# Bing Search Mcp

> MCP Server for Bing Search API

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-leehanchung-bing-search-mcp`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [leehanchung](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/leehanchung)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Search](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/search)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [leehanchung](https://github.com/leehanchung)
- **Source:** https://github.com/leehanchung/bing-search-mcp

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-leehanchung-bing-search-mcp
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## 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

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies:
   ```
   uv venv
   source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
   uv pip install -e .
   ```

## Configuration

Set the required environment variables:

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

For Windows:
```cmd
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):

```json
{
  "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.

```python
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.

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

### 3. bing_image_search
Search for images.

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

## Getting a Bing API Key

1. Visit [Microsoft Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/)
2. Create or sign in to your Azure account
3. Create a new Bing Search resource
4. 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](https://github.com/leehanchung)
- **Source:** [leehanchung/bing-search-mcp](https://github.com/leehanchung/bing-search-mcp)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-leehanchung-bing-search-mcp
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/leehanchung
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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