Argus

Name: Argus
Author: Khamel83

Khamel83

Routes web search across many providers with fallback, merged ranking, content extraction and budget limits behind one API for agents.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add argus --env ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY='<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY='<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY='<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY='<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY='<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY='<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>' -- uvx argus-search

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.argus]
command = "uvx"
args = ["argus-search"]
env = { ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY = "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>", ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY = "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>", ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY = "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>", ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY = "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>", ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY = "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>", ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY = "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add argus --env ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY='<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY='<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY='<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY='<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY='<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>' --env ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY='<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>' -- uvx argus-search

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "argus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY
ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY
ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY
ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY
ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY
ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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