What tools does the mcp-searxng MCP server provide?

mcp-searxng exposes 3 tools: searxng_instance_info, searxng_search_suggestions, searxng_web_search. This list was read from the published package source; the server runs locally and has no endpoint to query.

Does mcp-searxng require an API key?

Yes — mcp-searxng declares required environment variables: SEARXNG_URL.

How do I install mcp-searxng?

Run: SEARXNG_URL=... claude mcp add mcp-searxng -- npx -y mcp-searxng@2.1.0. One-click install links for Cursor and VS Code are also available on the server's page.

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mcp-searxng

MCP server for SearXNG — privacy-respecting web search with pagination, URL reading

Web search & scraping

Tools 3

GitHub stars 1,201

Installs / wk 14.6k

Licence MIT

Transport stdio

Last checked never

Tools & capabilities

3 tools

Read from the published package source — this server runs locally, so there is no endpoint to query. Names are taken from the code, not observed at runtime, and descriptions are often absent.

searxng_instance_info from source

searxng_search_suggestions from source

searxng_web_search from source