mcp-searxng 1.4.0 → 1.6.0

package/README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ Replace `YOUR_SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL` with the URL of your SearXNG instance (e.g.
 ## Features
 
 - **Web Search**: General queries, news, articles, with pagination.
+- **Structured Search Output**: Choose formatted text or raw SearXNG-shaped JSON with `response_format`.
+- **Direct Answers & Metadata**: Text results surface SearXNG answers, corrections, suggestions, and infoboxes before result lists.
+- **Search Suggestions**: Query autocomplete via SearXNG's `/autocompleter` endpoint.
+- **Instance Capability Discovery**: Inspect configured categories, engines, defaults, locales, and plugins from `/config`.
 - **URL Content Reading**: Advanced content extraction with pagination, section filtering, and heading extraction.
 - **Intelligent Caching**: URL content is cached with TTL (Time-To-Live) to improve performance and reduce redundant requests.
 - **Pagination**: Control which page of results to retrieve.
@@ -87,7 +91,23 @@ AI Assistant (e.g. Claude)
     - `safesearch` (number, optional): Safe search filter level (0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict) (default: instance setting)
     - `min_score` (number, optional): Minimum relevance score from 0.0 to 1.0. Results below this score are filtered out.
     - `num_results` (number, optional): Maximum number of results to return, from 1 to 20. `SEARXNG_MAX_RESULTS` applies as an operator ceiling.
-    - `categories` (string, optional): Comma-separated SearXNG categories (e.g. `"news"`, `"it,science"`). Supported values: `general`, `news`, `images`, `videos`, `it`, `science`, `files`, `social media`. Default: SearXNG instance default (usually `general`).
+    - `categories` (string, optional): Comma-separated SearXNG categories (e.g. `"news"`, `"it,science"`). When live `/config` is available, values are trimmed and normalized case-insensitively to the instance's canonical category names; unknown values are rejected with available categories listed. If `/config` is unavailable, values are forwarded as-is with a warning. Default: SearXNG instance default.
+    - `engines` (string, optional): Comma-separated SearXNG engine names (e.g. `"google,bing,ddg"`, `"semantic scholar"`). When live `/config` is available, values are trimmed and normalized case-insensitively to canonical engine names, including engines disabled by default; unknown values are rejected with available engines listed. If `/config` is unavailable, values are forwarded as-is with a warning.
+    - `response_format` (string, optional): Response format, either `"text"` for formatted agent-readable output or `"json"` for raw SearXNG JSON with filtered/sliced `results`. (default: `"text"`)
+
+- **searxng_search_suggestions**
+  - Get autocomplete suggestions for refining search queries
+  - Inputs:
+    - `query` (string): Partial or complete query to autocomplete.
+    - `language` (string, optional): Language code for suggestions (e.g., "en", "fr", "de") or "all" (default: "all")
+
+- **searxng_instance_info**
+  - Discover categories, engines, defaults, locales, and plugins exposed by the configured SearXNG instance
+  - Inputs:
+    - `includeEngines` (boolean, optional): Include enabled engine names in the response. (default: false)
+    - `includeDisabled` (boolean, optional): Include disabled engine names when `includeEngines` is true. (default: false)
+    - `category` (string, optional): Filter categories and engines to a single category name.
+    - `refresh` (boolean, optional): Bypass the process cache and fetch fresh `/config` data. (default: false)
 
 - **web_url_read**
   - Read and convert the content from a URL to markdown with advanced content extraction options

package/dist/cache.d.ts

@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ interface CacheEntry {
     htmlContent: string;
     markdownContent: string;
     timestamp: number;
+    hitCount: number;
 }
 declare class SimpleCache {
     private cache;
     private readonly ttlMs;
+    private readonly maxEntries;
     private cleanupInterval;
-    constructor(ttlMs?: number, cleanupIntervalMs?: number);
+    constructor(ttlMs?: number, maxEntries?: number, cleanupIntervalMs?: number);
     private startCleanup;
     private cleanupExpired;
+    private evictIfNeeded;
     get(url: string): CacheEntry | null;
     set(url: string, htmlContent: string, markdownContent: string): void;
     clear(): void;
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ declare class SimpleCache {
         entries: Array<{
             url: string;
             age: number;
+            hitCount: number;
         }>;
     };
 }

