How do I install Penny Search?

Pick a client above and copy the generated config. Cursor and VS Code also have a deep link when the server can run locally or remotely.

Is Penny Search official?

No. Registry-listed is not the same as vendor-official. Read the methodology for the difference.

This listing scores 52 (Fair). The formula is published on the methodology page.

Penny Search MCP Server | MCPpedia

Name: Penny Search MCP Server
Author: ayoubsalem-spec

Low-cost live web search for current facts, news, research, docs, and web grounding via x402.

52Fair

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ayoubsalem-spec-pennyapi": {
      "url": "https://pennyapi-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This server does not declare environment variables.

77Good

Codebase knowledge graph for AI agents — 162 languages, sub-ms queries, 99% fewer tokens.

Registrydeusdata46.7K stars

77Good

MCP server for Firecrawl — web search, scraping, and biomedical/arXiv paper search.