MCP server

Desearch Official

io.github.Desearch-ai/mcp-desearch

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

AI search (Reddit, HN, arXiv, Wikipedia), X and web search, page extraction, X data, People Search.

Website Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

desearch.ai (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

22

Token cost

About 6,200 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http mcp-desearch https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.mcp-desearch]
url = "https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"mcp-desearch":{"httpUrl":"https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"mcp-desearch":{"url":"https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"mcp-desearch":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add mcp-desearch https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"mcp-desearch","server_url":"https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"mcp-desearch","server_url":"https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp"}

Tools

• ai-search ~580 tokens
  AI search and analysis on web using Desearch AI
• extract ~222 tokens
  Extract a public URL and return its content as plain text or HTML using Desearch. Preferred over web-crawl for new integrations. API docs: https://www.desearch.ai/docs/api-reference/get-web-extract
• fetch ~87 tokens
  Read a public page as text. Pass a URL returned by search.
• people-profiles ~572 tokens
  Everyone your People Searches found on one platform, one entry per person: their best-scoring result and the search that found them (found_by). Free; it does not run a new search. Search by name, handle, bio, or location with q, filter by contact channels (has), audience, fit score, location, or ver
• people-search ~1188 tokens
  Start a paid job billed to the user's Desearch balance: find people on X, YouTube, LinkedIn, or TikTok who match a plain-language description. Each person comes back with a fit score, why they matched, their audience, and public contacts and links. This call reserves count times the platform's per-p
• people-search-control ~274 tokens
  Pause, resume, or cancel a People Search task. Free. pause: a queued search pauses at once; a running one finishes its current batch first (status pausing, then paused). A search paused for more than 7 days is cancelled. resume: continues a paused search where it stopped, with no new charge. cancel:
• people-search-status ~480 tokens
  Status, progress, and cost of one People Search task, plus a page of the people found so far: name, handle, url, platform, audience, location, fit score, why they matched, contacts, and links. Free. People arrive while the search runs: pass the returned next_cursor as cursor on the next call to get
• people-search-tasks ~407 tokens
  Your People Search tasks, newest first, with status, counts, cost, why each ended search stopped (completion_reason, coverage_limited), and the metadata labels set on people-search. Free. Use it to find a task_id (filter by metadata to find the searches of one campaign), or to see which searches are
• search ~96 tokens
  Search the public web and return titles and links. Use fetch with a result URL to read the page.
• web-crawl Browses the web · ~252 tokens
  Crawl a public URL and return its content as plain text or HTML on the legacy Desearch /web/crawl route. The SDK marks webCrawl deprecated in favor of extract; this tool stays for parity with that route. Prefer extract for new integrations. API docs: https://www.desearch.ai/docs/guide/apis/extract-a
• web-links-search ~220 tokens
  Search the web for links using Desearch. Only the web source is accepted.
• web-search ~141 tokens
  SERP-style web search using Desearch. Returns ranked titles, links, and snippets.
• x-links-search ~143 tokens
  AI search for X (Twitter) post links using Desearch. Returns links from posts that match the prompt.
• x-post-by-id ~91 tokens
  Fetch a single X (Twitter) post by its ID.
• x-post-replies ~154 tokens
  Fetch replies to an X (Twitter) post, with an optional keyword query.
• x-post-retweeters ~129 tokens
  List users who retweeted an X (Twitter) post. Pass cursor to page through more users.
• x-posts-by-urls ~111 tokens
  Fetch full X (Twitter) posts for a list of post URLs.
• x-posts-by-user ~157 tokens
  Search X (Twitter) posts by a specific user, with an optional keyword query.
• x-search ~456 tokens
  Search X (Twitter) using Desearch AI. Optional filters narrow by user, date, language, verification, media, and engagement. Sort stays Top.
• x-trends ~138 tokens
  Retrieve trending topics on X (Twitter) for a location by its WOEID using Desearch.
• x-user-posts ~136 tokens
  Retrieve a user's X (Twitter) timeline posts by username. Pass cursor to page through more posts.
• x-user-replies ~166 tokens
  Fetch posts and replies by an X (Twitter) user, with an optional keyword query.

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