Web ScoutSAFE
An MCP server providing web search and content extraction capabilities. Integrates DuckDuckGo search functionality and URL content extraction into your MCP environment, enabling AI assistants to search the web and extract webpage content.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
Web Scout MCP Server
An MCP server for web search using DuckDuckGo and content extraction, with support for multiple URLs and memory optimizations.
✨ Features
- 🔍 DuckDuckGo Search: Fast and privacy-focused web search capability
- 📄 Content Extraction: Clean, readable text extraction from web pages
- 🚀 Parallel Processing: Support for extracting content from multiple URLs simultaneously
- 💾 Memory Optimization: Smart memory management to prevent application crashes
- ⏱️ Rate Limiting: Intelligent request throttling to avoid API blocks
- 🛡️ Error Handling: Robust error handling for reliable operation
📦 Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Web Scout for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
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0b043579596dOBSERVED · 2026-10-07Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add web-scout-mcp -- npx -y @pinkpixel/[email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"web-scout-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pinkpixel/[email protected]"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (2)
2 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
DuckDuckGoWebSearch | read | |
UrlContentExtractor | read |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (5 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (3)
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, async, axios, cheerio, jsdoctypeparser, tsc, uuid, zod
.smithery/index.cjs
web-scout-mcp.mcpb
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
0b043579596dfull audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/pinkpixel-dev__web-scout-1.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 0b043579596d | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Web Scout MCP server?
An MCP server providing web search and content extraction capabilities. Integrates DuckDuckGo search functionality and URL content extraction into your MCP environment, enabling AI assistants to search the web and extract webpage content.
What tools does Web Scout expose?
2 in total: 2 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Web Scout safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Web Scout need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Web Scout run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as @pinkpixel/web-scout-mcp at 1.5.8.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (0b043579596d), read on 2026-10-07. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.