AskRobots Search

Name: AskRobots Search
Author: askrobots

by askrobotsversion 1.0.0i★ 0iRuns in the cloud

Registry namecom.askrobots/search

How to install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Web search from an independent index, with page and site facts, backlinks and stored page text.

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Category: Search & AI memory
You need to fill in: X-API-Key

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Passed 5/5 checks · What you ask goes through the maker’s server (search.askrobots.com)

First: which AI do you use?

ClaudeWeb · app · phoneChatGPTWebClaude CodeTerminalCursorCode editorVS CodeCode editorOtherOther apps

Pick your app and the steps appear below.

Works with Claude · about 5 min

You need a AskRobots Search key (sign up on the maker’s site, may cost money) · Set it up once on claude.ai or the desktop app, then use it in chat · free accounts can add 1

Sign up and create a AskRobots Search key
Open the maker’s site, sign up and create an API key for the next step. It may cost money.
Open the AskRobots Search site ↗
Done
Open Claude’s Connectors page
CustomizeConnectors
Done
Click “+ Add” → “Add custom connector” and fill in these 2 fields
Copy each value into the field with the same name in Claude, then click Continue
Name · NameAskRobots Search
Remote MCP server URL · Addresshttps://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp
Under Request headers, add this name and value
Header nameX-API-Key
Value<paste your key here>
Paste the key only into the app’s field, never into a chat or to anyone
Leave Authentication as Claude detected it, then click Add
Done
Turn it on in a chat
+ConnectorsAskRobots Search
Done
Try it
Use AskRobots Search and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing
✓ If Claude says it is using AskRobots Search or shows a AskRobots Search tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

ChatGPT cannot connect AskRobots Search yet

AskRobots Search needs your own key to connect, but OpenAI’s help page only describes OAuth sign-in; there is no key option we could verify

What you can do instead

A · Use an app that can connect AskRobots Search

Steps for Claude →You need a AskRobots Search key (sign up on the maker’s site, may cost money) · Set it up once on claude.ai or the desktop app, then use it in chat · free accounts can add 1
Steps for Claude Code →You need a AskRobots Search key (sign up on the maker’s site, may cost money)
Steps for Cursor →You need a AskRobots Search key (sign up on the maker’s site, may cost money)
Steps for VS Code →You need a AskRobots Search key (sign up on the maker’s site, may cost money)

B · Others in Search & AI memory that work with ChatGPT

Picked from the most used in the same category, only ones that connect by address with no key

AIHOT✓ ChatGPT
Sui Knowledge Base (kapa.ai)✓ ChatGPT
Exa✓ ChatGPT

Works with Claude Code · about 5 min

You need a AskRobots Search key (sign up on the maker’s site, may cost money)

Sign up and create a AskRobots Search key
Open the maker’s site, sign up and create an API key for the next step. It may cost money.
Open the AskRobots Search site ↗
Done
Open Terminal
Mac: press Command+Space and type Terminal · Windows: open PowerShell
Done
3
Paste this command and press Enter
```
claude mcp add --transport http search https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp --header 'X-API-Key: your-value'
```
Replace “your-value” with your key before pressing Enter
Paste the key only into the app’s field, never into a chat or to anyone
Done
Type /mcp in Claude Code
You should see AskRobots Search listed as connected
Done
Try it
Use AskRobots Search and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing
✓ If Claude Code says it is using AskRobots Search or shows a AskRobots Search tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with Cursor · about 5 min

You need a AskRobots Search key (sign up on the maker’s site, may cost money)

Sign up and create a AskRobots Search key
Open the maker’s site, sign up and create an API key for the next step. It may cost money.
Open the AskRobots Search site ↗
Done
Click this button to open Cursor
Open in Cursor
Cursor asks you to confirm; click Install
Done
Fill in your key
In the AskRobots Search settings, X-API-Key is empty; add your key and save
Paste the key only into the app’s field, never into a chat or to anyone
Done
Open the AI chat in Cursor in Agent mode
Done
Try it
Use AskRobots Search and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing
✓ If Cursor says it is using AskRobots Search or shows a AskRobots Search tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against Cursor’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Works with VS Code · about 5 min

You need a AskRobots Search key (sign up on the maker’s site, may cost money)

Sign up and create a AskRobots Search key
Open the maker’s site, sign up and create an API key for the next step. It may cost money.
Open the AskRobots Search site ↗
Done
Click this button to open VS Code
Open in VS Code
VS Code asks you to confirm; click Install
Done
Fill in your key
In the AskRobots Search settings, X-API-Key is empty; add your key and save
Paste the key only into the app’s field, never into a chat or to anyone
Done
Open the AI chat in VS Code in Agent mode
Done
Try it
Use AskRobots Search and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing
✓ If VS Code says it is using AskRobots Search or shows a AskRobots Search tool in the answer, you are connected

Menu names checked against VS Code’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version

Other apps that use MCP, such as Windsurf, Zed or Gemini CLI, each add servers differently. See how in the app list.

See every app that uses MCP →

Address for apps that connect over the web

Addresshttps://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp

JSON settings are under “For developers” below

Stuck? Ask people who use AskRobots Search💬 Discussion →

For developers: Terminal commands and JSON settings

Over the web

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http search https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp --header 'X-API-Key: your-value'

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search": {
      "url": "https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Values you fill in

X-API-Key secret required HTTP header
Your AskRobots API key (get one at https://search.askrobots.com/api)

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

At a glance

GitHub stars i: 0
Downloads per weeki: Not on npm/PyPI
Verified domain: ✓ askrobots.com
Licence i: MIT
Connection: Runs in the cloud
Transport: streamable-http
Latest versioni: 1.0.0
Categoryi: Search & AI memory
Published to registryi: Nov 12, 2026
Code last changedi: Nov 12, 2026
Maker: askrobots
Repo: askrobots/askrobots-search-mcp
Website: search.askrobots.com
Registry status: Active

Which apps can use it

Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.

