search_mcp_server
Search MCP Server
Documentation
parquet_mcp_server
A powerful MCP (Model Control Protocol) server that provides tools for performing web searches and finding similar content. This server is designed to work with Claude Desktop and offers two main functionalities:
1. Web Search: Perform a web search and scrape results
2. Similarity Search: Extract relevant information from previous searches
This server is particularly useful for:
- Applications requiring web search capabilities
- Projects needing to find similar content based on search queries
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Parquet MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @DeepSpringAI/parquet_mcp_server --client claudeClone this repository
git clone ...
cd parquet_mcp_serverCreate and activate virtual environment
uv venv
.venv\Scripts\activate # On Windows
source .venv/bin/activate # On macOS/LinuxInstall the package
uv pip install -e .Environment
Create a `.env` file with the following variables:
EMBEDDING_URL=http://sample-url.com/api/embed # URL for the embedding service
OLLAMA_URL=http://sample-url.com/ # URL for Ollama server
EMBEDDING_MODEL=sample-model # Model to use for generating embeddings
SEARCHAPI_API_KEY=your_searchapi_api_key
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your_firecrawl_api_key
VOYAGE_API_KEY=your_voyage_api_key
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=http://sample-url.com/azure_openai
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=your_azure_openai_api_keyUsage with Claude Desktop
Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration file (`claude_desktop_config.json`):
{
"mcpServers": {
"parquet-mcp-server": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/home/${USER}/workspace/parquet_mcp_server/src/parquet_mcp_server",
"run",
"main.py"
]
}
}
}Available Tools
The server provides two main tools:
1. Search Web: Perform a web search and scrape results
2. Extract Info from Search: Extract relevant information from previous searches
Example Prompts
Here are some example prompts you can use with the agent:
For Web Search:
"Please perform a web search for 'macbook' and 'laptop' and scrape the results from page 1"For Extracting Info from Search:
"Please extract relevant information from the previous searches for 'macbook'"Testing the MCP Server
The project includes a comprehensive test suite in the `src/tests` directory. You can run all tests using:
python src/tests/run_tests.pyOr run individual tests:
# Test Web Search
python src/tests/test_search_web.py
# Test Extract Info from Search
python src/tests/test_extract_info_from_search.pyYou can also test the server using the client directly:
from parquet_mcp_server.client import (
perform_search_and_scrape, # New web search function
find_similar_chunks # New extract info function
)
# Perform a web search
perform_search_and_scrape(["macbook", "laptop"], page_number=1)
# Extract information from the search results
find_similar_chunks(["macbook"])Troubleshooting
1. If you get SSL verification errors, make sure the SSL settings in your `.env` file are correct
2. If embeddings are not generated, check:
3. If DuckDB conversion fails, check:
4. If PostgreSQL conversion fails, check:
PostgreSQL Function for Vector Similarity Search
To perform vector similarity searches in PostgreSQL, you can use the following function:
-- Create the function for vector similarity search
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION match_web_search(
query_embedding vector(1024), -- Adjusted vector size
match_threshold float,
match_count int -- User-defined limit for number of results
)
RETURNS TABLE (
id bigint,
metadata jsonb,
text TEXT, -- Added text column to the result
date TIMESTAMP, -- Using the date column instead of created_at
similarity float
)
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
BEGIN
RETURN QUERY
SELECT
web_search.id,
web_search.metadata,
web_search.text, -- Returning the full text of the chunk
web_search.date, -- Returning the date timestamp
1 - (web_search.embedding query_embedding) as similarity
FROM web_search
WHERE 1 - (web_search.embedding query_embedding) > match_threshold
ORDER BY web_search.date DESC, -- Sort by date in descending order (newest first)
web_search.embedding query_embedding -- Sort by similarity
LIMIT match_count; -- Limit the results to the match_count specified by the user
END;
$$;This function allows you to perform similarity searches on vector embeddings stored in a PostgreSQL database, returning results that meet a specified similarity threshold and limiting the number of results based on user input. The results are sorted by date and similarity.
Postgres table creation
CREATE TABLE web_search (
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
text TEXT,
metadata JSONB,
embedding VECTOR(1024),
-- This will be auto-updated
date TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW()
);Frequently asked questions
What is search_mcp_server?
search_mcp_server is Search MCP Server
How do I install search_mcp_server?
Open the GitHub repository and follow its README. Most MCP servers are added to your client's MCP config, then called by your agent.
Is search_mcp_server open source?
Yes — it is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/DeepSpringAI/search_mcp_server and has 2 stars.
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