# wigolo

A local MCP server that hands your coding agent web search, page fetching, crawling and a cache. The core tools run without API keys.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 5500
- Author: KnockOutEZ
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/KnockOutEZ/wigolo
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/wigolo

## What it does

wigolo sits next to your coding agent and exposes one set of web tools: search, fetch, crawl, extract, cache, find-similar, research and autonomous gather loops. The core runs keyless, keeps its data under `~/.wigolo/`, and nothing leaves your machine.

Setup starts with `npx wigolo init`, which pulls down the browser engine and on-device models, then runs a health check and reports on each part. Pass `--agents=claude-code,cursor` to have the MCP config written for those agents in the same run. You need Node ≥ 20 and roughly 1.5 GB of free disk space. Add `--no-warmup` if you would rather defer the downloads until first use.

\`research`, `agent` and `search format=answer` call an LLM to write a cited answer. Without one they return a raw brief your agent has to assemble itself. A free Gemini key goes in via `WIGOLO_LLM_PROVIDER=gemini` and `GEMINI_API_KEY`; other providers work too, and `WIGOLO_LLM_PROVIDER=ollama` keeps everything local. Run `npx wigolo doctor` to check health, or `npx wigolo config --uninstall --yes` to remove it.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `YOUR_API_KEY` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add wigolo -e YOUR_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> -- npx -y wigolo
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add wigolo --env YOUR_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> -- npx -y wigolo
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wigolo": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "wigolo"
            ],
            "env": {
                "YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "wigolo": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "wigolo"
            ],
            "env": {
                "YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e YOUR_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY> wigolo npx -y wigolo
```
Replace <…> with your own values

## When to use it
- pull current facts off the web from inside the agent
- fetch a page and lift one section out of it
- walk a docs site and collect every auth detail
- cache results so repeat lookups skip the network
- surface sources similar to one you already have

## Example prompts
- Search the web for how this flag is configured now and give me the links
- Fetch that page and pull out the parameters table
- Crawl the docs site and gather everything about authentication

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