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MCP.Pizza Chef: kagisearch

Two things become possible once it is set up: your assistant can run Kagi searches across the web, news, videos, podcasts and images, and it can pull any page down as clean, readable text. Kagi runs a hosted version at mcp.kagi.com, so there is nothing to install if your app can point at a web address; otherwise a short snippet and the uv tool get it running locally. A Kagi account key is required either way.

Web/Research

Use This MCP server To

Search the web and get answers with real sources Pull a long article down as clean readable text Find recent news on a topic without opening a browser Look up videos or podcasts on something I am researching Narrow a search to specific sites or a date range

README

Kagi MCP Server

An MCP server backed by the Kagi API. It exposes search and extraction tools to MCP-compatible clients.

Tools

  • kagi_search_fetch - web, news, videos, podcasts, and image search with optional page extracts, filters, and Kagi lenses.
  • kagi_extract - fetch a page's full content as markdown.

Note: The previous kagi_fastgpt and kagi_summarizer tools have been removed. Both are planned to return in a future release.

Hosted Server

We run a hosted MCP server at https://mcp.kagi.com/mcp — no install required. Point any HTTP-capable MCP client at it and authenticate with your Kagi API key.

OAuth2 isn't supported yet (it's on our roadmap), so for now grab your API key from the dashboard and pass it via Bearer HTTP authentication.

Example with Claude Code:

claude mcp add kagi https://mcp.kagi.com/mcp --transport http --header "Authorization: Bearer $(read -sp 'API key: ' k; echo $k)" --scope user

Prefer to run it yourself? See Client Setup for the local uvx install, or Self-Hosting to host the HTTP server on your own infrastructure.

Requirements

  • A Kagi API key in KAGI_API_KEY.
  • uv for the recommended uvx install path.

Install uv:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Windows:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Client Setup

kagimcp FAQ

Is this actively maintained?
Yes. It is Kagi's own project and was last updated in July 2026.
Can I use this to research a topic and cite sources?
Yes — it searches Kagi and can fetch each page in full, so your assistant quotes from the real text rather than guessing.
Do I need a paid Kagi account?
Yes. You need a Kagi account key from the Kagi dashboard, and searches are billed to that account.
Is there anything to install?
Not if you use Kagi's hosted version at mcp.kagi.com. Running it yourself needs the uv tool and a short settings snippet.
Which apps does it work in?
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Kiro, OpenCode and anything else that reads a standard MCP settings file.
What happened to the summariser?
The older quick-answer and summariser features were removed, and Kagi says both are planned to return in a later release.