An MCP server integrating the Cloudsway Smart Search API, providing web search functionality for MCP clients.

• Web search with pagination, language, freshness and site filtering
• Structured JSON output suitable for downstream processing
• MCP-compatible server configuration and deployment

Performs web search and returns structured results.

Input parameters:

• query (string, required): Search keywords (cannot be empty)
• count (int, optional): Number of results to return. Default: 10. Accepted values: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. Max: 50.
• offset (int, optional): Zero-based offset for pagination. Default: 0.
• setLang (string, optional): Language code for results (recommended 4-letter codes like en-US). Default: en.
• freshness (string, optional): Time filter: Day, Week, Month, or a date range like 2023-02-01..2023-05-30.
• sites (string, optional): Restrict results to a host (e.g., github.com).

Successful response (JSON):

{
  "queryContext": { "originalQuery": "your search query" },
  "webPages": {
    "value": [
      {
        "name": "Page Title",
        "url": "https://example.com/page",
        "displayUrl": "https://example.com/page",
        "snippet": "Description of the page content...",
        "datePublished": "2025-07-14T00:00:00.0000000",
        "dateLastCrawled": "2025-07-15T02:48:00.0000000Z",
        "siteName": "Example Website",
        "thumbnailUrl": "https://example.com/thumbnail.jpg",
        "score": 0.95
      }
    ]
  }
}

Key fields:

• queryContext.originalQuery: the submitted query
• webPages.value[]: list of result items with name, url, snippet, datePublished, dateLastCrawled, siteName, thumbnailUrl, score

Common HTTP status codes:

• 200 — success
• 429 — rate limit exceeded (QPS limit reached)

For higher QPS or account issues, contact Cloudsway support.

1. Register and obtain Endpoint and AccessKey at: https://console.cloudsway.ai
2. Combine them as: {Endpoint}-{AccessKey}

Set the combined key in your deployment environment as:

export SERVER_KEY="endpoint-accesskey"

Use SERVER_KEY in MCP deployment configuration.

• Entry file: src/smartsearch/smartsearch.py
• Ensure SERVER_KEY environment variable is provided to the running process.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smartsearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cloudsway-ai/smartsearch"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERVER_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}