MCP Omnisearch

You set up MCP Omnisearch to access multiple search providers and AI tools through a single MCP interface. Install it, configure API keys for the providers you want, and then use a client to run searches, get AI responses, and process content from many sources in one place.

How to use

Launch the MCP Omnisearch server and connect with your MCP client. You can perform web searches across Tavily, Brave, Kagi, Exa, and GitHub search, and you can request AI responses from Perplexity, Kagi FastGPT, and Exa Answer. You can also process content with Jina AI Reader, Kagi Summarizer, Tavily Extract, and Firecrawl tools, then enrich or verify information with Jina Grounding and Kagi Enrichment.

Practical usage patterns include: performing a targeted domain search with Brave or Kagi operators, extracting and summarizing long articles, and requesting AI-generated explanations with citations. For code-focused work, use GitHub search tools with file, path, or repo qualifiers, then pull the matching snippets into your analysis. If you need structured data from pages, run Firecrawl Extract or Actions to interact with dynamic content before extraction.

How to install

Prerequisites you need before starting: Node.js to run MCP Omnisearch, and a container runtime if you choose the Docker route. Ensure you have the necessary API keys for the providers you plan to enable.

Option 1: Quick Start with Docker Compose (recommended) You will run MCP Omnisearch inside containers and supply keys via a .env file.

# Clone the implementation and move into the project
git clone https://github.com/spences10/mcp-omnisearch.git
cd mcp-omnisearch

# Create .env file with your API keys
echo "TAVILY_API_KEY=your-tavily-key" > .env
echo "KAGI_API_KEY=your-kagi-key" >> .env
echo "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=your-perplexity-key" >> .env
echo "EXA_API_KEY=your-exa-key" >> .env
echo "GITHUB_API_KEY=your-github-key" >> .env

# Start the containers
docker-compose up -d

Option 2: Run with Docker directly You can build and run the MCP Omnisearch container, supplying API keys as environment variables.

docker build -t mcp-omnisearch .
docker run -d \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -e TAVILY_API_KEY=your-tavily-key \
  -e KAGI_API_KEY=your-kagi-key \
  -e PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=your-perplexity-key \
  -e EXA_API_KEY=your-exa-key \
  -e GITHUB_API_KEY=your-github-key \
  --name mcp-omnisearch \
  mcp-omnisearch

Configuration notes

Configure the server with environment variables for each provider you enable. Only the keys you provide will be activated. If you leave a key out, the corresponding provider remains disabled but other providers operate normally.

GitHub search requires a public-access token. If you plan to search public code, set GITHUB_API_KEY to your token. Self-hosted Firecrawl is optional; provide FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL if you run Firecrawl locally.

Troubleshooting and notes

If you encounter rate limits, adjust your request frequency or enable additional providers to load-balance requests. Start with one provider, then add others as you acquire API keys.

Security considerations: use public-access tokens for GitHub as described, and keep API keys secure in your environment. You can revoke keys at any time if needed.

Tools and endpoints overview

The server exposes a broad set of search, AI response, content processing, and enhancement endpoints. These include Tavily, Brave, Kagi, Exa, and GitHub search, PerplexityAI, Kagi FastGPT, Exa Answer, Jina Reader, Kagi Summarizer, Tavily Extract, Firecrawl tools, and Jina Grounding and Enrichment endpoints for verification and enrichment.

Additional sections

Notes about environment variables: each provider has its own key, and you only enable the ones you have keys for. The server logs will indicate which providers are active at startup.

Available tools

search_tavily

Query Tavily Search API for factual results with citations

search_brave

Perform Brave Search with full operator support in the query string

search_kagi

Perform Kagi search with full operator support and optional language/no_cache filters

github_search

GitHub code search across public repositories with code-focused qualifiers

github_repository_search

Discover GitHub repositories with enriched metadata

github_user_search

Find GitHub users and organizations with profile information

exa_search

AI-powered web search using neural and keyword methods with domain filtering

ai_perplexity

AI-powered response generation combining live web results with AI models

ai_kagi_fastgpt

Quick AI-generated answers with citations via Kagi FastGPT

exa_answer

Direct AI-generated answers via Exa Answer API

process_jina_reader

Convert URLs to clean text with optional image captioning and PDF support

process_kagi_summarizer

Summarize content from pages, videos, and podcasts

process_tavily_extract

Extract raw content from web pages with basic or advanced depth

firecrawl_scrape_process

Extract clean data from single URLs with enhanced formatting options

firecrawl_crawl_process

Deep crawling of a website with controllable depth for content extraction

firecrawl_map_process

Fast URL collection for site mapping

firecrawl_extract_process

Structured data extraction with AI prompts

firecrawl_actions_process

Page interactions before extraction to handle dynamic content

exa_contents_process

Extract full content from Exa search result IDs

exa_similar_process

Find semantically similar pages to a given URL

enhance_kagi_enrichment

Supplementary content from specialized indexes for enrichment

enhance_jina_grounding

Real-time fact verification against web knowledge