About Higress AI-Search MCP Server
Higress AI-Search MCP Server provides real-time web, academic, and internal knowledge search through Higress ai-search. It is intended for AI clients that need search results to inform responses.
Key features
- 01Search the web with Google, Bing, and Quark
- 02Search academic papers on Arxiv
- 03Search internal knowledge
Use cases
- 01Find current information from the web
- 02Look up scientific papers and research
- 03Search configured internal knowledge bases
MCP support
It exposes an AI search tool to MCP clients, routing searches through Higress ai-search for web, academic, and internal knowledge results.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
uvx higress-ai-search-mcp-serverHIGRESS_URLMODELINTERNAL_KNOWLEDGE_BASESLocal servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEHigress AI-Search MCP Server
Overview
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides an AI search tool to enhance AI model responses with real-time search results from various search engines through Higress ai-search feature.
Demo
Cline
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/60a06d99-a46c-40fc-b156-793e395542bb
Claude Desktop
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5c9e639f-c21c-4738-ad71-1a88cc0bcb46
Features
- Internet Search: Google, Bing, Quark - for general web information
- Academic Search: Arxiv - for scientific papers and research
- Internal Knowledge Search
Prerequisites
Configuration
The server can be configured using environment variables:
HIGRESS_URL(optional): URL for the Higress service (default:http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions).MODEL(required): LLM model to use for generating responses.INTERNAL_KNOWLEDGE_BASES(optional): Description of internal knowledge bases.
Option 1: Using uvx
Using uvx will automatically install the package from PyPI, no need to clone the repository locally.
{
"mcpServers": {
"higress-ai-search-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"higress-ai-search-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HIGRESS_URL": "http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions",
"MODEL": "qwen-turbo",
"INTERNAL_KNOWLEDGE_BASES": "Employee handbook, company policies, internal process documents"
}
}
}
}
Option 2: Using uv with local development
Using uv requires cloning the repository locally and specifying the path to the source code.
{
"mcpServers": {
"higress-ai-search-mcp-server": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"path/to/src/higress-ai-search-mcp-server",
"run",
"higress-ai-search-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HIGRESS_URL": "http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions",
"MODEL": "qwen-turbo",
"INTERNAL_KNOWLEDGE_BASES": "Employee handbook, company policies, internal process documents"
}
}
}
}
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Comments
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