DeepSift Search

Name: DeepSift Search
Author: pavanmulka

by pavanmulkaversion 0.1.0i★ –iRuns in the cloud

Registry nameio.github.pavanmulka/deepsift-search

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Live Google web search for AI agents that returns only the passages that answer the question.

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UsageiNot measured yet★ –

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: Authorization

Install

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

Before you install

Basic checks: 2 of 3 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
You fill in yourself: Authorization

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http deepsift-search https://aadstra--deepsift-search.apify.actor/mcp --header 'Authorization: your-value'

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepsift-search": {
      "url": "https://aadstra--deepsift-search.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "deepsift-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://aadstra--deepsift-search.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This address needs a key in a request header, which the add-connector menu cannot set. Use Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code instead.

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

Values you fill in

Authorization secret required HTTP header
Bearer followed by your Apify API token (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations)

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

What it can do

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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 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account pavanmulka, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
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✓ Pass
Endpoint responds
Responded in 120 ms (HTTP 401)
! Caution
Sign-in with OAuth
Needs a key or token that you copy and paste yourself
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 7277 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 94% of the other 7277 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 40% of the other 7277 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 DeepSift Search safe?

It passed 2 of 3 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: Authorization

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 –, and the latest version (0.1.0) reached the registry 2 days ago.

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 in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Context7, Codebase Memory, Exa

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README from the maker

Open the README

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DeepSift

A free, self-hosted alternative to Tavily for Claude Code. Ask one question; DeepSift searches the web, reads every page, and hands back only the paragraphs that matter. It runs on your laptop and uses the Claude subscription you already pay for.

Tavily is a paid web search API built for AI agents. You send one question; it searches the web, opens the best pages, cuts out the passages that answer the question, and sends it all back in one tidy reply. That's great, but every call costs credits.

DeepSift does the same job on your own computer, in three steps:

Find the right websites, using Claude's web search on your existing Claude subscription (with free DuckDuckGo as a backup).
Read every page itself: HTML and PDFs, with menus, ads and clutter stripped out.
Pick the passages that best match your question, and give them back in one reply.

No per-call bill, no API key to buy.

Don't want to run it yourself? Use DeepSift Search on Apify

[DeepSift Search](https://apify.com/aadstra/deepsift-search) is the hosted version: Google and Yahoo results, the same passage picking, nothing to install, and it works for apps and teams, not just your own laptop.

Tavily drop-in: same /search, /extract, /crawl and /map requests and responses. Change one line:

  from tavily import TavilyClient

client = TavilyClient(api_key=" ", api_base_url="https://aadstra--deepsift-search.apify.actor")

MCP server for Claude, Cursor and others: https://aadstra--deepsift-search.apify.actor/mcp with your Apify token as a Bearer header.
Claude Code plugin: /plugin marketplace add pavanmulka/deepsift, then /plugin install deepsift-search@deepsift. Claude Code asks for your Apify token once.
Pay per use, no subscription: $4 per 1,000 searches, $1 per 1,000 pages read. Failed requests are free, and a free Apify account includes $5 of credit every month.

The Apify version lives in .actor/ and deepsift/actor.py; it never uses your Claude subscription.

What Claude Code gets

After installing, every Claude Code session has these tools:

Tool	What you'd ask	What it does
`web_search`	"web_search Databricks Unity Catalog pricing"	One topic → many websites → the best passages from each, in one reply
`web_read`	"read these 3 pages and focus on pricing"	Full text of up to 20 pages or PDFs, or only the parts about a topic
`web_map`	"list all pages on docs.example.com"	A site's page addresses
`web_crawl`	"read the pricing pages on example.com"	Reads many pages of one site, keeps the relevant ones
`web_research`	"research the top 5 vector databases with sources"	A multi-search investigation that returns a written report with numbered sources (takes minutes)

The same abilities work from any terminal:

deepsift search "Databricks Unity Catalog pricing" --advanced

deepsift read https://example.com/page --focus "pricing" deepsift map https://docs.example.com deepsift crawl https://docs.example.com --instructions "pricing" deepsift research "Which vector databases support hybrid search?"

Install (about 1 minute)

You need a Mac or Linux computer with Claude Code and Python 3.10+.

git clone https://github.com/pavanmulka/deepsift.git

cd deepsift ./install.sh claude auth login # only if you aren't signed in to Claude Code's command line yet

Open a new Claude Code session and ask it to use web_search. That's it.

./uninstall.sh removes it from Claude Code again.

How it compares to Tavily

	Tavily	DeepSift
Cost	Pay per credit	Free (uses your Claude plan)
Speed per search	1–2 s	~10–30 s through Claude; ~1–3 s on the DuckDuckGo backup
Search, extract, crawl, map, research	✓	✓
Same request/response format	—	✓ (optional local HTTP API, see below)
Runs where	Their servers	Your laptop

Limits, honestly:

Searches through Claude count toward your Claude plan's usage limits (3 at a time at most). Repeat searches within 24 h come from a local cache.
DuckDuckGo pauses you after a burst of quick searches; the tool then rests it for 15 minutes.
Pages that only show their text after JavaScript runs come back thin.
It's meant for your own personal use with your own Claude subscription. To power an app for other people, use a proper paid API.

Optional: a local Tavily-compatible API

./run.sh starts an HTTP server on 127.0.0.1:8787 with Tavily's paths and fields (/search, /extract, /crawl, /map, /research, GET /research/{id}, /usage). Code written for Tavily can point its base URL there. Every reply reports usage.credits: 0.

Settings

Copy .env.example to .env to change engines, models, cache time, or set an API key for the HTTP server.

How it works

question ─► find sites (Claude WebSearch via `claude -p`, or DuckDuckGo)

─► download pages in parallel (httpx) ─► readable text (trafilatura, pypdf) ─► split into passages ─► rank by relevance to the question (BM25) ─► one reply

claude -p always runs on your subscription sign-in. ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is removed before it starts, so it never bills an API account by accident.

Tests

.venv/bin/python -m pytest -q tests

The tests run offline, using a stand-in for claude.

License

MIT

DeepSift Search

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

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

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

DeepSift

Don't want to run it yourself? Use DeepSift Search on Apify

What Claude Code gets

Install (about 1 minute)

How it compares to Tavily

Optional: a local Tavily-compatible API

Settings

How it works

Tests

License