Bytedance Search

Bytedance Search is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for web search operations. It has 39,392 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @agent-infra/mcp-server-search.

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bytedance-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agent-infra/mcp-server-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio bytedance-search -- npx -y @agent-infra/mcp-server-search

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bytedance-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agent-infra/mcp-server-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "bytedance-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agent-infra/mcp-server-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Bytedance Search

MCP server for web search operations The Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra

agent
vlm
vision
computer-use
mcp
mcp-server
gui-operator
browser-use
gui-agent
multimodal

Key facts

GitHub stars	39,392
License	Apache-2.0
Language	TypeScript
Transport	stdio (local)
Packages	npm: `@agent-infra/mcp-server-search`
Auth	None declared
Works with	Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code
Latest release	v0.3.1 (Oct 8, 2026)
Last commit	Oct 9, 2026
MCP registry name	`io.github.bytedance/mcp-server-search`

Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 9, 2026, last release Oct 8, 2026.

Welcomes contributors11 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commit	Oct 9, 2026
Latest release	v0.3.1 (Oct 8, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months	2
Releases, all time	39
Open issues	357
Open pull requests	149
Good first issues	10
Contributing guide	Yes
Security policy	Yes
Created	Jan 19, 2025

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