Connect your AI to web search with Web Search MCP
Search the web, discover relevant sources, retrieve current information, and give AI agents direct access to web results through the 2Captcha MCP Server.
Web Search MCP Server: Web search for AI agents
- Search the web from any MCP client
- Access fresh web results
- Retrieve relevant page content
- Built for AI agents and LLM workflows
Web Search MCP Server gives AI agents direct access to web search, allowing them to find relevant pages, retrieve fresh information, and collect web content through a single MCP server.
Your agent can use the Web Search MCP Server automatically when it needs current information, external sources, or additional context from the internet.
- Fast web results
- Works with any MCP client
- Search and retrieve pages
- Structured web content
- Single MCP server integration
How Web Search MCP Server works
Give your AI agent a search task. 2Captcha Web Search MCP Server searches the web, retrieves relevant pages, and returns useful results.
- Give your agent a search task
Ask your AI to find current information, research a topic, discover sources, or locate relevant pages.
- Run a web search
Web Search MCP Server sends the query to web search and finds the most relevant results.
- Retrieve relevant pages
The server opens selected results and collects the page content needed for the task.
- Extract useful information
Relevant text, links, and structured page data are processed and prepared for the agent.
- Get the result
Your agent receives search results and extracted web content and continues the workflow.
Connect Web Search MCP
Connect Web Search MCP through the 2Captcha MCP Server using the hosted server or run the official package locally.
Hosted MCP: Connect directly to the hosted 2Captcha MCP Server without installing or running your own server.
Local MCP: Run the official @2captcha/mcp package locally and use the parsing tool group for web search.
MCP clients: Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients.
Connect directly to the hosted 2Captcha MCP Server using your API key.
URL: https://mcp.2captcha.com/mcp
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKENConnect Claude Code directly to the hosted 2Captcha MCP Server.
claude mcp add --transport http 2captcha https://mcp.2captcha.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"Run the official @2captcha/mcp package locally with npx.
{
"mcpServers": {
"2captcha": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@2captcha/mcp"],
"env": {
"API_TOKEN": "YOUR_API_TOKEN",
"GROUPS": "parsing"
}
}
}
}Run the official @2captcha/mcp package locally with npx.
{
"mcpServers": {
"2captcha": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@2captcha/mcp"],
"env": {
"API_TOKEN": "YOUR_API_TOKEN",
"GROUPS": "parsing"
}
}
}
}Run the official @2captcha/mcp package locally with npx.
{
"servers": {
"2captcha": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@2captcha/mcp"],
"env": {
"API_TOKEN": "YOUR_API_TOKEN",
"GROUPS": "parsing"
}
}
}
}Search the web in real time
Give your AI agent access to current web results through Web Search MCP. Search by query, discover relevant pages, and retrieve useful sources for research and agent workflows.
Find relevant pages
Search the web and return ranked results with titles, URLs, and snippets.
Use fresh web information
Give your agent access to current external information when local context is not enough.
Turn search results into usable web data
Web Search MCP helps AI agents move from a search query to relevant sources and page content without switching between separate tools.
Discover sources
Find websites, articles, product pages, documentation, and other relevant URLs for a task.
Retrieve page content
Open selected results and collect the web content your agent needs for further analysis or extraction.
FAQ
What is Web Search MCP?
Web Search MCP gives AI agents access to web search through the 2Captcha MCP Server. It can return ranked organic results with titles, URLs, and snippets.
Which AI clients can I use with Web Search MCP?
It works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients.
Do I need to install anything?
No. You can connect directly to the hosted 2Captcha MCP Server or run the official @2captcha/mcp package locally with npx.
Which MCP tool is used for web search?
The search_web tool is used for search queries. It returns ranked web results including the title, URL, and snippet for each result.
Can Web Search MCP return current web information?
Yes. AI agents can use web search when they need information that is not available in their local context or training data.
Can I control how many search results are returned?
Yes. The search_web tool supports parameters such as result count, country, and search engine.
Can Web Search MCP open pages from the search results?
Yes. Search can be combined with scraping tools such as scrape_page to retrieve and process content from selected URLs.
Can it search by country?
Yes. The search tool supports a country parameter for location-specific search results.
Is Web Search MCP part of a separate MCP server?
No. Web search is provided through the main 2Captcha MCP Server as part of the parsing tool group.
