Free Search MCP

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  "name": "Free Search MCP",
  "url": "https://github.com/alkasima/Alka-Search-MCP",
  "logo": "https://github.com/alkasima.png?size=200",
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  "category": null,
  "short_summary": "Open-source MCP server that provides web search, page reading, and llms.txt retrieval to MCP clients such as Claude Code using free search engines and optional…",
  "task_performed": "unclear",
  "inputs_accepted": [],
  "outputs_produced": [],
  "integrations_available": [],
  "protocols_or_interfaces": [
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  "autonomy_level": "unclear",
  "human_approval_needed": "unclear",
  "pricing_model": "unclear",
  "price": {
    "observed": true,
    "billing": "free",
    "source_kind": "vendor",
    "currency": "USD",
    "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
    "monthly_usd": null,
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        }
      ]
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    "summary": "Free. The open-source free-search-mcp server is available at no stated cost and does not require a paid search API.",
    "confidence": "medium",
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    "checked_at": "2026-10-26T02:22:30.962Z",
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    "display": null,
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          "Uses free search engines via plain fetch"
        ],
        "promo_note": null,
        "price_promo": null,
        "price_annual": null
      }
    ],
    "source": "render+llm"
  },
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  "evidence_quality": "unclear",
  "entity_type": "mcp_server",
  "regulated_data_suitability": "unclear",
  "evidence_urls": [
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  "last_checked": "2026-10-26",
  "profile_checked": null,
  "price_checked": "2026-10-26",
  "how_to_connect": {
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    "docs": null,
    "mcp": null,
    "a2a": null,
    "api": null,
    "protocols": [
      "MCP"
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    "install": "npx. Node.js 22 or 24 LTS is recommended. Git and a local TypeScript build are not",
    "repository": "https://github.com/alkasima/Alka-Search-MCP",
    "note": "Speaks MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
  },
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    "both_offered": false,
    "hosted_endpoint": null,
    "install": "npx. Node.js 22 or 24 LTS is recommended. Git and a local TypeScript build are not",
    "note": "You run it yourself: install from the published command/package; no vendor endpoint found.",
    "evidence": {
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        "glama:hosting:remote-capable",
        "glama:spdxLicense",
        "page_text:install"
      ],
      "excerpt": "led as untrusted content. Run from npm Requires Node.js 20.18.1 or newer, with npm/npx. Node.js 22 or 24 LTS is recommended. Git and a local TypeScript build are not re",
      "url": "https://github.com/alkasima/Alka-Search-MCP",
      "observed_day": "2026-10-26",
      "age_days": 0,
      "hosted_evidence": null,
      "rule": "deploy-v1"
    }
  },
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    "name": "MIT License",
    "note": "Named licence as published; applies to the code, not to where it runs.",
    "evidence": "glama:spdxLicense",
    "observed_day": "2026-10-26",
    "age_days": 0
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    "price": {
      "source_url": "https://github.com/alkasima/Alka-Search-MCP",
      "last_observed_day": "2026-10-26",
      "age_days": 0,
      "verified_day": "2026-10-26",
      "note": "verified = the page-text gate ran for that scan day (day-before/day-of text check)"
    },
    "agent_card": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
    "endpoint": {
      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
  },
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  "liveness": {
    "probed": true,
    "alive": true,
    "endpoint_kind": "site",
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    "uptime_7d": 1,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-26T02:35:50.081Z",
    "consecutive_failures": 0,
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  "price_extras": {
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  "reported_success": null,
  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
}