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Bytedance Search

Bytedance Search is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for web search operations. It has 39,206 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @agent-infra/mcp-server-search.

github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop (opens in a new tab)

Install Bytedance Search

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bytedance-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agent-infra/mcp-server-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio bytedance-search -- npx -y @agent-infra/mcp-server-search

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bytedance-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agent-infra/mcp-server-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "bytedance-search": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@agent-infra/mcp-server-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Bytedance Search

MCP server for web search operations The Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra

  • agent
  • vlm
  • vision
  • computer-use
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • gui-operator
  • browser-use
  • gui-agent
  • multimodal

FAQ

Bytedance Search FAQ

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What is Bytedance Search?

Bytedance Search is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for web search operations. It has 39,206 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @agent-infra/mcp-server-search. The source code is at github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop.

How do I install the Bytedance Search MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @agent-infra/mcp-server-search to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Bytedance Search free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Bytedance Search actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 24, 2026. The latest release is v0.3.0, published Nov 4, 2025. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.