You.com

Official You.com MCP server.

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What it can do

  • You Search: Current web and news search returning snippets, source URLs, and metadata. Default for finding current information; supports domain, country, language, and freshness filters, and extractio
  • You Contents: Extract full content from specific URLs in markdown, HTML, or structured metadata. Use when you already have URLs and need to read them before relying on exact details.
  • You Research: One-shot cited synthesis — research a topic and return a concise answer with inline citations and source list. Use when a synthesized, sourced answer is needed rather than raw search res

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Official You.com MCP server. Gives agents live web search, page content extraction, and cited research and answer synthesis, plus agent discovery and API credit balance. Supports freshness, domain, country, and language filters, with configurable research effort levels.

How to connect

How to connect You.com to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://youdotcom--brian-ifpw.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect You.com to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://youdotcom--brian-ifpw.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect You.com to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://youdotcom--brian-ifpw.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (6)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

you-searchCurrent web and news search returning snippets, source URLs, and metadata. Default for finding current information; supports domain, country, language, and freshness filters, and extraction (highlights or full page content). For multi-part questions, issue a separate focused query per sub-question — one facet each, not the whole question.
you-contentsExtract full content from specific URLs in markdown, HTML, or structured metadata. Use when you already have URLs and need to read them before relying on exact details.
you-researchOne-shot cited synthesis — research a topic and return a concise answer with inline citations and source list. Use when a synthesized, sourced answer is needed rather than raw search results. Configurable effort levels (lite, standard, deep, exhaustive, frontier).
you-answerFast live-web answer generation returning one synthesized answer with verified inline citations, citation excerpts, and supporting web results. Use when the caller wants a single sourced answer; use research for deeper multi-step investigation, effort control, structured output, or background tasks. Supports freshness, country, language, and domain filters.
you-balanceGet the remaining credit balance for the billing entity associated with your You.com API key. Balance is in cents (divide by 100 for USD).
you-discoverDiscover AI agents, MCP servers, A2A agents, and skills via ARD Agent Finder services. Search-only — never installs or connects. Returns ranked results with relevance scores.