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mcpsurfr

mcpsurfr is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Local web search with multi-engine deep research and on-device re-ranking. It has 135 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/nkapila6/mcpsurfr:v1.1.1.

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Install mcpsurfr

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpsurfr": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/nkapila6/mcpsurfr:v1.1.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcpsurfr -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/nkapila6/mcpsurfr:v1.1.1

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpsurfr": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/nkapila6/mcpsurfr:v1.1.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcpsurfr": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/nkapila6/mcpsurfr:v1.1.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 mcpsurfr

Local web search for your LLM over MCP. No API keys, and results are ranked on your machine. Formerly mcp-local-rag. Backends: auto (default), brave, duckduckgo, google, grokipedia, mojeek, startpage, wikipedia, yahoo. auto and brave are the dependable ones.

  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • rag
  • web-search
  • mcp-local-rag
  • ai-agents
  • ddgs
  • deep-research
  • duckduckgo

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FAQ

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How do I install the mcpsurfr MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/nkapila6/mcpsurfr:v1.1.1 to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is mcpsurfr free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is mcpsurfr actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. The latest release is v1.1.1, published Oct 23, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.