DeepSeek Search Fetch MCP

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An MCP server that exposes DeepSeek Search API and Fetch API as two tools for AI agents. AI agents can fetch the latest information from the web, filter results by site, language, and date, and then get content from specified websites in Markdown format, all without leaving the MCP workflow.

Features

• Safe inputs: validate parameters before sending upstream requests
• MCP over stdio: run directly with uvx and integrate with any MCP-compatible client
• ds_web_search: search the current web through the DeepSeek Search API
• ds_web_fetch: fetch public HTTP/HTTPS pages through the DeepSeek Fetch API

MCP Client Configuration

Prerequisites

• Need to install uv
• Python 3.11 or later
• A DeepSeek API key

Minimal configuration

This template uses the API key only. The timeout and all Search env fall back to their defaults.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepseek-search-fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["deepseek-search-fetch-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "sk-**********"
      }
    }
  }
}

Full configuration

This template includes every supported environment variable. Optional values can be removed or changed for your search policy. For descriptions of each environment variable, see the Environment Variables section.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepseek-search-fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["deepseek-search-fetch-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "sk-**********",
        "DEEPSEEK_API_TIMEOUT": "30",
        "DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_COUNT": "20",
        "DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_LOCALIZATION": "18.8.8.8",
        "DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_NEED_CONTENT": "false",
        "DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_LANG": "zh,en",
        "DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_EXCLUDE_WORDS": "word1|word2",
        "DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_EXCLUDE_SITES": "csdn.net|baidu.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

DeepSeek Harness (DSH)

There is no need to use this MCP; DSH provides the built-in @deepseek-ai/dsh-web-search-deepseek plugin.

If you are using a third-party model, you need to add

DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=sk-********************

to the refs field in the $DSH_HOME/.credentials.yaml file and then restart DSH; this will enable the third-party model to use dsh-web-search-deepseek.

ChatGPT Desktop (Codex)

Zcode

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY	Yes	-	DeepSeek API key. It must match ^sk-[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
DEEPSEEK_API_TIMEOUT	No	30	Request timeout in seconds. Must be greater than 0. Requests are not retried
DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_COUNT	No	10	Default result count for ds_web_search, from 1 to 50. The tool parameter takes precedence
DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_LOCALIZATION	No	-	Globally routable unicast IPv4 address passed to the Search API for result localization. Usually unnecessary
DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_NEED_CONTENT	No	-	Whether the Search API should include page content in results. Accepts true, 1, false, or 0, case-insensitively. Not recommended because it can consume substantial context
DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_LANG	No	-	Default language restriction as comma-separated ISO 639-1 codes, such as zh,en. The lang tool parameter takes precedence
DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_EXCLUDE_WORDS	No	-	Global word blacklist separated by |. Each word is added as an excluded phrase and cannot contain double quotes or control characters. Not commonly used; use no more than 3 words because they consume the 128-character query limit
DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_EXCLUDE_SITES	No	-	Global domain blacklist separated by |. Each entry must be a valid bare domain and is added as an excluded site. Use no more than 3 sites because they consume the 128-character query limit

Empty optional variables are ignored. A non-empty value is validated when the server starts, and invalid configuration causes the server to exit instead of accepting requests.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
ds_web_search	Find relevant pages with optional site, language, date, and result-count filters
ds_web_fetch	Read a known public URL as agent-friendly content

ds_web_search

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
query	Yes	string	Search terms. Up to 100 characters. Wrap a phrase in double quotes for an exact match
ori_question	No	string	Original user question, up to 128 characters, used to clarify search intent
count	No	integer	Number of results, from 1 to 50. Overrides DEEPSEEK_SEARCH_COUNT; otherwise the API default is 10
sites	No	string[]	Restrict results to bare domains such as github.com. Do not include schemes, paths, or wildcards
lang	No	string[]	Restrict results with ISO 639-1 codes such as ["zh", "en"]. An empty list disables the environment default for that call
after	No	date	Include results after this YYYY-MM-DD date
before	No	date	Include results before this YYYY-MM-DD date. after must not be later than before

The server converts sites, lang, after, before, and the configured exclusions into DeepSeek search syntax. The final query, including generated filters, must be no longer than 128 characters.

ds_web_fetch

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
url	Yes	string	Public HTTP or HTTPS URL, up to 8192 characters

The URL must have a host, must not contain credentials or whitespace, and must not target localhost, a private address, or another non-public IP address.

Usage

Ask your MCP client to search for current information:

Search GitHub and Hugging Face for recent MCP server examples, then fetch the most relevant page.

The client may call ds_web_search with:

{
  "query": "MCP server Python",
  "sites": ["github.com", "huggingface.co"],
  "lang": ["en"],
  "count": 15,
  "after": "2026-01-01"
}

It can then call ds_web_fetch with a selected result:

{
  "url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk"
}

ds_web_search returns a results array containing fields such as title, url, summary, content, site_name, date, authority, and rerank_score. ds_web_fetch returns the page title and content.

Behavior and Validation

• Tool parameters are validated before any DeepSeek API request is made
• count and lang tool parameters override their server-level environment defaults
• Passing lang: [] disables the configured language restriction for that search
• Site, language, date, and exclusion filters are converted to DeepSeek search syntax
• Only public HTTP/HTTPS URLs are accepted by ds_web_fetch
• Upstream error status, code, and type are included in MCP tool errors when available

Development

Clone the repository and install the project environment:

git clone https://github.com/festoney8/DeepSeek-Search-Fetch-MCP.git
cd DeepSeek-Search-Fetch-MCP
uv sync

Run the local server:

DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="sk-**********" uv run deepseek-search-fetch-mcp

Run the project checks:

uvx ruff format .
uvx ruff check --fix .
uvx ty check --fix .

Project layout

src/deepseek_search_fetch_mcp/
├── main.py        # FastMCP server and tools
├── env.py         # Environment loading and validation
├── request.py     # Request validation and search syntax construction
├── utils.py       # Domain and language normalization
└── api/
    ├── api.py     # DeepSeek HTTP client
    └── models.py  # Request and response models
scripts/           # Testing scripts

Tech Stack

• FastMCP for the MCP server and tool schemas
• aiohttp for asynchronous DeepSeek API requests
• Pydantic for typed configuration and validation
• validators for URL and domain checks
• iso639-lang for ISO 639-1 language validation

Documentation

• Design
• Testing
• DeepSeek Search & Fetch
• DeepSeek Search API
• DeepSeek Fetch API