package/dist/cache.js

@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_MS = 86400000;
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES = 500;
+const DEFAULT_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MS = 60000;
+function parsePositiveInteger(value, fallback) {
+    if (value === undefined || value.trim() === "") {
+        return fallback;
+    }
+    const parsed = parseInt(value, 10);
+    return Number.isNaN(parsed) || parsed <= 0 ? fallback : parsed;
+}
+function normalizePositiveInteger(value, fallback) {
+    return !Number.isFinite(value) || !Number.isInteger(value) || value <= 0 ? fallback : value;
+}
 class SimpleCache {
     cache = new Map();
     ttlMs;
+    maxEntries;
     cleanupInterval = null;
-    constructor(ttlMs = 60000, cleanupIntervalMs = 30000) {
-        this.ttlMs = ttlMs;
-        this.startCleanup(cleanupIntervalMs);
+    constructor(ttlMs = parsePositiveInteger(process.env.CACHE_TTL_MS, DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_MS), maxEntries = parsePositiveInteger(process.env.CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES, DEFAULT_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES), cleanupIntervalMs = DEFAULT_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MS) {
+        this.ttlMs = normalizePositiveInteger(ttlMs, DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_MS);
+        this.maxEntries = normalizePositiveInteger(maxEntries, DEFAULT_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES);
+        this.startCleanup(normalizePositiveInteger(cleanupIntervalMs, DEFAULT_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MS));
     }
     startCleanup(cleanupIntervalMs) {
-        // Clean up expired entries every cleanupIntervalMs milliseconds (default 30s)
+        // Clean up expired entries every cleanupIntervalMs milliseconds (default 60s)
         this.cleanupInterval = setInterval(() => {
             this.cleanupExpired();
         }, cleanupIntervalMs);
@@ -21,6 +36,25 @@ class SimpleCache {
             }
         }
     }
+    evictIfNeeded() {
+        this.cleanupExpired();
+        while (this.cache.size > this.maxEntries) {
+            let evictionKey = null;
+            let evictionEntry = null;
+            for (const [key, entry] of this.cache.entries()) {
+                if (evictionEntry === null ||
+                    entry.hitCount < evictionEntry.hitCount ||
+                    (entry.hitCount === evictionEntry.hitCount && entry.timestamp < evictionEntry.timestamp)) {
+                    evictionKey = key;
+                    evictionEntry = entry;
+                }
+            }
+            if (evictionKey === null) {
+                return;
+            }
+            this.cache.delete(evictionKey);
+        }
+    }
     get(url) {
         const entry = this.cache.get(url);
         if (!entry) {
@@ -31,14 +65,17 @@ class SimpleCache {
             this.cache.delete(url);
             return null;
         }
+        entry.hitCount++;
         return entry;
     }
     set(url, htmlContent, markdownContent) {
         this.cache.set(url, {
             htmlContent,
             markdownContent,
-            timestamp: Date.now()
+            timestamp: Date.now(),
+            hitCount: 0
         });
+        this.evictIfNeeded();
     }
     clear() {
         this.cache.clear();
@@ -55,7 +92,8 @@ class SimpleCache {
         const now = Date.now();
         const entries = Array.from(this.cache.entries()).map(([url, entry]) => ({
             url,
-            age: now - entry.timestamp
+            age: now - entry.timestamp,
+            hitCount: entry.hitCount
         }));
         return {
             size: this.cache.size,

package/dist/index.js

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
 import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
 import { CallToolRequestSchema, ListToolsRequestSchema, SetLevelRequestSchema, ListResourcesRequestSchema, ListResourceTemplatesRequestSchema, ReadResourceRequestSchema, } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";
 // Import modularized functionality
-import { WEB_SEARCH_TOOL, READ_URL_TOOL, LITE_WEB_SEARCH_TOOL, LITE_READ_URL_TOOL, isSearXNGWebSearchArgs } from "./types.js";
+import { WEB_SEARCH_TOOL, SUGGESTIONS_TOOL, INSTANCE_INFO_TOOL, READ_URL_TOOL, LITE_WEB_SEARCH_TOOL, LITE_SUGGESTIONS_TOOL, LITE_INSTANCE_INFO_TOOL, LITE_READ_URL_TOOL, isSearXNGWebSearchArgs, isSearXNGSearchSuggestionsArgs, isSearXNGInstanceInfoArgs, } from "./types.js";
 import { logMessage, setLogLevel, getCurrentLogLevel } from "./logging.js";
 import { performWebSearch } from "./search.js";
+import { performSearchSuggestions } from "./suggestions.js";
+import { fetchInstanceInfo } from "./instance-info.js";
 import { fetchAndConvertToMarkdown } from "./url-reader.js";
 import { createConfigResource, createHelpResource } from "./resources.js";
 import { createHttpServer, resolveBindHost } from "./http-server.js";
@@ -83,12 +85,14 @@ export function createMcpServer() {
     const server = mcpServer.server;
     const useLiteTools = process.env.SEARXNG_LITE_TOOLS === "true";
     const searchTool = useLiteTools ? LITE_WEB_SEARCH_TOOL : WEB_SEARCH_TOOL;
+    const suggestionsTool = useLiteTools ? LITE_SUGGESTIONS_TOOL : SUGGESTIONS_TOOL;
+    const instanceInfoTool = useLiteTools ? LITE_INSTANCE_INFO_TOOL : INSTANCE_INFO_TOOL;
     const readUrlTool = useLiteTools ? LITE_READ_URL_TOOL : READ_URL_TOOL;
     // List tools handler
     server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => {
         logMessage(mcpServer, "debug", "Handling list_tools request");
         return {
-            tools: [searchTool, readUrlTool],
+            tools: [searchTool, suggestionsTool, instanceInfoTool, readUrlTool],
         };
     });
     // Call tool handler
@@ -100,7 +104,35 @@ export function createMcpServer() {
                 if (!isSearXNGWebSearchArgs(args)) {
                     throw new Error("Invalid arguments for web search");
                 }
-                const result = await performWebSearch(mcpServer, args.query, args.pageno, args.time_range, args.language, args.safesearch, args.min_score, args.num_results, args.categories);
+                const result = await performWebSearch(mcpServer, args.query, args.pageno, args.time_range, args.language, args.safesearch, args.min_score, args.num_results, args.categories, args.engines, args.response_format);
+                return {
+                    content: [
+                        {
+                            type: "text",
+                            text: result,
+                        },
+                    ],
+                };
+            }
+            else if (name === "searxng_search_suggestions") {
+                if (!isSearXNGSearchSuggestionsArgs(args)) {
+                    throw new Error("Invalid arguments for search suggestions");
+                }
+                const suggestions = await performSearchSuggestions(mcpServer, args.query, args.language);
+                return {
+                    content: [
+                        {
+                            type: "text",
+                            text: JSON.stringify({ query: args.query, suggestions }, null, 2),
+                        },
+                    ],
+                };
+            }
+            else if (name === "searxng_instance_info") {
+                if (!isSearXNGInstanceInfoArgs(args)) {
+                    throw new Error("Invalid arguments for instance info");
+                }
+                const result = await fetchInstanceInfo(mcpServer, args.includeEngines, args.includeDisabled, args.category, args.refresh);
                 return {
                     content: [
                         {

