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The Desearch MCP server lets clients like Claude Desktop and Cursor run real-time Desearch AI search and X search. This page covers installation and configuration for both clients.

Tools

AI Search: Real-time AI Twitter and web search with relevant links and a summary.
X Search: Real-time tweet search on X.

Prerequisites

Installation

NPM

bash

npm install -g desearch-mcp-server

Smithery

To install for Claude Desktop via Smithery:

bash

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Desearch-ai/desearch --client claude

For Cursor IDE:

bash

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Desearch-ai/desearch --client cursor

Configuration

Cursor IDE

Open the command palette (Cmd+Shift+P or Ctrl+Shift+P) and search for Open MCP Settings. Click Add new global MCP server to open mcp.json.
Add the Desearch server configuration:

json

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "desearch": {
            "command": "desearch-mcp-server",
            "env": {
                "DESEARCH_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
            }
        }
    }
}

Replace your-api-key with your API key from console.desearch.ai/api-keys.

Quit Cursor IDE completely and start it again.

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop and enable Developer Mode from the top-left menu bar. Then open Settings, go to the Developer option, and click Edit Config to open claude_desktop_config.json.

Or open the file from a terminal:

macOS:

bash
code ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows:

powershell
code %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Add the Desearch server configuration:

json

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "desearch": {
            "command": "desearch-mcp-server",
            "env": {
                "DESEARCH_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
            }
        }
    }
}

Replace your-api-key with your API key from console.desearch.ai/api-keys.

Quit Claude Desktop completely and start it again. Verify the server under Settings > Developer > desearch.

Troubleshooting

Server not found
- Check the configuration syntax in Claude Desktop or Cursor
- Ensure Node.js is installed
API key issues
- Confirm DESEARCH_API_KEY is valid
- Check it is set correctly in the Cursor or Claude Desktop config
- Make sure there are no spaces around the key
Connection issues
- Restart Claude Desktop or Cursor IDE completely
- Check Claude Desktop logs:
bash
# macOS tail -n 50 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log # Windows type "%APPDATA%\Claude\logs\mcp*.log"