SearxNG MCP Server for Cline¶

Build your own SearxNG¶

Install docker & docker-compose on your linux
Clone https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker

Edit .env

SEARXNG_HOSTNAME=www.hostname.domainname
LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=mailbox@example.com

Edit searxng/settings.yml

# see https://docs.searxng.org/admin/settings/settings.html#settings-use-default-settings
use_default_settings: true
server:
  # base_url is defined in the SEARXNG_BASE_URL environment variable, see .env and docker-compose.yml
  secret_key: "xxxx"  # change this!
  limiter: false  # can be disabled for a private instance
  image_proxy: true
ui:
  static_use_hash: true
redis:
  url: redis://redis:6379/0
search:
  # remove format to deny access, use lower case.
  # formats: [html, csv, json, rss]
  formats:
    - html
    - json # <-- MCP need this format

First time to start containers, need change docker-compose.yaml
```
searxng:
  ...
  # cap_drop:
  #   - ALL
  ...
```
Start docker for searxng, caddy, redis, etc.
```
docker-compose up -d
```
Add A record in route53 to point the public ip of EC2
- Open 80, 443 port for this EC2
Access your www.hostname.domainname

MCP for SearxNG¶

you need node 20/22 on you laptop (nodejs-cmd)
clone https://github.com/ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng
build it
```
npm run build
ls ./dist/index.js
```

MCP settings in Cline

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng": {
      "timeout": 60,
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/full/path/to/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "https://www.hostname.domainname"
      },
      "transportType": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

Refer¶

https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation-searxng.html#configuration

what is mcp¶

compare to traditional¶

workflow¶

another sample¶

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searxng": {
      "timeout": 60,
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-searxng"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARXNG_URL": "https://www.hostname.domainname"
      },
      "transportType": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

blog¶

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/harness-the-power-of-mcp-servers-with-amazon-bedrock-agents/