package/dist/instance-info.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
+export declare function clearInstanceInfoCacheForTests(): void;
+export declare function getKnownEngines(mcpServer: McpServer, refresh?: boolean): Promise<Set<string> | null>;
+export declare function getKnownCategories(mcpServer: McpServer, refresh?: boolean): Promise<Set<string> | null>;
+export declare function fetchInstanceInfo(mcpServer: McpServer, includeEngines?: boolean, includeDisabled?: boolean, category?: string, refresh?: boolean): Promise<string>;

package/dist/instance-info.js

@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+import { logMessage } from "./logging.js";
+import { createDefaultAgent, createProxyAgent, ProxyType } from "./proxy.js";
+let cachedConfig = null;
+let cachedBaseUrl = null;
+function unavailable(message, status) {
+    return JSON.stringify({
+        available: false,
+        message,
+        ...(status !== undefined ? { status } : {}),
+    }, null, 2);
+}
+function categoryNamesFromEngines(config) {
+    const names = new Set();
+    if (Array.isArray(config.engines)) {
+        for (const engine of config.engines) {
+            for (const category of engineCategories(engine)) {
+                if (typeof category === "string" && category.trim() !== "") {
+                    names.add(category);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return [...names];
+}
+function namesFromCategories(config) {
+    const names = new Set();
+    if (Array.isArray(config.categories)) {
+        for (const category of config.categories) {
+            if (typeof category === "string" && category.trim() !== "") {
+                names.add(category);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if (config.categories && typeof config.categories === "object") {
+        for (const category of Object.keys(config.categories)) {
+            if (category.trim() !== "") {
+                names.add(category);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    for (const category of categoryNamesFromEngines(config)) {
+        names.add(category);
+    }
+    return [...names].sort();
+}
+function engineCategories(engine) {
+    if (Array.isArray(engine.categories)) {
+        return engine.categories;
+    }
+    if (typeof engine.category === "string") {
+        return [engine.category];
+    }
+    return [];
+}
+function collectEngines(config, includeDisabled, category) {
+    const enabled = new Set();
+    const disabled = new Set();
+    if (Array.isArray(config.engines)) {
+        for (const engine of config.engines) {
+            if (!engine || typeof engine.name !== "string") {
+                continue;
+            }
+            const categories = engineCategories(engine);
+            if (category && !categories.includes(category)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (engine.disabled) {
+                if (includeDisabled) {
+                    disabled.add(engine.name);
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                enabled.add(engine.name);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return {
+        enabled: [...enabled].sort(),
+        ...(includeDisabled ? { disabled: [...disabled].sort() } : {}),
+    };
+}
+function allEngineNames(config) {
+    const names = new Set();
+    if (Array.isArray(config.engines)) {
+        for (const engine of config.engines) {
+            if (engine && typeof engine.name === "string") {
+                names.add(engine.name);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return names;
+}
+function formatInstanceInfo(config, includeEngines, includeDisabled, category) {
+    const categories = category
+        ? namesFromCategories(config).filter((name) => name === category)
+        : namesFromCategories(config);
+    const payload = {
+        available: true,
+        categories,
+        defaults: {
+            safesearch: config.search?.safe_search ?? config.default_safe_search,
+            locale: config.default_locale,
+            language: config.default_language,
+            theme: config.default_theme,
+        },
+        locales: config.locales,
+        plugins: config.plugins ?? [],
+    };
+    if (includeEngines) {
+        payload.engines = collectEngines(config, includeDisabled, category);
+    }
+    return JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2);
+}
+export function clearInstanceInfoCacheForTests() {
+    cachedConfig = null;
+    cachedBaseUrl = null;
+}
+async function fetchConfig(mcpServer, refresh = false) {
+    const base = process.env.SEARXNG_URL;
+    if (!base) {
+        return {
+            available: false,
+            message: "SEARXNG_URL is not configured; cannot fetch SearXNG /config.",
+        };
+    }
+    if (refresh) {
+        cachedConfig = null;
+    }
+    if (cachedConfig && cachedBaseUrl === base) {
+        return { available: true, config: cachedConfig };
+    }
+    const parsedBase = new URL(base.endsWith("/") ? base : `${base}/`);
+    const url = new URL("config", parsedBase);
+    try {
+        const requestOptions = {
+            signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000),
+        };
+        const proxyAgent = createProxyAgent(url.toString(), ProxyType.SEARCH);
+        const dispatcher = proxyAgent ?? createDefaultAgent();
+        if (dispatcher) {
+            requestOptions.dispatcher = dispatcher;
+        }
+        const response = await fetch(url.toString(), requestOptions);
+        if (!response.ok) {
+            return {
+                available: false,
+                message: `SearXNG /config is unavailable: HTTP ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`,
+                status: response.status,
+            };
+        }
+        cachedConfig = await response.json();
+        cachedBaseUrl = base;
+        return { available: true, config: cachedConfig };
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        logMessage(mcpServer, "warning", `SearXNG /config fetch failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
+        return {
+            available: false,
+            message: "SearXNG /config is unavailable; instance capability discovery could not complete.",
+        };
+    }
+}
+export async function getKnownEngines(mcpServer, refresh = false) {
+    const result = await fetchConfig(mcpServer, refresh);
+    if (!result.available) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    return allEngineNames(result.config);
+}
+export async function getKnownCategories(mcpServer, refresh = false) {
+    const result = await fetchConfig(mcpServer, refresh);
+    if (!result.available) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    return new Set(namesFromCategories(result.config));
+}
+export async function fetchInstanceInfo(mcpServer, includeEngines = false, includeDisabled = false, category, refresh = false) {
+    const result = await fetchConfig(mcpServer, refresh);
+    if (!result.available) {
+        return unavailable(result.message, result.status);
+    }
+    return formatInstanceInfo(result.config, includeEngines, includeDisabled, category);
+}

