Argus Retrieval MCP Server

Name: Argus Retrieval MCP Server
Author: io.github.Khamel83

io.github.Khamel83/argus

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What is the Argus Retrieval MCP server?

Multi-provider search broker for AI agents: 14 providers, 12-step extraction, retrieval workflows.

How to install Argus Retrieval

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY
secret
WolframAlpha App ID (2,000 free computed-answer queries/month)
ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY
secret
Brave Search API key (2,000 free queries/month)
ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY
secret
Tavily API key (1,000 free queries/month)
ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY
secret
Exa API key (1,000 free queries/month)
ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY
secret
Serper API key (2,500 one-time free queries)
ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY
secret
Linkup API key (1,000 free queries/month)
ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL
SearXNG instance URL (self-hosted, aggregates 70+ engines)
ARGUS_DATA_ROOT
Optional override for the writable Argus runtime corpus root

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "argus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add argus --env ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY=<YOUR_ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY> --env ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY=<YOUR_ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY> --env ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY=<YOUR_ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY> --env ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY=<YOUR_ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY> --env ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY=<YOUR_ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY> --env ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY=<YOUR_ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY> --env ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL=<YOUR_ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL> --env ARGUS_DATA_ROOT=<YOUR_ARGUS_DATA_ROOT> -- uvx argus-search