Local Web Search

by fradser

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Integrates with a headless browser to perform Google searches and extract web content, enabling local web search capabilities for up-to-date information retrieval and research tasks.

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Author: fradser
Repository: FradSer/mcp-server-local-web-search
GitHub stars: 6
Downloads: 390
License: MIT License
Categories: Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, AI, Search, Infrastructure, Frontend, Knowledge Base
Tags: #web

- Perform web searches with customizable result limits
- Extract and process content from web pages
- Return structured results with titles, URLs, and descriptions
- Support for content truncation and domain filtering
- Clean content extraction using Readability
- Headless browser operation for improved performance

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name Local Web Search

Command (node, npx, python, etc.) npx
Arguments
- Argument 1 -y
- Argument 2 @highlight/mcp-server
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "/c",
                "npx",
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "cmd"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

From the repository

Run the setup script to configure the MCP server:

bun run setup.ts

This will add the server to your Claude MCP configuration.

`local_web_search`

Performs web search and returns results with title, URL and description. Parameters: query (required), excludeDomains (optional list), limit (optional number), truncate (optional number), show (optional boolean), proxy (optional string)

1. local_web_search
- Performs web search and returns results with title, URL and description
- Parameters:
- query: Search query to find relevant content (required)
- excludeDomains: List of domains to exclude from search results (default: [])
- limit: Maximum number of results to return (default: 5)
- truncate: Maximum length of content to return per result (default: 4000)
- show: Show browser window for debugging (default: false)
- proxy: Proxy server to use for requests (optional)

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "local web search": {
            "env": {},
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@highlight/mcp-server"
            ],
            "command": "npx"
        }
    }
}

Linux

{
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "-y",
        "@highlight/mcp-server"
    ],
    "command": "npx"
}

Macos

{
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "-y",
        "@highlight/mcp-server"
    ],
    "command": "npx"
}

Windows

{
    "env": [],
    "args": [
        "/c",
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@highlight/mcp-server"
    ],
    "command": "cmd"
}

mcp-server-local-web-search

An MCP server for performing local web searches. This server provides tools to search and extract content from web pages through the Model Context Protocol.

Features

Installation

To install dependencies:

bun install

Setup

Run the setup script to configure the MCP server:

bun run setup.ts

This will add the server to your Claude MCP configuration.

Available Tools

Requirements

- Bun runtime
- Node.js TypeScript support

Development

This project uses:

- Bun as the JavaScript runtime
- TypeScript for type safety
- Model Context Protocol SDK for server implementation
- @egoist/local-web-search for web search (using playwright-core)
- Readability for content extraction

Contributors

- egoist - Original local web search author - FradSer - Original author - TheSethRose - Playwright integration and performance improvements

License

MIT License

This project was created using bun init in bun v1.2.2. Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime.

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