Integration

SearXNG integration

SearXNG metasearch API for a self-hosted instance: run a query across the engines the instance has enabled and get the merged results as JSON, plus read which engines, categories and plugins that instance offers. SearXNG deliberately exposes a very small machine-readable surface, so this integration covers the search endpoint and the configuration endpoint and nothing else. Point the credential at your own SearXNG host; no key is needed, but the instance must have the JSON output format enabled.

Connect SearXNG How integrations work

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The workflow builds itself.

When this happens, do that in SearXNG.Built from the 2 SearXNG tools below, on the connection you add once.

Common SearXNG use cases

checking which engines an instance has enabled before relying on a category
gathering web results for a research workflow without a commercial search API key
validating that a SearXNG host is reachable
searching news across several engines at once

What you can do with SearXNG

Each of these is one operation on one endpoint, available both as a workflow step and as a tool an AI agent can call on its own. Nothing bundles several operations into one action, so what a run did stays readable afterwards.

Most endpoints run on the free plan. A few, mainly the ones that publish on your behalf, need a paid plan.

Config, 1 operation

get_configGet configGETReturns which engines, categories and plugins a SearXNG instance has enabled.

Search result, 1 operation

searchSearchGETRuns a metasearch query across the engines of a SearXNG instance.

Use SearXNG from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Connect SearXNG in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its SearXNG operations become tools the client can call, next to every other integration you connected.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http livecontext https://livecontext.ai/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.livecontext]
url = "https://livecontext.ai/mcp"

[mcp_servers.livecontext.http_headers]
"X-API-Key" = "YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other JSON configs

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livecontext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://livecontext.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Set up the MCP server step by step

How to connect SearXNG

Create your workspace
Sign up free. Nothing to install.
Connect SearXNG once
Add your SearXNG connection in Settings. Every tool from this integration reuses it, and secrets are encrypted at rest and visible only to you.
Describe the job in chat
The workflow builds itself in front of you and picks the endpoints it needs. Drag the steps yourself on the canvas whenever you would rather be explicit.

SearXNG integration FAQ

What can you do with the SearXNG integration?

LiveContext exposes 2 operations on SearXNG, covering config and search result. Common uses include checking which engines an instance has enabled before relying on a category, gathering web results for a research workflow without a commercial search API key and validating that a SearXNG host is reachable.