{"id":"acuvity-mcp-server-bing-search","name":"mcp-server-bing-search","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/acuvity/mcp-server-bing-search","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/acuvity/mcp-server-bing-search","category":"search","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","search","bing","web-retrieval","agent-tools"],"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server that enables an agent to query the Bing Search API and return search results (web/news-style) through MCP tools.","use_cases":["Agent-assisted web research and fact-finding","Searching for documentation, blog posts, or sources while drafting answers","Retrieving up-to-date information when model knowledge is stale"],"not_for":["High-volume automated scraping or bulk indexing","Use cases requiring guaranteed citation completeness or strict provenance beyond what Bing returns","Handling sensitive data without clear data-handling assurances"],"best_when":"You are building an agent workflow that needs real-time web search results and can integrate via MCP tools.","avoid_when":"You need a stable, fully specified REST/OpenAPI contract with strict guarantees about pagination, rate limits, and error schemas (unless MCP docs are equally clear).","alternatives":["Use a direct Bing Web Search API integration (REST)","Use a general search API provider SDK (e.g., SerpAPI-like services)","Use other MCP search tools (e.g., generic web search MCP servers)"],"af_score":48.2,"security_score":46.5,"reliability_score":10.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:35:19.021699+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["Bing Search API key (typical for Bing Search), provided to the MCP server via environment/config"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"Specific auth method(s) and whether any OAuth flow exists cannot be confirmed from the provided information; most Bing-search MCP implementations use an API key."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Pricing for the underlying Bing API (not the MCP wrapper) may apply; not enough info provided to assess MCP wrapper-specific costs or tiers."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":48.2,"security_score":46.5,"reliability_score":10.0,"mcp_server_quality":55.0,"documentation_accuracy":40.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":80.0,"rate_limit_clarity":30.0,"tls_enforcement":50.0,"auth_strength":60.0,"scope_granularity":20.0,"dependency_hygiene":50.0,"secret_handling":50.0,"security_notes":"Likely relies on an API key for Bing; TLS is expected but not verifiable from provided info. Scope granularity and secret-handling practices are unknown; agents should assume secrets are supplied via environment variables and never logged, and should follow secure deployment practices.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":0.0,"breaking_changes_history":0.0,"error_recovery":40.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"unknown","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Search tools often return partial results or variable schemas depending on query type; agents should handle missing fields safely.","Rate limiting from the underlying Bing API may require backoff; if not documented, agents may fail under burst traffic.","Tool inputs (query parameters) may be loosely validated; agents should constrain inputs to documented fields."]}}