package/dist/resources.js

@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ export function createConfigResource() {
             currentLogLevel: getCurrentLogLevel()
         },
         capabilities: {
-            tools: ["searxng_web_search", "web_url_read"],
+            tools: [
+                "searxng_web_search",
+                "searxng_search_suggestions",
+                "searxng_instance_info",
+                "web_url_read"
+            ],
             logging: true,
             resources: true,
             transports: process.env.MCP_HTTP_PORT ? ["stdio", "http"] : ["stdio"]
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ export function createHelpResource() {
     return `# SearXNG MCP Server Help
 
 ## Overview
-This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search capabilities through SearXNG and URL content reading functionality.
+This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search, autocomplete suggestions, instance capability discovery, and URL content reading through SearXNG.
 
 ## Available Tools
 
@@ -47,12 +52,39 @@ Performs web searches using the configured SearXNG instance.
 - \`language\` (optional): Language code like "en", "fr", "de" (default: "all")
 - \`safesearch\` (optional): Safe search level - 0 (none), 1 (moderate), 2 (strict)
 - \`min_score\` (optional): Minimum relevance score from 0.0 to 1.0
+- \`num_results\` (optional): Maximum result count from 1 to 20
+- \`categories\` (optional): Comma-separated SearXNG categories such as "news" or "it,science"; live \`/config\` values are normalized case-insensitively when available
+- \`engines\` (optional): Comma-separated SearXNG engine names such as "google,bing,ddg" or "semantic scholar"; live \`/config\` values are normalized case-insensitively when available
+- \`response_format\` (optional): "text" for formatted output or "json" for raw SearXNG-shaped JSON (may include a \`warnings\` array for non-fatal issues)
 
-### 2. web_url_read
+Text output can include metadata sections for direct answers, spelling corrections, suggestions, and infoboxes before the result list. JSON output preserves the SearXNG response shape with filtered and sliced \`results\`, and may include a \`warnings\` array for non-fatal issues. Unknown categories or engines are rejected when live \`/config\` validation is available; if \`/config\` is unavailable, the search proceeds with the supplied values and emits a warning.
+
+### 2. searxng_search_suggestions
+Returns autocomplete suggestions from the configured SearXNG instance.
+
+**Parameters:**
+- \`query\` (required): Partial or complete query to autocomplete
+- \`language\` (optional): Language code like "en", "fr", "de" or "all" (default: "all")
+
+### 3. searxng_instance_info
+Discovers categories, engines, defaults, locales, and plugins exposed by the configured SearXNG instance.
+
+**Parameters:**
+- \`includeEngines\` (optional): Include enabled engine names
+- \`includeDisabled\` (optional): Include disabled engine names when \`includeEngines\` is true
+- \`category\` (optional): Filter categories and engines to one category
+- \`refresh\` (optional): Bypass the process cache and fetch fresh \`/config\` data
+
+### 4. web_url_read
 Reads and converts web page content to Markdown format.
 
 **Parameters:**
 - \`url\` (required): The URL to fetch and convert
+- \`startChar\` (optional): Starting character position
+- \`maxLength\` (optional): Maximum number of characters to return
+- \`section\` (optional): Extract content under a heading
+- \`paragraphRange\` (optional): Return a paragraph range such as "1-5" or "10-"
+- \`readHeadings\` (optional): Return only headings
 
 ## Configuration
 
@@ -98,6 +130,18 @@ Tool: web_url_read
 Args: {"url": "https://example.com/article"}
 \`\`\`
 
