Desearch MCP Server

About Desearch

AI search, X search and web search for AI agents, plus page extraction and X data tools. Bring your own Desearch API key.

Desearch tools (22)

Read from the live server on Oct 27, 2026. These are the tools your AI assistant can call once connected.

ai-search

AI search and analysis on web using Desearch AI

x-search

Search X (Twitter) using Desearch AI. Optional filters narrow by user, date, language, verification, media, and engagement. Sort stays Top.

web-search

SERP-style web search using Desearch. Returns ranked titles, links, and snippets.

web-links-search

Search the web for links using Desearch. Only the web source is accepted.

x-links-search

AI search for X (Twitter) post links using Desearch. Returns links from posts that match the prompt.

x-posts-by-urls

Fetch full X (Twitter) posts for a list of post URLs.

x-post-by-id

Fetch a single X (Twitter) post by its ID.

x-posts-by-user

Search X (Twitter) posts by a specific user, with an optional keyword query.

x-post-retweeters

List users who retweeted an X (Twitter) post. Pass cursor to page through more users.

x-user-posts

Retrieve a user's X (Twitter) timeline posts by username. Pass cursor to page through more posts.

x-user-replies

Fetch posts and replies by an X (Twitter) user, with an optional keyword query.

x-post-replies

Fetch replies to an X (Twitter) post, with an optional keyword query.

extract

Extract a public URL and return its content as plain text or HTML using Desearch. Preferred over web-crawl for new integrations. API docs: https://www.desearch.ai/docs/api-reference/get-web-extract

web-crawl

Crawl a public URL and return its content as plain text or HTML on the legacy Desearch /web/crawl route. The SDK marks webCrawl deprecated in favor of extract; this tool stays for parity with that route. Prefer extract for new integrations.

x-trends

Retrieve trending topics on X (Twitter) for a location by its WOEID using Desearch.

search

Search the public web and return titles and links. Use fetch with a result URL to read the page.

fetch

Read a public page as text. Pass a URL returned by search.

people-search

Start a paid job billed to the user's Desearch balance: find people on X, YouTube, LinkedIn, or TikTok who match a plain-language description. Each person comes back with a fit score, why they matched, their audience, and public contacts an

people-search-status

Status, progress, and cost of one People Search task, plus a page of the people found so far: name, handle, url, platform, audience, location, fit score, why they matched, contacts, and links. Free. People arrive while the search runs: pass

people-search-control

Pause, resume, or cancel a People Search task. Free. pause: a queued search pauses at once; a running one finishes its current batch first (status pausing, then paused). A search paused for more than 7 days is cancelled. resume: continues a

people-search-tasks

Your People Search tasks, newest first, with status, counts, cost, why each ended search stopped (completion_reason, coverage_limited), and the metadata labels set on people-search. Free. Use it to find a task_id (filter by metadata to find

people-profiles

Everyone your People Searches found on one platform, one entry per person: their best-scoring result and the search that found them (found_by). Free; it does not run a new search. Search by name, handle, bio, or location with q, filter by c

How to connect Desearch to Claude, Cursor or VS Code

Desearch runs as a hosted remote MCP server at https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp. Add that URL to your MCP client's config (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code) and the tools appear immediately, no install required.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "desearch": {
      "url": "https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http desearch https://mcp.desearch.ai/mcp. Servers that require OAuth or an API key will prompt on first use.