What is the NetLens MCP server?
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How to install NetLens
Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.
transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.Environment / auth
NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINEDefault search backend: auto, duckduckgo, bing, mojeek, or searxng
NETLENS_SEARXNG_URLBase URL of a SearXNG instance to use when engine=searxng (e.g. https://searx.example.org)
Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"netlens": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"netlens-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE": "<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE>",
"NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL>"
}
}
}
}Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"netlens": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"netlens-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE": "<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE>",
"NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL>"
}
}
}
}Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"netlens": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"netlens-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE": "<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE>",
"NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"netlens": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"netlens-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE": "<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE>",
"NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL": "<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL>"
}
}
}
}Claude Code
claude mcp add netlens --env NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE=<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARCH_ENGINE> --env NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL=<YOUR_NETLENS_SEARXNG_URL> -- npx -y netlens-mcpRelated MCP servers
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