io.github.MarcellM01/tinysearch MCP Server

Name: io.github.MarcellM01/tinysearch MCP Server
Author: io.github.MarcellM01

io.github.MarcellM01/tinysearch

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What is the io.github.MarcellM01/tinysearch MCP server?

Self-hosted web research for MCP agents.

How to install io.github.MarcellM01/tinysearch

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

MCP_TRANSPORT
MCP transport to serve: stdio (default), sse, or streamable-http.
TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH
Path to a tinysearch_config.json inside the container, for overriding search/embedding defaults.
SEARXNG_URL
SearXNG search endpoint URL. Only needed if not using the bundled Compose SearXNG service.
TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND
Embedding implementation: onnx (default) or openai_compatible.
TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL
Local ONNX preset (fast, balanced, quality) or a Hugging Face ONNX repository id.

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tinysearch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tinysuite-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tinysearch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tinysuite-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tinysearch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tinysuite-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tinysearch": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tinysuite-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND>",
        "TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL": "<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add tinysearch --env MCP_TRANSPORT=<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT> --env TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH=<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_CONFIG_PATH> --env SEARXNG_URL=<YOUR_SEARXNG_URL> --env TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND=<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_BACKEND> --env TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL=<YOUR_TINYSEARCH_EMBEDDING_MODEL> -- uvx tinysuite-search