Desearch

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Computer or cloud
• Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
• Category: Marketing & social media
• You need to fill in: DESEARCH_API_KEY, x-api-key

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "desearch-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DESEARCH_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http desearch https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp --header 'x-api-key: {desearch_api_key}'

claude mcp add desearch --env DESEARCH_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y desearch-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desearch": {
      "url": "https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "{desearch_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "desearch-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DESEARCH_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "desearch": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "{desearch_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "desearch": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "desearch-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DESEARCH_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

• DESEARCH_API_KEY secret required env
  Desearch API key from https://console.desearch.ai/api-keys
• x-api-key secret HTTP header
  Desearch API key. Send this header, or connect with OAuth and paste the key on the Desearch sign-in page. Discovery does not need a key.

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

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 6, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• ai-search

  AI search and analysis on web using Desearch AI

• x-search

  Search X (Twitter) using Desearch AI. Optional filters narrow by user, date, language, verification, media, and engagement. Sort stays Top.

• web-search

  SERP-style web search using Desearch. Returns ranked titles, links, and snippets.

• web-links-search

  Search the web for links using Desearch. Only the web source is accepted.

• x-links-search

  AI search for X (Twitter) post links using Desearch. Returns links from posts that match the prompt.

• x-posts-by-urls

  Fetch full X (Twitter) posts for a list of post URLs.

• x-post-by-id

  Fetch a single X (Twitter) post by its ID.

• x-posts-by-user

  Search X (Twitter) posts by a specific user, with an optional keyword query.

• x-post-retweeters

  List users who retweeted an X (Twitter) post. Pass cursor to page through more users.

• x-user-posts

  Retrieve a user's X (Twitter) timeline posts by username. Pass cursor to page through more posts.

• x-user-replies

  Fetch posts and replies by an X (Twitter) user, with an optional keyword query.

• x-post-replies

  Fetch replies to an X (Twitter) post, with an optional keyword query.

• extract

  Extract a public URL and return its content as plain text, markdown or HTML using Desearch. Markdown keeps headings, lists and tables. Text is the page's main content; set full_page for every section, such as opening hours or fee tables. A js_required error means the page needs j

• web-crawl

  Crawl a public URL and return its content as plain text or HTML on the legacy Desearch /web/crawl route. The SDK marks webCrawl deprecated in favor of extract; this tool stays for parity with that route. Prefer extract for new integrations. API docs: https://www.desearch.ai/docs/

• x-trends

  Retrieve trending topics on X (Twitter) for a location by its WOEID using Desearch.

• search-api

  Search the web with the Desearch Search API and return ranked pages, each with its title, URL, publication date when known, and the passage that best matches the query. Set page_text to add each page's full text. Returns { results, cost_usd, usage_count, service, currency }. Use

• tiktok

  Read public TikTok data with Desearch. Set action and that action's arguments. search (query; optional count, sort, cursor): videos that match a keyword. post (id): one video by its ID. profile (username): one profile. profile_posts (username; optional count, cursor): a user's vi

• facebook

  Read public Facebook data with Desearch. Set action and that action's arguments. search (query; optional count, cursor) and hashtag (tag; optional count, cursor) return Meta Ad Library ads that match, not organic posts. post (id): one public post. profile (profile_id): a page or

• instagram

  Read public Instagram data with Desearch. Set action and that action's arguments. search (query; optional count): profiles that match, one page with no cursor. media (id): one post by shortcode, numeric ID, or URL. profile (username): one profile. profile_posts (username; optiona

• youtube

  Read public YouTube data with Desearch. Set action and that action's arguments. search (query; optional type, upload_date, sort_by, duration, cursor): videos, Shorts, live streams, channels, and playlists that match a keyword; each result has a type. video (id): one video or Shor

• reddit

  Read public Reddit data with Desearch. Set action and that action's arguments. search (query; optional sort, timeframe, cursor): posts across all subreddits that match a keyword. subreddit (name): a subreddit's description, rules, and weekly activity; the name is case-sensitive (

• threads

  Read public Threads data with Desearch. Set action and that action's arguments. search (query; optional start_date, end_date): one page of posts that match a keyword. search_users (query): accounts that match a username or name. profile (username): one profile with bio, followers

• search

  Search the public web and return titles and links. Use fetch with a result URL to read the page.

