Keenable Web Search

What is Keenable Web Search?

Keenable Web Search is an MCP server that provides live web search and clean-markdown page fetching via the Keenable web index. It is designed for AI assistants and applications that need real-time web data without the overhead of raw HTML parsing.

How to use Keenable Web Search?

You can use it either as a remote streamable HTTP endpoint at https://api.keenable.ai/mcp or as a stdio server via npx -y @keenable/mcp. Configure it in your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop) by adding the appropriate settings to mcpServers. No API key is required by default, but you can provide one to raise the hourly rate limit.

Key features of Keenable Web Search

• Live web search with optional filters (site, date range, acquisition time)
• Fetch a URL and return its content as clean markdown
• Keyless by default with 1,000 requests per hour
• Optional API key lifts the hourly cap
• Hosted endpoint supports Streamable HTTP transport
• Two simple tools: search_web_pages and fetch_page_content

Use cases of Keenable Web Search

• AI assistants retrieving up-to-date web search results to answer queries
• Automatically fetching article content and converting it to markdown for summarization
• Building research workflows that combine search and page extraction
• Validating or extracting information from specific websites without parsing HTML

FAQ from Keenable Web Search

What does this server do?

It provides two tools: search_web_pages for live web search with optional filters, and fetch_page_content to retrieve a URL and return clean markdown.

Does it require an API key?

No. Keenable is keyless by default with a limit of 1,000 requests per hour. You can optionally use an API key (via X-API-Key header for remote or KEENABLE_API_KEY environment variable for stdio) to lift the cap.

How do I install it?

You can use it as a remote endpoint by setting "url": "https://api.keenable.ai/mcp" in your MCP client config, or run it locally via stdio with npx -y @keenable/mcp. Both methods require adding a "keenable" entry to mcpServers.

What are the request limits?

Without an API key, you get 1,000 requests per hour. The limit can be raised by providing a Keenable API key.

What parameters does the search tool accept?

search_web_pages requires query; optional parameters include mode, site, published_after, published_before, acquired_after, and acquired_before.