract readable page content, similar to Cursor's built-in web context.

search_web: Query the web (DuckDuckGo HTML) and return result URLs and titles
fetch_page: Fetch any URL and extract readable content using Mozilla Readability + JSDOM

npm install

npm start

npm i -g @guhcostan/web-search-mcp

Then reference the binary web-search-mcp.

Add to your Cursor MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search-mcp": { "command": "web-search-mcp" }
  }
}

Alternatively, without global install, use npx:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@guhcostan/web-search-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}

search_web
- input:
  - query (string, required)
  - limit (number, optional, 1–10, default 5)
- output: array of { url: string; title?: string; snippet?: string }
fetch_page
- input:
  - url (string URL, required)
- output: { url: string; title?: string; content: string }

Type-check, lint and tests:

npm run check

Run individually:

npm run build
npm run lint
npm test

Web search uses DuckDuckGo HTML; results may vary and are HTML-scraped (no API key required)
Be mindful of target site terms of use and robots policies when fetching pages

MIT