Connect over the internet in

Claude Goose LM Studio Msty Studio Cherry Studio Cursor VS Code + GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Windsurf (Devin Desktop)Zed Kiro Cline Continue JetBrains AI Assistant Claude Code Codex CLI Gemini CLI OpenCode nodecode Warp LibreChat Open WebUI Raycast

All apps, with pros and cons →

What it can do

The server asks you to sign in before it lists its tools.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 12, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified against the domain askrobots.com (the registry checks domain ownership)
✓ Pass
Still maintained
Code last changed today
✓ Pass
Has a licence
Uses MIT
✓ Pass
Endpoint responds
Responded in 97 ms (HTTP 401)
✓ Pass
Sign-in with OAuth
Declares OAuth sign-in, so your AI app can take you to log in
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Discussion

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User reviews

No reviews yet

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 5958 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 100% of the other 5958 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5958 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is AskRobots Search safe?

It passed 5 of 5 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: X-API-Key

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs in the maker’s cloud. Connect over the internet with nothing to install, but what you send passes through the maker’s servers.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed today, and the latest version (1.0.0) reached the registry today.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT Business and above.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Ruflo, Context7, Metabase

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README from the maker

Open the README

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AskRobots Search MCP server

Web search from an independent index, for AI agents. AskRobots Search has its own crawler and index; results come from that crawl, not a live fetch and not from another engine.

The server is hosted. This repository holds its listing for the MCP Registry (server.json) and these setup notes. The server's source is not public.

Endpoint: https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP. JSON answers only (no SSE stream), stateless.
Auth: an API key, sent as Authorization: Bearer or X-API-Key: .
Docs: https://search.askrobots.com/api, and the REST API's OpenAPI file at https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/openapi.json

Pricing

From https://search.askrobots.com/api:

$25 a month, including 500 searches. After that, $0.05 a search.
We email you the key, usually within a day. It is shown once; keep it out of code you publish.

The keyless trial (10 searches a day per address) is for the REST endpoint /api/search only. The MCP server always needs a key; without one it answers 401.

Tools

Seven tools, all read-only.

Tool	What it does
`search`	Web results with title, URL, snippet and why each matched, plus related searches; ten a page, with site, freshness, news, language and verbatim options, and optionally the best passages of the top results.
`answer`	Our stored AI summary of a search, with numbered sources to cite; the top results when there is none yet.
`page`	What we know about a URL, or up to 25: title, description, language, page type, when we fetched it, health, and how many sites link to it.
`site`	What we know about a website: topic, directory listing, pages indexed, linking sites, and flags (parked, blocklisted, adult, junk, in a link network).
`links`	The sites that link to a page or a site, most trusted first, with a link network counted once; up to 50 a call.
`read`	Our stored copy of a page: with a query, the passages that answer it; without, the outline and text in parts. Pages that refuse copies are refused.
`browse_directory`	Our directory of sites by topic, ranked by links from other listed sites.

Safe search is always on.

Set up

Put your key in an environment variable, here ASKROBOTS_API_KEY, rather than in a file you commit.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http askrobots-search https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp \

--header "Authorization: Bearer $ASKROBOTS_API_KEY"

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop's config file starts local servers, so connect through mcp-remote (needs Node.js). In claude_desktop_config.json:

"mcpServers": { "askrobots-search": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "mcp-remote", "https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp", "--header", "X-API-Key:${ASKROBOTS_API_KEY}" ], "env": { "ASKROBOTS_API_KEY": "YOUR_ASKROBOTS_API_KEY" } } } }

Cursor

In ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

"mcpServers": { "askrobots-search": { "url": "https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:ASKROBOTS_API_KEY}" } } } }

VS Code

In .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code asks for the key once and stores it securely:

"inputs": [ { "type": "promptString", "id": "askrobots-api-key", "description": "AskRobots API key", "password": true } ], "servers": { "askrobots-search": { "type": "http", "url": "https://search.askrobots.com/api/v1/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:askrobots-api-key}" } } } }

Other clients

Any client that speaks Streamable HTTP can connect: give it the endpoint and one of the two headers above.

Contact

dan@askrobots.com · https://search.askrobots.com/about

License

MIT, see LICENSE. The license covers this repository's files; the hosted service has its own terms: https://search.askrobots.com/terms

AskRobots Search

Overview

What you can do with it

Install

Sign up and create a AskRobots Search key

Open Claude’s Connectors page

Click “+ Add” → “Add custom connector” and fill in these 2 fields

Turn it on in a chat

Try it

What you can do instead

Sign up and create a AskRobots Search key

Open Terminal

Paste this command and press Enter

Type /mcp in Claude Code

Try it

Sign up and create a AskRobots Search key

Click this button to open Cursor

Fill in your key

Open the AI chat in Cursor in Agent mode

Try it

Sign up and create a AskRobots Search key

Click this button to open VS Code

Fill in your key

Open the AI chat in VS Code in Agent mode

Try it

Over the web

Values you fill in

At a glance

Which apps can use it

Related guides

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Discussion

User reviews

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Ruflo

Context7

Metabase

README from the maker

AskRobots Search MCP server

Pricing

Tools

Set up

Claude Code

Claude Desktop

Cursor

VS Code

Other clients

Contact

License