Best search MCP servers (2026)

100 search MCP servers. Those with live runtime data are ranked first by behavioral trust score (success rate, latency, uptime, per-reporter influence capping — not GitHub stars); servers not yet observed answering requests are shown UNRATED rather than given a fabricated score.

Category behavioral norms (across 6 measured servers): median success rate 0% · median trust score 30 — raw baselines.

#ServerTrust ScoreGradeInteractions
1DeepWiki public MCP endpoint83.4A47
2Recipe Finder76B1
3@elephance/mcp40.3D1
4@caytoo/mcp40.2D1
5Exa public MCP endpoint39.2F46
6@cpu-search/mcp38.7F1
7@coldiq/mcp30F1
8ai.agentic-news/mcp25.5F1
9ai.bezal/local-commerce25.5F1
10@brave/brave-search-mcp-server—Unrated0
11obsidian-mcp-server—Unrated0
12@hugeicons/mcp-server—Unrated0
13duckduckgo-mcp-server—Unrated0
14serper-search-scrape-mcp-server—Unrated0
15clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server—Unrated0
16search-mcp-server—Unrated0
17confluence-mcp-server—Unrated0
18docusaurus-plugin-mcp-server—Unrated0
19@florexlabs/docs-to-mcp-server—Unrated0
20@cyanheads/pubmed-mcp-server—Unrated0
21@solapi/mcp-server—Unrated0
22@cyanheads/arxiv-mcp-server—Unrated0
23opengrok-mcp-server—Unrated0
24logosdb-mcp-server—Unrated0
25@keenable/mcp-server—Unrated0
26@search-docs/mcp-server—Unrated0
27@contextstream/mcp-server—Unrated0
28@vader7w/mcp-server—Unrated0
29mcp-server-peecai—Unrated0
30@leadloadz/mcp-server—Unrated0
31@veedubin/super-memory-ts—Unrated0
32minimax-coding-plan-mcp—Unrated0
33fred-mcp-server—Unrated0
34apple-doc-mcp-server—Unrated0
35@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira—Unrated0
36@totalreclaw/mcp-server—Unrated0
37@jharding_npm/mcp-server-searxng—Unrated0
38@cyanheads/hn-mcp-server—Unrated0
39firecrawl-mcp—Unrated0
40@speakai/mcp-server—Unrated0
41@us-all/openmetadata-mcp—Unrated0
42mcp-server-google-search-console—Unrated0
43mcp-server-serper—Unrated0
44gsc-mcp-server—Unrated0
45@sprigr/mcp-server—Unrated0
46perplexity-mcp—Unrated0
47@masonator/coolify-mcp—Unrated0
48@dreb/semantic-search—Unrated0
49@iflow-mcp/cyreslab-circl-cve-search-mcp-server—Unrated0
50@cyanheads/pubchem-mcp-server—Unrated0
51@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-bitbucket—Unrated0
52@aisightline/mcp-server—Unrated0
53@conduitai-app/mcp-server—Unrated0
54google-searchconsole-mcp—Unrated0
55@agentaeo/mcp-server—Unrated0
56neuro-vault-mcp—Unrated0
57@ericthered926/duckduckgo-mcp-server—Unrated0
58@dopl/mcp-server—Unrated0
59@aiwerk/mcp-server-clawhub—Unrated0
60mcp-local-rag—Unrated0
61@chaprola/mcp-server—Unrated0
62tokrepo-mcp-server—Unrated0
63brave-real-browser-mcp-server—Unrated0
64@aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-confluence—Unrated0
65@402index/mcp-server—Unrated0
66greptile-mcp-server—Unrated0
67magector—Unrated0
68@agent-code-index/mcp-server—Unrated0
69obsidian-brain—Unrated0
70@agentpowers/mcp-server—Unrated0
71@1percentsync/flashlight—Unrated0
72@caikiji/mcp-search—Unrated0
73ace-tool—Unrated0
74neuromcp—Unrated0
75mcp-pgvector-server—Unrated0
76@appranks.app/mcp-server—Unrated0
77churchtools-mcp-server—Unrated0
78perplexity-web-api-mcp—Unrated0
79mcp-server-perplexity—Unrated0
80mcp-server-markdown—Unrated0
81qingkuai-mcp-server—Unrated0
82pinescript-mcp-server—Unrated0
83@xbghc/semanticscholar-mcp—Unrated0
84@sdsrs/code-graph—Unrated0
85knowledgebased—Unrated0
86@claritylabs/cl-sdk-mcp—Unrated0
87findskills-mcp—Unrated0
88galaxybrain-mcp—Unrated0
89agda-mcp-server—Unrated0
90@knowledgine/mcp-server—Unrated0
91exa-mcp-server—Unrated0
92@inavi-maps/mcp-server—Unrated0
93@gscdump/cli—Unrated0
94smart-web-mcp—Unrated0
95@coderover/mcp—Unrated0
96reddit-mcp-buddy—Unrated0
97@goparlay/mcp-server—Unrated0
98mcp-dicode—Unrated0
99octocode-mcp—Unrated0
100duckduckgo-websearch—Unrated0

Before your agent invokes any of these, run a free pre-flight check: GET /v1/preflight?target={server_url} — it returns a verdict and a signed diligence receipt. Or gate calls automatically with the trust-check SDK (PyPI: dominion-trust-check; hosted JavaScript module).

FAQ

What is the best search MCP server in 2026?
Based on independently measured runtime behavior, DeepWiki public MCP endpoint currently ranks #1 in the search category with a trust score of 83.4/100 across 47 tracked interactions.
How are search MCP servers ranked?
Rankings use Dominion Observatory's behavioral trust score: real agent-reported success rates, latency distributions, and uptime — with per-reporter influence capping so no single source can dominate a score. Servers with no runtime data are UNRATED and excluded, never given a fabricated score.
How many search MCP servers are tracked?
Dominion Observatory tracks 3223 servers in the search category; the 100 with behavioral trust data are ranked here. Check any server before invoking it at /v1/preflight.

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