MCP Retrieval

io.github.Role1776/mcp-retrieval

6/6 checks passed
Runs locally
2 secrets
★ 18 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-24
Health score 63

About MCP Retrieval

MCP Retrieval is an MCP server published by the GitHub account Role1776. Local Go MCP server: DuckDuckGo/Bing web + image search, readability scraping to Markdown.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the Docker (OCI) package ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.10, with no version pinned.

It asks for 2 secrets: PROXY_LOGIN and PROXY_PASSWORD. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 0.1.10 was published on 24 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 8 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 6 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`MCP_TRANSPORT`	No	No	stdio (client spawns the process) or http (streamable HTTP listener).
`MCP_NAME`	No	No	Server name reported in the MCP initialize handshake.
`MCP_PATH`	No	No	HTTP path the MCP endpoint is served on. Used only when MCP_TRANSPORT=http.
`SERVER_PORT`	No	No	TCP port to listen on. Used only when MCP_TRANSPORT=http.
`SERVER_READ_TIMEOUT`	No	No	HTTP read timeout as a Go duration. Used only when MCP_TRANSPORT=http.
`SERVER_WRITE_TIMEOUT`	No	No	HTTP write timeout as a Go duration. Used only when MCP_TRANSPORT=http.
`LOG_MODE`	No	No	local (text, debug) or prod (JSON, info). Logs go to stderr.
`MAX_IDLE_CONNS_PER_HOST`	No	No	Idle connections the outbound HTTP client keeps per host.
`MAX_QUERIES`	No	No	Maximum queries or URLs accepted in one call.
`DEFAULT_RESULTS`	No	No	Snippets returned per query when the call does not ask for a count.
`MAX_RESULTS`	No	No	Upper bound for snippets per query.
`DEFAULT_IMAGES`	No	No	Images returned per query when the call does not ask for a count.
`MAX_IMAGES`	No	No	Upper bound for images per query.
`DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	No	Per-call timeout in milliseconds when the call does not request one.
`MIN_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	No	Lowest timeout a call may request, in milliseconds.
`MAX_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	No	Highest timeout a call may request, in milliseconds.
`DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_CHARS`	No	No	Characters kept per scraped page when the call does not ask for a limit.
`MAX_DOCUMENT_CHARS`	No	No	Upper bound for characters kept per scraped page.
`PROXY_SCHEME`	No	No	Outbound proxy scheme. Optional; set all five PROXY_* variables or none.
`PROXY_HOST`	No	No	Outbound proxy host. Enables per-request rotating proxy sessions.
`PROXY_PORT`	No	No	Outbound proxy port. Required when PROXY_HOST is set.
`PROXY_LOGIN`	No	Yes	Outbound proxy username. Required when PROXY_HOST is set.
`PROXY_PASSWORD`	No	Yes	Outbound proxy password. Required when PROXY_HOST is set.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 2 secrets: PROXY_LOGIN, PROXY_PASSWORD
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account Role1776
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Code red flags	Pass	Read 1 files in the bundle: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 1 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 63 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity12 / 40

21 GitHub stars, no download count, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity23 / 25

Last push 2026-10-24, last release 2026-10-24, 25 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

5 closed of 5 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

2 forks, 8 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

No Hacker News threads link to its source code.

Look further: search Reddit, search Hacker News, read its GitHub issues. These are not reviews we checked.

Facts

Registry name	`io.github.Role1776/mcp-retrieval`
Publisher	GitHub account Role1776
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account Role1776. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	oci `ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.10` no version given (stdio) mcpb `https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval/releases/download/v0.1.10/mcp-retrieval_0.1.10_darwin_amd64.mcpb` 0.1.10 (stdio) mcpb `https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval/releases/download/v0.1.10/mcp-retrieval_0.1.10_darwin_arm64.mcpb` 0.1.10 (stdio) mcpb `https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval/releases/download/v0.1.10/mcp-retrieval_0.1.10_linux_amd64.mcpb` 0.1.10 (stdio) mcpb `https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval/releases/download/v0.1.10/mcp-retrieval_0.1.10_linux_arm64.mcpb` 0.1.10 (stdio) mcpb `https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval/releases/download/v0.1.10/mcp-retrieval_0.1.10_windows_amd64.mcpb` 0.1.10 (stdio) mcpb `https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval/releases/download/v0.1.10/mcp-retrieval_0.1.10_windows_arm64.mcpb` 0.1.10 (stdio)
Version	0.1.10
Published	2026-10-24
Last updated	2026-10-24
Source repository	https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval
Website	https://github.com/Role1776/mcp-retrieval#readme
Category	Browser automation (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · Docker image

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-retrieval": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/role1776/mcp-retrieval:0.1.10"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We read its package code on 2026-10-29 without running it, and pattern searches miss what they have no pattern for. Tool descriptions built at run time were not seen. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-role1776-mcp-retrieval.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.