{"repo":"pinkpixel-dev/web-scout-mcp","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/pinkpixel-dev/web-scout-mcp","clone":"git clone https://github.com/pinkpixel-dev/web-scout-mcp.git","description":"An MCP server providing web search and content extraction capabilities. Integrates DuckDuckGo search functionality and URL content extraction into your MCP environment, enabling AI assistants to search the web and extract webpage content.","language":"JavaScript","stars":132,"topics":["ai-assistant","ai-tools","cheerio","content-extraction","crawler","duckduckgo","duckduckgo-search","google-search","mcp","mcp-server"],"license":"Apache-2.0","category":"mcp-servers","readme_excerpt":"Web Scout MCP Server An MCP server for web search using DuckDuckGo and content extraction, with support for multiple URLs and memory optimizations. ✨ Features - 🔍 DuckDuckGo Search : Fast and privacy-focused web search capability - 📄 Content Extraction : Clean, readable text extraction from web pages - 🚀 Parallel Processing : Support for extracting content from multiple URLs simultaneously - 💾 Memory Optimization : Smart memory management to prevent application crashes - ⏱️ Rate Limiting : Intelligent request throttling to avoid API blocks - 🛡️ Error Handling : Robust error handling for reliable operation 📦 Installation Installing via Smithery To install Web Scout for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery: Global Installation Local Installation 🚀 Usage Command Line After installing globally, run: With MCP Clients Add this to your MCP client's config.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.): Environment Variables Set the WEB SCOUT DISABLE AUTOSTART=1 environment variable when embedding the package and calling createServer() yourself. By default running the published entrypoint (for example node dist/index.js or npx @pinkpixel/web-scout-mcp ) automatically bootstraps the stdio transport. 🧰 Tools The server provides the following MCP tools: 🔍 DuckDuckGoWebSearch Initiates a web search query using the DuckDuckGo search engine and returns a well-structured list of findings. Input: - query (string): The search query string - maxResults (number, optional): Maximum number of ","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/pinkpixel-dev","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/pinkpixel-dev/web-scout-mcp/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}