📌Overview

Purpose: To enable AI assistants to integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Bing Search API for performing various types of searches.

Overview: The Bing Search MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol server designed for integration with the Microsoft Bing Search API, facilitating web, news, and image searches for AI applications. It provides a structured environment for retrieving up-to-date information and images through a straightforward interface.

Key Features:

Web Search: Allows for a general search of information and content across the web, enhancing accessibility to data.
News Search: Retrieves recent news articles and timely information, keeping users informed about current events.
Image Search: Enables users to search for visual content, broadening the scope of search capabilities.
Rate Limiting: Implements mechanisms to prevent API abuse, ensuring fair usage.
Comprehensive Error Handling: Manages errors effectively to improve user experience and reliability of the search processes.

Bing Search MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Microsoft Bing Search API integration, allowing AI assistants to perform web, news, and image searches.

Features

Web search for general information
News search for recent events and timely information
Image search for visual content
Rate limiting to prevent API abuse
Comprehensive error handling

Requirements

Python 3.10 or higher
Microsoft Bing Search API key
MCP-compatible client (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cursor)

Installation

Clone this repository

Install dependencies:

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
uv pip install -e .

Configuration

Set the required environment variables:

export BING_API_KEY="your-bing-api-key"
export BING_API_URL="https://api.bing.microsoft.com/"  # Optional

For Windows:

set BING_API_KEY=your-bing-api-key
set BING_API_URL=https://api.bing.microsoft.com/

Usage

Running the server

uvx bing-search-mcp

Configuring with Claude for Desktop

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration file (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bing-search": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/your/bing-search-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BING_API_KEY": "your-bing-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

1. bing_web_search

General web search for information, websites, and content.

bing_web_search(query: str, count: int = 10, offset: int = 0, market: str = "en-US")

2. bing_news_search

Search for news articles and current events.

bing_news_search(query: str, count: int = 10, market: str = "en-US", freshness: str = "Day")

3. bing_image_search

Search for images.

bing_image_search(query: str, count: int = 10, market: str = "en-US")

Getting a Bing API Key

Visit https://portal.azure.com/
Create or sign in to your Azure account
Create a new Bing Search resource
Go to the resource and find your API key in the "Keys and Endpoint" section

License

MIT License