Add You.com to Claude Code

Give Claude Code real-time web search, content extraction, and citation-backed research through the You.com MCP Server.

Quick setup

Add You.com to Claude Code (no API key)

$ claude mcp add --transport http you-com https://api.you.com/mcp

Claude Code initiates the OAuth 2.1 flow automatically — sign in with your You.com account in the browser window that opens, and you’re done. No API key, no copy-pasting tokens.

Verify the tools are loaded

Inside a Claude Code session:

$ /mcp

You should see you-com listed with you-search, you-contents, and you-research.

Try it

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Skip OAuth (use an API key)

If you’d rather pass an API key directly — useful for CI, scripts, or shared dev containers:

$ claude mcp add --transport http you-com https://api.you.com/mcp \
>   --header "Authorization: Bearer YDC-YOUR-API-KEY"

Get a key at you.com/platform.

Free tier (no account, no OAuth)

Want to try it before signing in?

$ claude mcp add --transport http you-com https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free

Free tier gives you-search only, 100 queries per day. No signup, no auth.

Quick demo

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Troubleshooting

OAuth window doesn’t open — confirm Claude Code is on the latest version. Run claude --version and update if needed.
“Invalid token” after sign-in — restart Claude Code to clear cached token state, then retry.
401 with API key — check for extra spaces or smart quotes in the --header value.
Tools don’t show up in /mcp — list configured servers with claude mcp list; if you-com is there but tools are missing, restart Claude Code.