Argus Retrieval

io.github.Khamel83/argusv1.6.2Search

Multi-provider search broker for AI agents: 14 providers, 12-step extraction, retrieval workflows.

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MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-08-01 12:02 UTC

screened 2026-07-02tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“No malicious instructions found”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

Own this server? Screen its description →

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-07-31).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins Argus Retrieval’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Markdown

[![mcpindex](https://mcpindex.ai/api/v1/badge/io-github-khamel83-argus)](https://mcpindex.ai/server/io-github-khamel83-argus)

HTML

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Environment variables

ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY

secret

WolframAlpha App ID (2,000 free computed-answer queries/month)

ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY

secret

Brave Search API key (2,000 free queries/month)

ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY

secret

Tavily API key (1,000 free queries/month)

ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY

secret

Exa API key (1,000 free queries/month)

ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY

secret

Serper API key (2,500 one-time free queries)

ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY

secret

Linkup API key (1,000 free queries/month)

ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL

SearXNG instance URL (self-hosted, aggregates 70+ engines)

ARGUS_DATA_ROOT

Optional override for the writable Argus runtime corpus root

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

completeness

installability

documentation

stability

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (uvx)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "argus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--",
        "argus-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARGUS_WOLFRAM_API_KEY": "<your-argus_wolfram_api_key>",
        "ARGUS_BRAVE_API_KEY": "<your-argus_brave_api_key>",
        "ARGUS_TAVILY_API_KEY": "<your-argus_tavily_api_key>",
        "ARGUS_EXA_API_KEY": "<your-argus_exa_api_key>",
        "ARGUS_SERPER_API_KEY": "<your-argus_serper_api_key>",
        "ARGUS_LINKUP_API_KEY": "<your-argus_linkup_api_key>",
        "ARGUS_SEARXNG_BASE_URL": "<argus_searxng_base_url>",
        "ARGUS_DATA_ROOT": "<argus_data_root>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-khamel83-argus

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v1.6.2
category: Search
verdict expires: 2026-08-01
quality: 87 / 100
operator: Khamel83

Listing

Listed from the official MCP registry. Unclaimed by its maintainer. Maintainer? Email us →

Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 960,209). Verify it yourself.

Links

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