You.com Web Access & AI
by youdotcom-osscommunityv2.1.1
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An MCP server for You.com that provides web/news search, cited research answers, and web page content extraction. It can be used directly as a hosted HTTP MCP endpoint or through a local STDIO bridge that forwards to the remote service.
From the registry: Web search, AI agent, and content extraction via You.com APIs
Install & configure
Prerequisites
- optionalGet a You.com API keyCreate a You.com API key for authenticated access. Search can work without an API key on the free tier (rate-limited by IP), but the contents and research tools require an API key.https://you.com/platform/api-keys
- optionalInstall Node.js or Bun (STDIO bridge only)Required only if you use the local STDIO bridge via the npm package.
Install in your client
Paste into the AI you're chatting with — it will figure out the rest
Please install the `mcp-youdotcomoss` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).
Optional prerequisites:
- Get a You.com API key — Create a You.com API key for authenticated access. Search can work without an API key on the free tier (rate-limited by IP), but the contents and research tools require an API key. (https://you.com/platform/api-keys)
- Install Node.js or Bun (STDIO bridge only) — Required only if you use the local STDIO bridge via the npm package.
Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `npx`
- args: ["@youdotcom-oss/mcp"]
- optional environment variables:
- `YDC_API_KEY`: You.com API key for authenticated access. Optional for free-tier search-only usage; required if you want to use contents or research tools. (example: `<your-api-key>`)
- `MCP_SERVER_URL`: Overrides the remote MCP server URL used by the STDIO bridge. (example: `<your-mcp-server-url>`)
Note: Remote HTTP server is the recommended setup. The npm package is a local STDIO bridge to the same hosted service. Free-tier unauthenticated usage is available for search only; authenticated access is required for contents and research tools.
Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.Note: Remote HTTP server is the recommended setup. The npm package is a local STDIO bridge to the same hosted service. Free-tier unauthenticated usage is available for search only; authenticated access is required for contents and research tools.
Tools (3)
you-search
Performs comprehensive web and news search with filtering by site, file type, language, exact terms, and excluded terms.
you-research
Returns comprehensive answers with cited sources for deeper research, with configurable effort levels.
you-contents
Extracts full page content from URLs in markdown, HTML, or structured metadata formats.
Environment variables
YDC_API_KEYAPI key used by the local STDIO bridge for authentication; optional for free-tier search-only usage.MCP_SERVER_URLOverrides the default remote MCP server URL.Packages
@youdotcom-oss/mcp
npmv2.1.1transport: stdio
Remote Endpoints
https://api.you.com/mcp
type: streamable-http
Details
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Released
- Mar 5, 2026
- Last commit
- May 5, 2026
- Registry name
- io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp