ContextWire MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents access to web search across 105 engines, academic research, content extraction, and more.

94.3% accuracy on SimpleQA benchmark.

Quick Setup

Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contextwire": {
      "url": "https://contextwire.dev/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

No local server needed — it's a hosted MCP endpoint.

Tools

Tool	Description
`ask`	Ask a factual question → synthesized answer with sources
`search`	Web search with selectable search profiles
`extract`	Extract clean text/markdown from a URL
`research`	Search academic papers (arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, etc.)
`batch_search`	Run multiple searches in parallel

Search Profiles

Profile	Engines	Best for
`web`	Google, Bing, DDG, Wikipedia	General search
`news`	Google News, Bing News	Current events
`academic`	arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar	Research papers
`code`	GitHub, StackOverflow	Programming
`devnews`	Hacker News, Lobsters, Reddit	Developer news
`finance`	Yahoo Finance, market data	Financial data
`repos`	GitHub, GitLab	Code repositories
`packages`	npm, PyPI, crates.io	Package search
`security`	CVE databases	Security advisories
`social`	Reddit, Twitter	Social media
`reference`	Wikipedia, Wiktionary	Reference material
`images`	Google Images, Bing Images	Image search
`videos`	YouTube, Vimeo	Video search
`all`	All configured engines	Maximum coverage

These names come from the API reference and are not an exhaustive live inventory.
Use authenticated GET /api/profiles for current profiles and engine configurations.

API Examples

Ask a question

curl --get "https://contextwire.dev/api/ask" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "q=Who invented the transistor?"

Search with profiles

curl "https://contextwire.dev/api/search?q=rust+async+tutorial&profile=code" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Extract a page

curl "https://contextwire.dev/api/extract?url=https://example.com&format=markdown" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Free Tier

1,000 queries/month — no credit card required
BYOK supported — bring your own LLM key to save credits
LLM availability and charges depend on the selected model and provider.

Get your API key at contextwire.dev.

Node.js usage

The advertised @contextwire/sdk package is not currently available on the public npm
registry, and its repository is private. Use the HTTP API directly:

const url = new URL('https://contextwire.dev/api/ask');
url.searchParams.set('q', 'Who invented the transistor?');
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CONTEXTWIRE_API_KEY}` }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`ContextWire HTTP ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.json());

Requires Node.js with built-in fetch and a ContextWire API key.

License

MIT

contextwire-mcp