MCP Integration

If your LLM client supports MCP (like Claude Desktop, Cursor, LM Studio, or OpenWebUI), you can plug Searchbase directly into it using one of the supported transports.

• MCP SSE Endpoint: http://localhost:8080/mcp/sse
• MCP Streamable HTTP Endpoint: http://localhost:8080/mcp/http

Available Tools

• web_search: Search the live web and return compact search results.
• fetch_url: Fetch one exact URL and extract optimized Markdown.

OpenWebUI

OpenWebUI works best with the Streamable HTTP transport.

1. Open OpenWebUI.
2. Click your profile.
3. Go to Admin Panel > Settings > Integrations.
4. Click + Add connection.
5. Set the connection type to MCP Streamable HTTP.
6. Set the ID to searchbase.
7. Set the target URL to http://localhost:8080/mcp/http.
8. Save the connection.

After connection, OpenWebUI should discover the web_search and fetch_url tools automatically.

LM Studio

LM Studio can connect to Searchbase through the MCP SSE endpoint.

Use this configuration in LM Studio’s MCP server settings:

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searchbase": {
      "transport": "sse",
      "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp/sse"
    }
  }
}

If LM Studio asks for fields instead of raw JSON, use:

Once enabled, LM Studio can call web_search for discovery and fetch_url when it needs full page content.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Clients that support SSE MCP servers can use the same JSON shape:

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searchbase": {
      "transport": "sse",
      "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp/sse"
    }
  }
}

Replace localhost with the actual server address if Searchbase is not running on the same machine as your MCP client.