Description

This MCP server provides AI assistants with web search capabilities across multiple search engines including Bing, Baidu, Brave, DuckDuckGo, and Exa, plus specialized content extraction from Chinese platforms like CSDN, Zhihu, and LinuxDo. Built using TypeScript with axios for HTTP requests, cheerio for HTML parsing, and JSDOM for content processing, it features configurable search engine selection, site-specific search filtering, and dedicated article content extraction that bypasses anti-bot measures using realistic browser headers and cookies. The implementation includes comprehensive error handling, result pagination, and supports both general web search and targeted content retrieval from technical forums and knowledge platforms, making it valuable for research workflows, content analysis, and building AI assistants that need programmatic access to Chinese technical content and general web search results without manual browsing.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/aas-ee/open-websearch

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-web-search": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "path/to/server.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}