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Argus Retrieval MCP Server

io.github.Khamel83/argus

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

~/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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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