# Deployment

## MCP client configuration

Configure only the API keys you have. Missing keys disable only their
matching providers.

```json
{
	"mcpServers": {
		"mcp-omnisearch": {
			"command": "node",
			"args": ["/path/to/mcp-omnisearch/dist/index.js"],
			"env": {
				"TAVILY_API_KEY": "your-tavily-key",
				"KAGI_API_KEY": "your-kagi-key",
				"BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-brave-key",
				"GITHUB_API_KEY": "your-github-token",
				"EXA_API_KEY": "your-exa-key",
				"LINKUP_API_KEY": "your-linkup-key",
				"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "your-firecrawl-key",
				"FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL": "http://localhost:3002"
			}
		}
	}
}
```

## Claude Desktop with WSL

Prefer putting provider keys in the MCP client's `env` object. If your
client cannot pass WSL environment variables directly, wrap startup in
a shell script inside WSL that exports the needed keys and then runs
`node /path/to/mcp-omnisearch/dist/index.js`.

```json
{
	"mcpServers": {
		"mcp-omnisearch": {
			"command": "wsl.exe",
			"args": ["bash", "-lc", "/path/to/start-mcp-omnisearch.sh"]
		}
	}
}
```

## Docker

MCP Omnisearch supports containerized deployment using Docker with
MCPO integration for HTTP/OpenAPI access.

### Docker Compose

```bash
git clone https://github.com/spences10/mcp-omnisearch.git
cd mcp-omnisearch
# Create .env with the provider keys you want to enable.
docker-compose up -d
```

### Docker CLI

```bash
docker build -t mcp-omnisearch .
docker run -d \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  --env-file .env \
  --name mcp-omnisearch \
  mcp-omnisearch
```

Container variables:

- `TAVILY_API_KEY`
- `KAGI_API_KEY`
- `BRAVE_API_KEY`
- `GITHUB_API_KEY`
- `EXA_API_KEY`
- `LINKUP_API_KEY`
- `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY`
- `FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL`
- `PORT`, defaults to `8000`

## OpenAPI access

Once deployed through the container, the MCP server is accessible at:

- Base URL: `http://your-container-host:8000`
- OpenAPI endpoint: `/omnisearch`
- Compatible with OpenWebUI and other tools expecting OpenAPI

For HTTP, hosted, or containerized deployments, prefer
`OMNISEARCH_LARGE_RESULT_MODE=inline`. See
[large results](large-results.md).

## Cloud deployment

Deploy the container to any platform that supports Docker, including
Cloud Run, Azure Container Instances, ECS/Fargate, Railway, Render,
Fly.io, or Kubernetes.

```bash
docker build -t your-registry/mcp-omnisearch:latest .
docker push your-registry/mcp-omnisearch:latest
```

Configure environment variables through your platform settings.

## Self-hosted Firecrawl

Set `FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL` to route Firecrawl modes to a self-hosted
instance:

```bash
# Example values:
# http://localhost:3002
# https://your-firecrawl-domain.com
```

Notes:

- If `FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL` is unset, Firecrawl cloud is used.
- Self-hosted instances should expose the same API endpoints, such as
  `/v1/scrape` and `/v1/crawl`.
- `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` is still required.