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Free-first Chinese and English web search MCP using zero-key sources and inspectable evidence.

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Install agent search mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "brave-api-key",
      "description": "BRAVE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tavily-api-key",
      "description": "TAVILY_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "exa-api-key",
      "description": "EXA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "ydc-api-key",
      "description": "YDC_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tencent-wsa-api-key",
      "description": "TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "bocha-api-key",
      "description": "BOCHA_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "serper-api-key",
      "description": "SERPER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "search-provider-mode",
      "description": "SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "paid-engine-order",
      "description": "PAID_ENGINE_ORDER",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "agent-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "agent-search-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "${input:brave-api-key}",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "${input:tavily-api-key}",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "${input:exa-api-key}",
        "YDC_API_KEY": "${input:ydc-api-key}",
        "TENCENT_WSA_API_KEY": "${input:tencent-wsa-api-key}",
        "BOCHA_API_KEY": "${input:bocha-api-key}",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "${input:serper-api-key}",
        "SEARCH_PROVIDER_MODE": "${input:search-provider-mode}",
        "PAID_ENGINE_ORDER": "${input:paid-engine-order}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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