+### Get query suggestions
+\`\`\`
+Tool: searxng_search_suggestions
+Args: {"query": "typescr"}
+\`\`\`
+
+### Discover instance capabilities
+\`\`\`
+Tool: searxng_instance_info
+Args: {"includeEngines": true}
+\`\`\`
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 1. **"SEARXNG_URL not set"**: Configure the SEARXNG_URL environment variable

package/dist/search.d.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
-export declare function performWebSearch(mcpServer: McpServer, query: string, pageno?: number, time_range?: string, language?: string, safesearch?: number, min_score?: number, num_results?: number, categories?: string): Promise<string>;
+export declare function performWebSearch(mcpServer: McpServer, query: string, pageno?: number, time_range?: string, language?: string, safesearch?: number, min_score?: number, num_results?: number, categories?: string, engines?: string, response_format?: "text" | "json"): Promise<string>;

package/dist/search.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getKnownCategories, getKnownEngines } from "./instance-info.js";
 import { createProxyAgent, createDefaultAgent, ProxyType } from "./proxy.js";
 import { logMessage } from "./logging.js";
 import { MCPSearXNGError, validateEnvironment, createNetworkError, createServerError, createJSONError, createDataError, createNoResultsMessage } from "./error-handler.js";
@@ -31,6 +32,158 @@ function truncateResultContent(content, maxResultChars) {
     }
     return `${content.slice(0, maxResultChars)}…`;
 }
+function hasItems(items) {
+    return Array.isArray(items) && items.length > 0;
+}
+function splitCommaSeparated(value) {
+    return value
+        .split(",")
+        .map((entry) => entry.trim())
+        .filter((entry) => entry !== "");
+}
+function buildCanonicalLookup(knownValues) {
+    const lookup = new Map();
+    for (const value of knownValues) {
+        lookup.set(value.trim().toLowerCase(), value);
+    }
+    return lookup;
+}
+function normalizeCommaSeparated(value, knownValues) {
+    const lookup = buildCanonicalLookup(knownValues);
+    const normalized = [];
+    const invalid = [];
+    for (const requested of splitCommaSeparated(value)) {
+        const canonical = lookup.get(requested.toLowerCase());
+        if (canonical === undefined) {
+            invalid.push(requested);
+        }
+        else {
+            normalized.push(canonical);
+        }
+    }
+    return {
+        normalized: normalized.join(","),
+        invalid,
+    };
+}
+function formatAvailableValues(label, values) {
+    const available = [...values].sort().join(", ");
+    return available === "" ? "" : ` Available ${label}: ${available}.`;
+}
+function createValidationError(kind, invalid, available) {
+    const label = kind === "category" ? "categories" : "engines";
+    return new MCPSearXNGError(`🔍 Invalid SearXNG ${kind} name(s): ${invalid.join(", ")}.` +
+        formatAvailableValues(label, available) +
+        ` Use the searxng_instance_info tool to discover available ${label}.`);
+}
+async function normalizeSearchFilters(mcpServer, categories, engines) {
+    const effectiveCategories = categories !== undefined && categories.trim() !== "" ? categories : undefined;
+    const effectiveEngines = engines !== undefined && engines.trim() !== "" ? engines : undefined;
+    if (!effectiveCategories && !effectiveEngines) {
+        return {};
+    }
+    const unavailableFilterLabel = effectiveCategories && effectiveEngines
+        ? "categories and engines"
+        : effectiveCategories
+            ? "categories"
+            : "engines";
+    const unavailableWarning = `${unavailableFilterLabel[0].toUpperCase()}${unavailableFilterLabel.slice(1)} were not validated or normalized because SearXNG /config is unavailable.`;
+    const unavailableNote = `Note: ${unavailableFilterLabel} were not validated or normalized (SearXNG /config unavailable).`;
+    let knownCategories;
+    let knownEngines;
+    if (effectiveCategories) {
+        knownCategories = await getKnownCategories(mcpServer);
+        if (knownCategories === null) {
+            return {
+                categories: effectiveCategories,
+                engines: effectiveEngines,
+                validationWarning: unavailableWarning,
+                validationNote: unavailableNote,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    if (effectiveEngines) {
+        knownEngines = await getKnownEngines(mcpServer);
+        if (knownEngines === null) {
+            return {
+                categories: effectiveCategories,
+                engines: effectiveEngines,
+                validationWarning: unavailableWarning,
+                validationNote: unavailableNote,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    let normalizedCategories = effectiveCategories && knownCategories
+        ? normalizeCommaSeparated(effectiveCategories, knownCategories)
+        : undefined;
+    let normalizedEngines = effectiveEngines && knownEngines
+        ? normalizeCommaSeparated(effectiveEngines, knownEngines)
+        : undefined;
+    if ((normalizedCategories && normalizedCategories.invalid.length > 0) ||
+        (normalizedEngines && normalizedEngines.invalid.length > 0)) {
+        if (effectiveCategories) {
+            knownCategories = await getKnownCategories(mcpServer, true);
+            knownEngines = effectiveEngines && knownCategories !== null
+                ? await getKnownEngines(mcpServer)
+                : knownEngines;
+        }
+        else if (effectiveEngines) {
+            knownEngines = await getKnownEngines(mcpServer, true);
+        }
+        if (knownCategories === null || knownEngines === null) {
+            return {
+                categories: effectiveCategories,
+                engines: effectiveEngines,
+                validationWarning: unavailableWarning,
+                validationNote: unavailableNote,
+            };
+        }
+        normalizedCategories = effectiveCategories && knownCategories
+            ? normalizeCommaSeparated(effectiveCategories, knownCategories)
+            : undefined;
+        normalizedEngines = effectiveEngines && knownEngines
+            ? normalizeCommaSeparated(effectiveEngines, knownEngines)
+            : undefined;
+    }
+    if (normalizedCategories && normalizedCategories.invalid.length > 0 && knownCategories) {
+        throw createValidationError("category", normalizedCategories.invalid, knownCategories);
+    }
+    if (normalizedEngines && normalizedEngines.invalid.length > 0 && knownEngines) {
+        throw createValidationError("engine", normalizedEngines.invalid, knownEngines);
+    }
+    return {
+        categories: normalizedCategories ? normalizedCategories.normalized : undefined,