• fetch

  Read a public page as text. Pass a URL returned by search.

• people-search

  Start a paid job billed to the user's Desearch balance: find people on X, YouTube, LinkedIn, or TikTok who match a plain-language description. Returns a task_id at once, with the task's status and reserved_cost_usd. Cost: the call reserves count times the platform's per-person pr

• people-search-status

  Status, progress, and cost of one People Search task, plus a page of the people found so far: name, handle, url, platform, audience, location, fit score, why they matched, contacts, and links. Free: it reads a search you already started and runs no new search. Cost fields are res

• people-search-pause

  Pause a People Search task and return its updated status. Free: it charges and refunds nothing. A queued search pauses at once; a running one finishes its current batch first (status pausing, then paused). Pausing loses no data: the people found so far stay readable with people-s

• people-search-resume

  Resume a paused People Search task and return its updated status. Free. The search continues from where it stopped, keeping the people already found, with no new charge: the cost already spent is carried forward and the original reservation still covers it. Works only on a paused

• people-search-cancel

  Cancel a People Search task. Free. The search stops for good; you pay only for the people it already delivered and the rest of the reservation is returned. People found so far stay readable for 30 days. This cannot be undone.

• people-search-tasks

  Your People Search tasks, newest first, with status, counts, cost, why each ended search stopped (completion_reason, coverage_limited), and the metadata labels set on people-search. Free; it lists your own tasks, not the people they found (read those with people-search-status or

• people-profiles

  Everyone your own People Searches found on one platform, one entry per person: their best-scoring result (name, handle, url, audience, location, fit score, why they matched, public contacts, and links) and the search that found them (found_by). Free: it reads only people your ear

• people-search-export

  The people your own People Searches found, as CSV or JSON Lines text: one search (task_id), or everyone found on one platform (platform, with the same q, sort, and filters as people-profiles). Free: it reads people your earlier searches found and runs no new search. The reply is

• company-search

  Start a paid job billed to the user's Desearch balance: find companies on the web that match a plain-language description, and collect each one's public contact data. Returns a task_id at once, with the task's status and reserved_cost_usd. Cost: without max_cost_usd, the call res

• company-enrich

  Start a paid job billed to the user's Desearch balance: collect public contact data for companies you already know, by domain. Send 1-200 domains or URLs; each is reduced to its host without www., lowercased, and deduplicated, and the task reads every one. Returns a task_id at on

• company-search-status

  Status, progress, and cost of one Company Search or Company Enrich task, plus a page of the companies delivered so far: domain, name, url, location, fit score (null for Company Enrich) and why it matched, primary_email and primary_contact, public emails, phones, and social profil

• company-search-pause

  Pause a Company Search or Company Enrich task and return its updated status. Free: it charges and refunds nothing. A queued task pauses at once; a running one finishes its current batch first (status pausing, then paused). Pausing loses no data: the companies delivered so far sta

• company-search-resume

  Resume a paused Company Search or Company Enrich task and return its updated status. Free. The task continues from where it stopped, keeping the companies already delivered, with no new charge. Works only on a paused task, within 7 days of pausing; a task in any other state, incl

• company-search-cancel

  Cancel a Company Search or Company Enrich task. Free. The task stops for good; you pay only for the companies it already delivered (a task cancelled before it starts costs nothing) and the rest of the reservation is returned. A Company Search started with max_cost_usd pays for it

• company-search-tasks

  Your Company Search and Company Enrich tasks, newest first, with status, counts, cost, why each ended task stopped (completion_reason, coverage_limited), max_cost_usd and continue_from when a search set them, and the metadata labels set on company-search or company-enrich. Free;

Basic checksi

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• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Desearch-ai, which owns the repo

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 238 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 39 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

• More stars than 0% of the other 2984 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 94% of the other 2984 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 2984 servers in this category

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