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Wigolo is a new local-first web intelligence tool for AI agents that offers search, crawling, and extraction without API keys or usage fees.
What: Wigolo acts as an MCP server providing tools like search, fetch, and crawl. It runs on the local machine and integrates with agents like Cursor and Claude Code, matching the capabilities of commercial APIs (Tavily, Exa) while providing byte-exact evidence excerpts and local caching.
Why it matters: This tool removes the significant costs and privacy concerns associated with sending agent traffic through centralized web search APIs, allowing developers to run agentic research loops entirely offline.
Takeaway: Install Wigolo via 'npx wigolo init' to add free, local-first web search and extraction capabilities to your existing agent setup.
Deep dive
- Tooling: Includes search, fetch, crawl, extract, and research tools with parallel query support.
- Local-first: Uses local embeddings and browser engines (via Node) to avoid network dependence and usage fees.
- Integration: Compatible with any MCP-supporting client including Cursor, Claude, and VS Code.
- Provenance: Provides byte-exact source spans and explainable scores for every search result.
- Privacy: Nothing leaves the local machine except when the user opts-in to an LLM for synthesis.
Decoder
- MCP (Model Context Protocol): An open standard for connecting AI assistants to systems, data, and tools.
- TUI (Terminal User Interface): A text-based user interface designed for interaction within a terminal window.
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