Desearch MCP server

What does Desearch need from you?

API key — Desearch API key from https://console.desearch.ai/api-keys

• DESEARCH_API_KEYrequiredsecretEnvironment variable

  Desearch API key from https://console.desearch.ai/api-keys

• x-api-keyoptionalsecretHTTP header

  Desearch API key. Send this header, or connect with OAuth and paste the key on the Desearch sign-in page. Discovery does not need a key.

Pass secrets through your shell environment rather than committing them into a config file.

What tools does Desearch expose? (14)

Taken from the project's README — the server itself was not queried, so check its docs for the exact schemas.

• people-searchstarts a paid job billed to the user's Desearch balance and returns a `task_id` at once. It is the only billed People Search call. It reserves `count` people at the platform's per-person price (`reserved_cost_usd`). When the search ends you
• people-search-pause, `people-search-resume`, and `people-search-cancel` pause, resume, or cancel it. A cancelled search bills only the people it already delivered.
• youtube`min_subscribers`, `max_subscribers`, `countries`, `require_contact`, `keywords`, `exclude_keywords`
• linkedin`min_followers`, `max_followers`, `countries`, `keywords`, `exclude_keywords`
• tiktok`min_followers`, `max_followers`, `require_contact`, `keywords`, `exclude_keywords`
• completion_reasonis one of `count_reached`, `rounds_exhausted`, `no_candidates`, `zero_qualified`, `candidate_budget`, `cost_limit`, `time_limit`, `cancelled`, or `failed`. It is left out while the search runs.
• coverage_limitedappears (as `true`) only when a budget stopped the search before it found `count` people. The status is still `completed`.
• warningslists what made part of the search less reliable. `partial_enrichment`: `failed` of `attempted` profiles could not be read after search, so those people were scored on the search hit and show `enrichment: "failed"` with `enrichment_error`.
• fully_verifiedis `true` when every criterion is confirmed by the person's own profile or posts. `unverified_criteria` lists up to five that are not: `(unknown)`, `(not met)`, or a disqualifier that `(applies)`. Both are information only: the person still
• company-searchor `company-enrich` starts a paid job billed to the user's Desearch balance and returns a `task_id` at once. Company Search reserves `count` companies at its per-company price, Company Enrich one company per domain sent at its own price (pr
• company-search-statusreturns the task's status, progress, cost, and a page of companies. Each company goes through stages: `profile` (its homepage, and the fit score), `contacts` (its contact, about, team, and imprint pages), `people` (its leaders), `email_patt
• company-search-pause, `company-search-resume`, and `company-search-cancel` pause, resume, or cancel it. `company-search-tasks` lists your tasks, filtered by `type` (`search` or `enrich`), `status`, or `metadata`.
• scoreis the fit score (0–100) for Company Search and `null` for Company Enrich. `why` and up to three `reasons` say why it matched; `fully_verified` and `unverified_criteria` say what the company's own pages confirm (information only: the compan
• primary_emailis never a `support`, `legal`, `careers`, `press`, or `other` address, and an inferred one only when `valid`. `primary_contact` is the leader to reach first, with why.

What the code can do

Read from the published package source — never executed. Parsed 23 of 23 source files.

This server can make network requests and read your environment variables.

• Makes network requestsOpens network connections or calls fetch, so data it handles can leave your machine and it can pull data in.
• Reads environment variablesReads process.env. That is how it picks up the API keys you configure — and it is not restricted to only those variables.

Before you install

Signals gathered from the source repo and package registry — not a safety verdict.

• Last commit today — Actively maintained.
• 1 GitHub stars — Very little community usage so far.

Maintenance, adoption, transparency and packaging — not a safety audit. How this is calculated

• Maintenance30%100%

  Last commit 0 days ago.

• Adoption20%9%

  1 stars.

• Transparency20%100%

  4/4: ✓ public source repo, ✓ declared license, ✓ documentation, ✓ discoverable tool list.

• Provenance15%100%

  Package and registry entry point at the same repository.

• Packaging15%100%

  Publishes a pinned version (0.6.0).

{
    "name": "web-search",
    "arguments": {
        "query": "latest news on AI"
    }
}

{
    "data": [
        {
            "title": "Example result",
            "link": "https://example.com/page",
            "snippet": "Short preview text."
        }
    ]
}

Excerpt — the full document is on GitHub.

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