+        engines: normalizedEngines ? normalizedEngines.normalized : undefined,
+    };
+}
+function formatSearchMetadata(data) {
+    const sections = [];
+    if (hasItems(data.answers)) {
+        sections.push(data.answers.map((answer) => `Direct answer: ${answer}`).join("\n"));
+    }
+    if (hasItems(data.corrections)) {
+        sections.push(data.corrections.map((correction) => `Spelling correction: did you mean "${correction}"?`).join("\n"));
+    }
+    if (hasItems(data.suggestions)) {
+        sections.push(`Suggestions: ${data.suggestions.join(", ")}`);
+    }
+    if (hasItems(data.infoboxes)) {
+        const infoboxText = data.infoboxes
+            .map((infobox) => {
+            const lines = [`Infobox: ${infobox.infobox}`];
+            if (infobox.content) {
+                lines.push(infobox.content);
+            }
+            if (hasItems(infobox.urls)) {
+                lines.push(...infobox.urls.map((entry) => `${entry.title}: ${entry.url}`));
+            }
+            return lines.join("\n");
+        })
+            .join("\n\n");
+        sections.push(infoboxText);
+    }
+    return sections.join("\n\n");
+}
 function getDefaultLanguage() {
     return process.env.SEARXNG_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE ?? "all";
 }
@@ -46,7 +199,7 @@ function getDefaultSafesearch(mcpServer) {
     }
     return parsed;
 }
-export async function performWebSearch(mcpServer, query, pageno = 1, time_range, language, safesearch, min_score, num_results, categories) {
+export async function performWebSearch(mcpServer, query, pageno = 1, time_range, language, safesearch, min_score, num_results, categories, engines, response_format = "text") {
     const startTime = Date.now();
     const operatorMax = getOperatorMaxResults(mcpServer);
     const effectiveMax = operatorMax !== undefined
@@ -55,6 +208,12 @@ export async function performWebSearch(mcpServer, query, pageno = 1, time_range,
     const maxResultChars = getMaxResultChars(mcpServer);
     const effectiveLanguage = language ?? getDefaultLanguage();
     const effectiveSafesearch = safesearch !== undefined ? safesearch : getDefaultSafesearch(mcpServer);
+    const validationError = validateEnvironment();
+    if (validationError) {
+        logMessage(mcpServer, "error", "Configuration invalid");
+        throw new MCPSearXNGError(validationError);
+    }
+    const filters = await normalizeSearchFilters(mcpServer, categories, engines);
     // Build detailed log message with all parameters
     const searchParams = [
         `page ${pageno}`,
@@ -63,14 +222,10 @@ export async function performWebSearch(mcpServer, query, pageno = 1, time_range,
         effectiveSafesearch !== undefined ? `safesearch: ${effectiveSafesearch}` : null,
         min_score !== undefined ? `min_score: ${min_score}` : null,
         effectiveMax !== undefined ? `num_results: ${effectiveMax}` : null,
-        categories ? `categories: ${categories}` : null,
+        filters.categories ? `categories: ${filters.categories}` : null,
+        filters.engines ? `engines: ${filters.engines}` : null,
     ].filter(Boolean).join(", ");
     logMessage(mcpServer, "info", `Starting web search: "${query}" (${searchParams})`);
-    const validationError = validateEnvironment();
-    if (validationError) {
-        logMessage(mcpServer, "error", "Configuration invalid");
-        throw new MCPSearXNGError(validationError);
-    }
     const searxngUrl = process.env.SEARXNG_URL;
     const parsedUrl = new URL(searxngUrl.endsWith('/') ? searxngUrl : searxngUrl + '/');
     const url = new URL('search', parsedUrl);
@@ -87,8 +242,11 @@ export async function performWebSearch(mcpServer, query, pageno = 1, time_range,
     if (effectiveSafesearch !== undefined && [0, 1, 2].includes(effectiveSafesearch)) {
         url.searchParams.set("safesearch", effectiveSafesearch.toString());
     }
-    if (categories) {
-        url.searchParams.set("categories", categories);
+    if (filters.categories) {
+        url.searchParams.set("categories", filters.categories);
+    }
+    if (filters.engines) {
+        url.searchParams.set("engines", filters.engines);
     }
     // Prepare request options with headers
     const requestOptions = {
@@ -177,16 +335,22 @@ export async function performWebSearch(mcpServer, query, pageno = 1, time_range,
         throw createDataError(data, context);
     }
     const results = data.results
-        .map((result) => ({
-        title: result.title || "",
-        content: result.content || "",
-        url: result.url || "",
-        score: result.score || 0,
-    }))
-        .filter((result) => min_score === undefined || result.score >= min_score);
+        .filter((result) => min_score === undefined || (result.score || 0) >= min_score);
     const slicedResults = effectiveMax !== undefined
         ? results.slice(0, effectiveMax)
         : results;
+    if (response_format === "json") {
+        return JSON.stringify({
+            ...data,
+            results: slicedResults,
+            ...(filters.validationWarning ? { warnings: [filters.validationWarning] } : {}),
+        }, null, 2);
+    }
+    const metadata = formatSearchMetadata(data);
+    const leadingSections = [
+        filters.validationNote ?? null,
+        metadata || null,
+    ].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n");
     if (slicedResults.length === 0) {
         const appliedFilters = [
             min_score === undefined ? null : `min_score=${min_score}`,
@@ -194,11 +358,16 @@ export async function performWebSearch(mcpServer, query, pageno = 1, time_range,
         ].filter(Boolean).join(" ");
         const filterNote = appliedFilters ? ` after applying ${appliedFilters}` : "";
         logMessage(mcpServer, "info", `No results found for query: "${query}"${filterNote}`);
-        return createNoResultsMessage(query);
+        const noResultsMessage = createNoResultsMessage(query);
+        return leadingSections ? `${leadingSections}\n\n---\n\n${noResultsMessage}` : noResultsMessage;
     }
     const duration = Date.now() - startTime;
     logMessage(mcpServer, "info", `Search completed: "${query}" (${searchParams}) - ${slicedResults.length} results in ${duration}ms`);
-    return slicedResults
-        .map((r) => `Title: ${r.title}\nDescription: ${truncateResultContent(r.content, maxResultChars)}\nURL: ${r.url}\nRelevance Score: ${r.score.toFixed(3)}`)
+    const formattedResults = slicedResults
+        .map((r) => {
+        const score = r.score || 0;
+        return `Title: ${r.title || ""}\nDescription: ${truncateResultContent(r.content || "", maxResultChars)}\nURL: ${r.url || ""}\nRelevance Score: ${score.toFixed(3)}`;
+    })
         .join("\n\n");
+    return leadingSections ? `${leadingSections}\n\n---\n\n${formattedResults}` : formattedResults;
 }

