Install
$ agentstack add mcp-leehanchung-bing-search-mcp ✓ scanned · ✓ verified — works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
About
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.
[](https://smithery.ai/server/@leehanchung/bing-search-mcp)
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. bingwebsearch
General web search for information, websites, and content.
bing_web_search(query: str, count: int = 10, offset: int = 0, market: str = "en-US")
2. bingnewssearch
Search for news articles and current events.
bing_news_search(query: str, count: int = 10, market: str = "en-US", freshness: str = "Day")
3. bingimagesearch
Search for images.
bing_image_search(query: str, count: int = 10, market: str = "en-US")
Getting a Bing API Key
- Visit Microsoft Azure Portal
- 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](LICENSE)
Source & license
This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: leehanchung
- Source: leehanchung/bing-search-mcp
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.