# search-rotation (npm · search-rotation)

MCP server for web search and page extraction across the free tiers of several providers

- Trust score: 89/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: 0
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- npm · `search-rotation`: 89/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/localfoundry-search-rotation/search-rotation.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/localfoundry-search-rotation/search-rotation)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `search-rotation`
- Version: `0.4.10`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 30 of 92 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 71/100
  - Repository check failed: the declared repository URL redirects; it must resolve directly.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to localfoundry/search-rotation-mcp).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 4 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 383 tokens (~95/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 100/100
  - No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the search-rotation MCP server?

search-rotation runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y search-rotation. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add localfoundry-search-rotation -- npx -y search-rotation
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "localfoundry-search-rotation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search-rotation"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "localfoundry-search-rotation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search-rotation"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add localfoundry-search-rotation -- npx -y search-rotation
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "localfoundry-search-rotation": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "search-rotation"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add localfoundry-search-rotation --command npx --arg -y --arg search-rotation
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  localfoundry-search-rotation:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "search-rotation"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "localfoundry-search-rotation": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "search-rotation"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add localfoundry-search-rotation -t stdio -c npx -a -y search-rotation
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "localfoundry-search-rotation": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search-rotation"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-03 (score 89, +1)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-01 (score 88, −1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified
- [functional] Stability: pass → 0.93

### 2026-10-26 (score 89, +1)

- [security] Stability: 0.97 → pass

### 2026-10-24 (score 88, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-22 (score 87, +1)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-21 (score 86, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-19 (score 86, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-17 (score 85, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

## MCP tools (4)

### `web_search` (~238 tokens)

Web Search

Web search with automatic round-robin across multiple free search APIs (Tavily, Firecrawl, Parallel, Exa, Google PSE, DuckDuckGo) including transparent failover. Returns numbered results with title, URL, snippet and publication date when available. Time filters restrict rotation and failover to compatible providers; never silently dropped.

Input parameters:

- `endDate` (string): End date YYYY-MM-DD (through this date, subject to provider boundary semantics). Cannot combine with timeRange.
- `engine` (string): Preferred engine id; failover to the other engines stays active
- `numResults` (integer): Optional result count (1–20). Omit to use the dashboard setting: a custom count or the provider default.
- `query` (string, required): Search query
- `startDate` (string): Start date YYYY-MM-DD. May be used alone or with endDate; cannot combine with timeRange.
- `timeRange` (string): Relative UTC date window: day=1, week=7, month=30, year=365 days through today. Cannot combine with startDate/endDate; day precision, not rolling hours.

### `fetch_url` (~54 tokens)

Fetch URL

Fetch a web page and return its content as markdown. Rotates across extraction providers (Jina Reader, Firecrawl, Parallel, Tavily, Exa) with failover.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): URL to fetch

### `engine_status` (~49 tokens)

Engine Status

Read engine configuration, per-capability authentication requirements, local usage and quota sources. This is not a live health check. Historical errors do not prove a current failure; disabled engines are not necessarily missing credentials.

### `open_dashboard` (~42 tokens)

Open Dashboard

Open the local dashboard (API keys, engine order and toggles, quota view) in a web browser. Use when the user wants to configure engines or check quota.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/localfoundry-search-rotation/search-rotation#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 89
- 2026-11-04: 89
- 2026-11-03: 89
- 2026-11-02: 88
- 2026-11-01: 88
- 2026-10-31: 89
- 2026-10-30: 89
- 2026-10-29: 89
- 2026-10-28: 89
- 2026-10-27: 89
- 2026-10-26: 89
- 2026-10-25: 88
- 2026-10-24: 88
- 2026-10-23: 87
- 2026-10-22: 87
- 2026-10-21: 86
- 2026-10-20: 86
- 2026-10-19: 86
- 2026-10-18: 85
- 2026-10-17: 85
- 2026-10-16: 84
- 2026-10-15: 84
- 2026-10-14: 83
- 2026-10-13: 83
- 2026-10-12: 82
- 2026-10-11: 82
- 2026-10-07: 80
- 2026-10-06: 79
- 2026-10-04: 79
- 2026-10-03: 75

## Common questions

### What is the search-rotation MCP server?

search-rotation is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.localfoundry/search-rotation. MCP server for web search and page extraction across the free tiers of several providers. This page covers its npm package (search-rotation).

### Is the search-rotation MCP server safe to use?

search-rotation scores 89 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the search-rotation MCP server expose?

search-rotation exposes 4 tools: web_search, fetch_url, engine_status, open_dashboard. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 383 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the search-rotation MCP server still maintained?

search-rotation is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the search-rotation MCP server under?

search-rotation declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/search-rotation
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/search-rotation
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/localfoundry-search-rotation/search-rotation.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/localfoundry-search-rotation/search-rotation.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/localfoundry-search-rotation/search-rotation