package/dist/suggestions.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
+export declare function performSearchSuggestions(mcpServer: McpServer, query: string, language?: string): Promise<string[]>;

package/dist/suggestions.js

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { logMessage } from "./logging.js";
+import { createDefaultAgent, createProxyAgent, ProxyType } from "./proxy.js";
+export async function performSearchSuggestions(mcpServer, query, language = "all") {
+    const base = process.env.SEARXNG_URL;
+    if (!base) {
+        return [];
+    }
+    const parsedBase = new URL(base.endsWith("/") ? base : `${base}/`);
+    const url = new URL("autocompleter", parsedBase);
+    url.searchParams.set("q", query);
+    if (language !== "all") {
+        url.searchParams.set("lang", language);
+    }
+    try {
+        const requestOptions = {
+            signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000),
+        };
+        const proxyAgent = createProxyAgent(url.toString(), ProxyType.SEARCH);
+        const dispatcher = proxyAgent ?? createDefaultAgent();
+        if (dispatcher) {
+            requestOptions.dispatcher = dispatcher;
+        }
+        const response = await fetch(url.toString(), requestOptions);
+        if (!response.ok) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        const data = await response.json();
+        return Array.isArray(data[1]) ? data[1] : [];
+    }
+    catch {
+        logMessage(mcpServer, "debug", "Autocomplete request failed; returning empty suggestions");
+        return [];
+    }
+}

package/dist/types.d.ts

@@ -38,8 +38,24 @@ export declare function isSearXNGWebSearchArgs(args: unknown): args is {
     min_score?: number;
     num_results?: number;
     categories?: string;
+    engines?: string;
+    response_format?: "text" | "json";
+};
+export declare function isSearXNGSearchSuggestionsArgs(args: unknown): args is {
+    query: string;
+    language?: string;
+};
+export declare function isSearXNGInstanceInfoArgs(args: unknown): args is {
+    includeEngines?: boolean;
+    includeDisabled?: boolean;
+    category?: string;
+    refresh?: boolean;
 };
 export declare const WEB_SEARCH_TOOL: Tool;
+export declare const SUGGESTIONS_TOOL: Tool;
+export declare const INSTANCE_INFO_TOOL: Tool;
 export declare const LITE_WEB_SEARCH_TOOL: Tool;
+export declare const LITE_SUGGESTIONS_TOOL: Tool;
+export declare const LITE_INSTANCE_INFO_TOOL: Tool;
 export declare const LITE_READ_URL_TOOL: Tool;
 export declare const READ_URL_TOOL: Tool;

