get_search_engine_status
Get the current status of all search engines (available/blocked) and the active browser backend.
Returns: Dictionary with the active backend plus each engine name mapped to its status
LABSCO SUMMARY
It keeps searching when one engine starts blocking you, and tells you which one did.
search_web queries several engines with automatic fallback, and the state that fallback depends on is exposed rather than hidden: get_search_engine_status names the active browser backend and marks each engine available or blocked, and reset_search_engines clears that list once they recover. get_webpage_content then pulls the text behind a result, with max_length to cap what comes back. The 4 tools stop at text — there is no crawling, no structured extraction and no format conversion.
What it is
An MCP server for web search over several engines with fallback, plus fetching of page text.
What you get
- Search across multiple engines that falls back automatically when one of them stops answering, with snippets and a result cap you set.
- Visibility into that fallback — the active browser backend and each engine's availability or blocked state — and a reset that clears the blocked list.
- Page text fetched from a URL, capped at a length you choose.
Requirements
Nothing beyond the machine it runs on — no account, no key, no environment variable.
Setup effort
One command — uvx git+https://github.com/pranavms13/web-search-mcp
USE CASES
01
Searching from an agent that keeps getting blocked
Let the fallback do its work, then check which engines are marked blocked and clear the list once they are answering again.
02
Reading the page behind a result instead of the snippet
Take a result URL and pull its text into the conversation, capping the length so a long page does not swamp the context.
4 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
get_webpage_content
Fetch and return the text content of a webpage.
reset_search_engines
Reset the blocked search engines list (useful if engines recover from blocks).
Returns: Status message
search_web
Search the web using multiple search engines with automatic fallback.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
4 tools when we connected.
Requires
- uvx on PATH
- Python 3.10+
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 4 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"web-search-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"git+https://github.com/pranavms13/web-search-mcp"
]
}
}
}uvx
TERMINAL
uvx git+https://github.com/pranavms13/web-search-mcp
