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MCP.Pizza Chef: youdotcom-oss

This open-source server adds You.com's live web search and research tools to your AI assistant in apps like Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf. You can ask your AI to find and summarize current web information without needing an API key for the free tier. Setup only requires adding a small config snippet to your existing app, making it easy to enhance your AI with fresh web data.

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Web/Research

Use This MCP server To

Search the web for the latest news from my AI assistant Get real-time research results inside Claude Desktop Fetch up-to-date web content in VS Code AI workflows Summarize recent web articles without leaving my editor Ask my AI assistant questions using live web data Add You.com search tools to Cursor or Windsurf AI apps

README

You.com for AI agents

Add real-time web search, research, and content extraction to any agent. Hosted MCP server, free tier with no API key, plus first-party plugins for the Vercel AI SDK and LangChain.

// Add this to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.)
// Free tier — no API key, no signup.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@youdotcom-oss/mcp"],
      "env": { "YDC_PROFILE": "free" }
    }
  }
}

If your client supports remote MCP, point it at https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free directly — no local process needed.

Why You.com

  • Real web index — backed by You.com's production search infrastructure, not a scraper.
  • Free tier, no signup — ?profile=free exposes you-search to any MCP client with zero auth.
  • Listed in the official MCP registry as io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp.
  • Works with every major agent stack — Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain.
  • One hosted endpoint — all packages here are thin clients over https://api.you.com/mcp.

Quick start

Every snippet below works against the free tier. To unlock you-research and you-contents, drop the YDC_PROFILE line and set YDC_API_KEY to a key from you.com/platform/api-keys. you-finance is opt-in — pass ?tools=you-finance on the URL or set YDC_ALLOWED_TOOLS=you-finance.

Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "you": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@youdotcom-oss/mcp"],
      "env": { "YDC_PROFILE": "free" }
    }
  }
}

Authenticated (all default tools):

dx-toolkit FAQ

Can I use this to search the web from Claude Desktop?
Yes — once configured, you can ask Claude Desktop to perform real-time web searches using You.com's AI capabilities without coding.
Can I use this to add real-time web research to VS Code?
Yes — by adding the server to your VS Code MCP config, your AI assistant can fetch up-to-date web info.
Does this require an API key or account?
No for the free tier — you can use it without signup or API key. For advanced features, you can get a free API key from you.com.
How hard is it to set up?
Setup is copy-paste-config — just add a small snippet to your app's MCP settings, no programming needed.
Which apps support this server?
It works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible client supporting remote or local servers.
Can I use this with other AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, or Gemini?
Yes — it integrates with major AI assistants supporting MCP, including Claude, Cursor, and others.