package/dist/types.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const VALID_TIME_RANGES = ["day", "week", "month", "year"];
 const VALID_SAFESEARCH_VALUES = [0, 1, 2];
+const VALID_RESPONSE_FORMATS = ["text", "json"];
 export function isSearXNGWebSearchArgs(args) {
     if (typeof args !== "object" ||
         args === null ||
@@ -40,6 +41,45 @@ export function isSearXNGWebSearchArgs(args) {
     if (searchArgs.categories !== undefined && typeof searchArgs.categories !== "string") {
         return false;
     }
+    if (searchArgs.engines !== undefined && typeof searchArgs.engines !== "string") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (searchArgs.response_format !== undefined &&
+        (typeof searchArgs.response_format !== "string" || !VALID_RESPONSE_FORMATS.includes(searchArgs.response_format))) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+export function isSearXNGSearchSuggestionsArgs(args) {
+    if (typeof args !== "object" ||
+        args === null ||
+        !("query" in args) ||
+        typeof args.query !== "string") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const suggestionArgs = args;
+    if (suggestionArgs.language !== undefined && typeof suggestionArgs.language !== "string") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+export function isSearXNGInstanceInfoArgs(args) {
+    if (typeof args !== "object" || args === null) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const infoArgs = args;
+    if (infoArgs.includeEngines !== undefined && typeof infoArgs.includeEngines !== "boolean") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (infoArgs.includeDisabled !== undefined && typeof infoArgs.includeDisabled !== "boolean") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (infoArgs.category !== undefined && typeof infoArgs.category !== "string") {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (infoArgs.refresh !== undefined && typeof infoArgs.refresh !== "boolean") {
+        return false;
+    }
     return true;
 }
 export const WEB_SEARCH_TOOL = {
@@ -95,12 +135,79 @@ export const WEB_SEARCH_TOOL = {
             },
             categories: {
                 type: "string",
-                description: "Comma-separated SearXNG categories. Supported: general, news, images, videos, it, science, files, social media. Default: general (SearXNG instance default).",
+                description: "Comma-separated SearXNG categories. Values are normalized case-insensitively to canonical names from live /config; unknown values are rejected with available categories listed. If /config is unavailable, values are forwarded as-is with a warning.",
+            },
+            engines: {
+                type: "string",
+                description: "Comma-separated SearXNG engine names to query (e.g. 'google,bing,ddg'). Values are normalized case-insensitively to canonical names from live /config; unknown values are rejected with available engines listed. If /config is unavailable, values are forwarded as-is with a warning.",
+            },
+            response_format: {
+                type: "string",
+                description: "Response format: formatted text for agents or raw JSON for programmatic clients. Default: text.",
+                enum: ["text", "json"],
+                default: "text",
             },
         },
         required: ["query"],
     },
 };
+export const SUGGESTIONS_TOOL = {
+    name: "searxng_search_suggestions",
+    description: "Returns autocomplete suggestions from the configured SearXNG instance. " +
+        "Use this to refine vague or partial queries before searching.",
+    annotations: {
+        readOnlyHint: true,
+        openWorldHint: true,
+    },
+    inputSchema: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {
+            query: {
+                type: "string",
+                description: "Partial or complete query to autocomplete.",
+            },
+            language: {
+                type: "string",
+                description: "Language code for suggestions (e.g., 'en', 'fr', 'de') or 'all'. Default: all.",
+                default: "all",
+            },
+        },
+        required: ["query"],
+    },
+};
+export const INSTANCE_INFO_TOOL = {
+    name: "searxng_instance_info",
+    description: "Discovers capabilities from the configured SearXNG instance via /config, including categories, engines, defaults, locales, and plugins.",
+    annotations: {
+        readOnlyHint: true,
+        openWorldHint: true,
+    },
+    inputSchema: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {
+            includeEngines: {
+                type: "boolean",
+                description: "Include enabled engine names in the response.",
+                default: false,
+            },
+            includeDisabled: {
+                type: "boolean",
+                description: "Include disabled engine names when includeEngines is true.",
+                default: false,
+            },
+            category: {
+                type: "string",
+                description: "Filter categories and engines to a single category name.",
+            },
+            refresh: {
+                type: "boolean",
+                description: "Bypass the process cache and fetch fresh /config data.",
+                default: false,
+            },
+        },
+        required: [],
+    },
+};
 export const LITE_WEB_SEARCH_TOOL = {
     name: "searxng_web_search",
     description: "Web search. Returns titles, URLs, snippets.",
@@ -110,6 +217,24 @@ export const LITE_WEB_SEARCH_TOOL = {
         required: ["query"],
     },
 };
+export const LITE_SUGGESTIONS_TOOL = {
+    name: "searxng_search_suggestions",
+    description: "Autocomplete search query suggestions.",
+    inputSchema: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: { query: { type: "string", description: "Query prefix." } },
+        required: ["query"],
+    },
+};
+export const LITE_INSTANCE_INFO_TOOL = {
+    name: "searxng_instance_info",
+    description: "Discover SearXNG instance capabilities.",
+    inputSchema: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {},
+        required: [],
+    },
+};
 export const LITE_READ_URL_TOOL = {
     name: "web_url_read",
     description: "Fetch URL. Returns page text as markdown.",

package/dist/version.d.ts

@@ -1 +1 @@
-export declare const packageVersion = "1.4.0";
+export declare const packageVersion = "1.6.0";

package/dist/version.js

@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const packageVersion = "1.4.0";
+export const packageVersion = "1.6.0";

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "mcp-searxng",
-    "version": "1.4.0",
+    "version": "1.6.0",
     "mcpName": "io.github.ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng",
     "description": "MCP server for SearXNG integration",
     "license": "MIT",
@@ -71,5 +71,8 @@
         "supertest": "^7.2.2",
         "tsx": "4.22.4",
         "typescript": "^5.8.3"
+    },
+    "overrides": {
+        "hono": ">=4.12.25"
     }
 }