microfish 1.1.1

A restricted TinyFish MCP gateway for free search and fetch capabilities.

🐟 microfish

中文

Free-only MCP gateway for TinyFish — exposes just Search & Fetch, nothing else.

Why microfish?

	Official MCP	microfish
Search & Fetch (free)	✅	✅
Agent / Browser / Batch (paid)	✅ exposed	❌ stripped
Agent accidentally calls paid tools	⚠️ possible	🚫 impossible
API key pool	❌	✅ built-in
Rate limit	single key	pooled, higher throughput

• 🔒 Free-only by design — Only search, fetch_content, get_search_usage, and list_fetch_usage are registered. Paid APIs are never exposed, so agents can't see or invoke them — no accidental charges, no wasted tokens.
• ⚡ Built-in key pool — Supply multiple TinyFish API keys and microfish round-robins across them. If one key fails, it automatically falls back to the next (up to 3 retries), effectively bypassing single-key rate limits.

Quick Start

Get a free API key → https://agent.tinyfish.ai/api-keys

stdio (recommended)

Claude Code:

TINYFISH_KEYS=<KEY> \
  claude mcp add microfish --env TINYFISH_KEYS -- uvx microfish

Cursor / other MCP clients:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microfish": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["microfish"],
      "env": { "TINYFISH_KEYS": "<KEY>" }
    }
  }
}

HTTP

MICROFISH_TRANSPORT=http TINYFISH_KEYS=<KEY> uvx microfish
# endpoint: http://localhost:8000/mcp

Tools

✅ Available

Tool	Description
search	Web search (free)
fetch_content	Fetch & extract page content (free)
get_search_usage	Search usage stats
list_fetch_usage	Fetch usage stats

🚫 Blocked

Agent automation · Batch automation · Browser sessions · Run lifecycle

Authentication

1. Client-owned key — Leave TINYFISH_KEYS unset. Each client passes its own key via Authorization: Bearer.

2. Server-managed single key — Set TINYFISH_KEYS=<key>. Optionally set MCP_AUTH_TOKEN to protect the endpoint.

3. Server-managed key pool ⚡ — Set TINYFISH_KEYS=k1,k2,k3. Requests are distributed in order; failures automatically fall back to the next key (up to 3 retries).

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
TINYFISH_KEYS	—	Comma-separated API keys; enables server-managed mode
MCP_AUTH_TOKEN	—	Bearer token required from clients (server-managed mode)
MICROFISH_TRANSPORT	stdio	stdio or http
MICROFISH_HOST	0.0.0.0	Bind host (HTTP mode)
MICROFISH_PORT	8000	Bind port (HTTP mode)
MICROFISH_MCP_PATH	/mcp	MCP endpoint path (HTTP mode)

Client Examples

• Claude Code

  HTTP:

  # Without auth
  claude mcp add --transport http microfish http://localhost:8000/mcp
  
  # With auth
  claude mcp add --transport http microfish http://localhost:8000/mcp \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_MCP_OR_TINYFISH_TOKEN>"
  

  stdio:

  TINYFISH_KEYS=<KEY> \
    claude mcp add microfish --env TINYFISH_KEYS -- uvx microfish
  

• Codex

  HTTP:

  [mcp_servers.microfish]
  url = "http://localhost:8000/mcp"
  bearer_token_env_var = "MICROFISH_MCP_BEARER"
  

  Set MICROFISH_MCP_BEARER to your TinyFish API key (client-owned) or MCP auth token (server-managed).

  stdio:

  [mcp_servers.microfish]
  command = "uvx"
  args = ["microfish"]
  env = { TINYFISH_KEYS = "<KEY>" }
  

• Cursor

  HTTP:

  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "microfish": {
        "url": "http://localhost:8000/mcp",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer ${env:MICROFISH_MCP_BEARER}"
        }
      }
    }
  }
  

  Drop the headers block if no auth is required.

  stdio:

  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "microfish": {
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": ["microfish"],
        "env": { "TINYFISH_KEYS": "<KEY>" }
      }
    }
  }
  

Deployment

Local

uvx microfish              # run directly, no clone needed

Docker

docker compose up -d       # pulls ghcr.io/vvtommy/microfish:latest

• docker-compose.yml — pulls the published image
• docker-compose_build.yml — builds from local Dockerfile

⚠️

Do not put API keys in compose files. Use environment variables instead.

Contributing

PRs and issues are welcome. Please open an issue first for major changes.

Releasing

Push a vX.Y.Z tag to trigger: PyPI publish + GHCR image publish.

License

MIT

Readme（中文）