SearchForge for VS Code
io.github.divyanshu-iitian/searchforge
Free open-source web search and page reading for LLMs, AI agents, and RAG.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:oci
Install SearchForge in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "searchforge-searxng-url",
"description": "SEARCHFORGE_SEARXNG_URL",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "github-token",
"description": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "crossref-mailto",
"description": "CROSSREF_MAILTO",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "brave-search-api-key",
"description": "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"searchforge": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/divyanshu-iitian/searchforge-mcp:0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"SEARCHFORGE_SEARXNG_URL": "${input:searchforge-searxng-url}",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "${input:github-token}",
"CROSSREF_MAILTO": "${input:crossref-mailto}",
"BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "${input:brave-search-api-key}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs