Mini Search▌
by rebers
Mini Search offers a lightweight google web search api solution, connecting effortlessly to OpenAI or OpenRouter.ai sear
Provides web search capabilities through a lightweight server that connects to OpenAI's or OpenRouter.ai's search-enabled models with minimal setup requirements.
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best for
- / AI applications needing current web information
- / Developers building search-powered chatbots
- / Quick web search integration for AI workflows
capabilities
- / Search the web through AI models
- / Connect to OpenAI's search-enabled models
- / Connect to OpenRouter.ai search models
- / Perform web searches with minimal setup
what it does
A lightweight server that adds web search capabilities to AI models through OpenAI or OpenRouter.ai with minimal configuration required.
about
Mini Search is a community-built MCP server published by rebers that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Mini Search offers a lightweight google web search api solution, connecting effortlessly to OpenAI or OpenRouter.ai sear It is categorized under search web.
how to install
You can install Mini Search in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
license
MIT
Mini Search is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
readme
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Open GitHub repositoryFAQ
- What is the Mini Search MCP server?
- Mini Search is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for Mini Search?
- This profile displays 49 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.4 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
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Ratings
4.4★★★★★49 reviews- ★★★★★Min Okafor· Dec 24, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Mini Search is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Alexander Abbas· Dec 20, 2024
Mini Search has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Min Mensah· Dec 16, 2024
Strong directory entry: Mini Search surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Dhruvi Jain· Dec 12, 2024
Mini Search is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Zara Verma· Dec 4, 2024
According to our notes, Mini Search benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Nov 27, 2024
Mini Search has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Aarav Thompson· Nov 23, 2024
According to our notes, Mini Search benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★Emma Jackson· Nov 15, 2024
Mini Search is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Jin Flores· Nov 7, 2024
Mini Search is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
- ★★★★★Oshnikdeep· Nov 3, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Mini Search is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
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