Nimrod

ai.orchisPublished by orchis.aiOfficial publisherv2.1.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Web search with quality scores; web pages are read on your computer by the local server.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingKnowledge & Memory

Overview

AI-generated overview

Nimrod gives an assistant quality-scored Google search, clean webpage extraction and multi-source research, as a hosted endpoint or a local desktop server.

What you can do
  • Run Google searches with quality scores, authority ratings and source-type classification
  • Extract a single URL into clean markdown with boilerplate stripped
  • Extract up to five URLs concurrently
  • Run a full research pass: search, rank, dedupe, extract and synthesize in one call
  • Apply date, site and language filters to searches
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs current web evidence rather than raw search results: fact-finding, source comparison, or deep research across several pages, with token-efficient markdown instead of raw HTML.
Requirements
Either the hosted endpoint at nimrod.orchis.ai with OAuth sign-in, or the local desktop package (Windows, macOS, Linux) run over stdio. An account is needed; the NIMROD_API_KEY variable is optional and can be left unset to sign in through the browser on first search. Searches consume credits, with a free 50-credit trial.
Before you install
Searches and research calls cost credits, so usage spends a paid quota after the trial. The optional NIMROD_API_KEY is a secret and should be kept out of shared configuration. On the hosted endpoint, pages are fetched server-side; only the desktop version reads pages on your own machine. The macOS build is not yet Apple-signed.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Nimrod in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect the required credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/ai.orchis%2Fnimrod/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config. The client completes OAuth sign-in on first connect.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nimrod": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

[Nimrod]

Nimrod

Web research your agent can actually use.
Quality-scored Google search, clean webpage extraction, and deep multi-source research for Claude — over the Model Context Protocol.

Website · Docs · Pricing · Portal

What it is

Nimrod gives Claude four research tools:

ToolWhat it doesCost
google_searchOrganic Google results with quality scores, authority ratings, and source-type classification1 credit
extract_webpage_contentAny URL → clean markdown, boilerplate strippedfree
extract_multiple_webpagesUp to 5 URLs, fetched concurrentlyfree
research_topicSearch → rank → dedupe → extract → synthesis, in one call1 credit + 1 per focus area

Why not just let the model search? Because raw search is where agent runs go to die: Nimrod returns ranked evidence instead of SEO sludge, as token-efficient markdown instead of raw HTML, with deterministic costs (1 credit = 1 search) and date/site/language control.

New accounts start with a free 50-credit trial — no card required.

Get connected

Claude.ai & Claude Desktop (zero install): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp → sign in with your email. Done.

Claude Code (hosted):

bash
claude mcp add nimrod --transport http https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp \  --header "Authorization: Bearer nmk_your_key"

Nimrod Desktop (full toolkit — recommended for power users): a locally installed MCP server with six research skills, a deep-research agent, and search-coach hooks (Claude Code features). Extraction is free on every plan; on Desktop it also runs on your own machine, so the pages you read stay private. Grab it from Releases:

  • Windows — nimrod.mcpb for Claude Desktop (double-click, paste key), or nimrod-desktop.exe for Claude Code: nimrod-desktop setup, then claude mcp add nimrod -- path\to\nimrod-desktop.exe
  • macOS — nimrod-desktop-macos (universal: Apple Silicon + Intel): chmod +x it, then a one-time xattr -d com.apple.quarantine nimrod-desktop-macos (not yet Apple-signed), then setup and claude mcp add as above
  • Linux — nimrod-desktop-linux: chmod +x, setup, claude mcp add

In the MCP Registry

Nimrod is listed in the official MCP Registry as ai.orchis/nimrod — MCP clients that browse the registry (including VS Code's MCP gallery) can discover and install it from there.

Built to pair

Run Nimrod beside your other MCP tools — like Konnect for KiCAD: live parts data from your EDA workflow, live web research from Nimrod, one agent, no stale training cutoff.

Support

Docs: nimrod.orchis.ai/docs.html · Email: [email protected] · Terms · Privacy

The original open-source BYOK server this project grew from is preserved on the historical-oss branch (unmaintained).

Source: README.md at commit 36431f8

Tools

0
This server asks you to sign in, so SourceWeft could not read its tools without an account and has not indexed them. What a connected account sees can depend on that account and its permissions.

Version history

3
  1. v2.1.0LatestOct 2, 2026
  2. v2.0.0Oct 2, 2026
  3. v1.1.1Sep 16, 2026

Score

75% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listed15 pts

    Answer tools/list without a credential, or ship a package that starts in a sandbox without one.

  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts

    Declare a license in the repository or the registry entry.