Argus Retrieval
Multi-provider search broker for AI agents: 14 providers, 12-step extraction, retrieval workflows.
Connector by Khamel83 · GitHub account verified by the MCP Registry
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Works with Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.
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About
Use cases: web-search, deep-research
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Permissions
What this server can do and what it asks for, from its tool list, install config and code. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
- Tools
- 10 read · 1 write · 0 delete · 5 not yet classified
- Secrets
- 6 (API keys, tokens or passwords)
- Install scripts
- None found
- Runs as
- Python package
Tools by what they do 16
Read from the source code; the running server may list different tools.
Read 10 · Look things up without changing anything.
capture_sitecookie_healthextract_contentget_workflow_statusread_pack_fileread_workflow_artifactsearch_budgetssearch_healthsearch_webvalyu_answer
Write 1 · Create, change, send or run things.
build_research_pack
Not yet classified 5 · We could not tell from the name and description.
argus_pathsexpand_linksrecover_dead_articlerecover_urltest_provider
Secrets and settings it asks for
Secrets: values you paste in that let it act as you.
ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEYARGUS_EXA_API_KEYARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEYARGUS_SERPER_API_KEYARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEYARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY
Other settings (environment variables or headers).
ARGUS_DATA_ROOTARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL
Network hosts it talks to 42
100.126.13.70· found in code100.x.x.x· found in codeapi-dashboard.search.brave.com· found in codeapi.exa.ai· found in codeapi.firecrawl.dev· found in codeapi.github.com· found in codeapi.linkup.so· found in codeapi.parallel.ai· found in codeapi.search.brave.com· found in codeapi.tavily.com· found in codeapi.valyu.ai· found in codeapi.you.com· found in codearchive.org· found in codearchive.ph· found in codeargus.invalid· found in codeargus.local· found in codebrowser-policy.invalid· found in codechatgpt.com· found in codeclaude.ai· found in codedeveloper.wolframalpha.com· found in codedocs.github.com· found in codedocs.linkup.so· found in codedocs.parallel.ai· found in codedocs.searxng.org· found in codedocs.tavily.com· found in codedocs.valyu.ai· found in codeexa.ai· found in codegemini.google.com· found in codegithub.com· found in codeglama.ai· found in code
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google.serper.dev· found in codehtml.duckduckgo.com· found in codeproducts.wolframalpha.com· found in coder.jina.ai· found in coderepomix.com· found in codesearch.yahoo.com· found in codesearchapi.io· found in codeserper.dev· found in codeweb.archive.org· found in codewolframalpha.com· found in codeydc-index.io· found in codeyou.com· found in code
Files it touches
~/.config/argus/cookies/sys/fs/cgroup/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.events/Users/macmini/.local/state/Users/macmini/.local/state/argus-tonight-final-score-v3-started.json/Users/macmini/github/argus- Your home directory (~)
- Any path the agent passes to its tools
Tools (16)
Read from the source code; the running server may differ. Descriptions are the server’s own words; hidden characters are shown as [U+…].
argus_pathsbuild_research_packcapture_sitecookie_healthexpand_linksExpand related links through HTTP.
extract_contentExtract content through the authenticated HTTP authority.
get_workflow_statusRead safe research-pack status from the authenticated authority.
read_pack_fileread_workflow_artifactRead a bounded report or manifest slice from the authority.
recover_dead_articlerecover_urlRecover a dead or moved URL through HTTP.
search_budgetsRead durable provider budgets from the HTTP authority.
search_healthRead provider health from the HTTP authority.
search_webSearch through the authenticated Argus HTTP authority.
test_provider
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valyu_answer
Signals
- Stars
- 6
- Forks
- 2
- Open issues
- 3
- Weekly downloads
- 184
- Last commit
- Oct 22, 2026 (8 days ago)
- Last release
- Oct 22, 2026 (9 days ago)
- Last package publish
- Oct 22, 2026 (9 days ago)
From GitHub (fetched Oct 24, 2026) and the package registry.
Details
- Registry name
io.github.Khamel83/argus- Version
- 1.6.5
- Auth
- API key
- Packages
- pypi argus-search
- License
- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/Khamel83/argus
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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Argus Retrieval MCP server. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/connectors/khamel83-argus (last updated 2026-10-24)