You.com MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with You.com MCP or direct API to search the web, filter results, summarize content, and extract key data through natural language.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every You.com action and event your agent gets out of the box. No You.com signup needed. Give your agents access to the You.com API and pay per call from your Composio balance.

Create You.com Finance Research

Create citation-backed research over You.

Create You.com Research

Run cited multi-step You.

Fetch Webpage Contents

Fetch clean content for up to 10 known webpage URLs.

Get Account Balance

Return the remaining You.

Get Citation-Backed Answer

Synthesize a citation-backed answer from You.

Get You.com Research Task

Poll both status metadata and the final result of a background research task.

Search You.com Images (Beta)

Search You.

You.com Web Search

Search the web using You.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect You.com MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["yousearch"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to You.com and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "Find the latest news about electric vehicles",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a You.com request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect You.com API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["yousearch"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to You.com
3

Run You.com tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "Find the latest news about electric vehicles" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the You.com tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native You.com Integration

  • Supports both You.com MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for searching, filtering, and retrieving You.com data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in API key handling with secure storage and rotation
  • Central place to manage and revoke You.com API keys
  • Credential scoping by user and environment—no more hard-coded secrets

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools tuned with real-world feedback for higher accuracy and reliability
  • Comprehensive logs so you can always trace what your agents did and when

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC to control which agents and users can access You.com
  • Scoped, least-privilege access to just what your agents need
  • Full audit trail of searches and retrievals for review and compliance

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