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goofrey/zoom-search

MCP search and evidence tool for AI agents with query rewriting, source zoom-in, sourced answers, and runtime metrics

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Decision brief

zoom-search is a Python-based tool for AI agents that supports query rewriting, evidence synthesis, and source citation, designed for deep research and web search tasks.

Good fit when

Use zoom-search when you need a tool that can rewrite queries to improve search relevance for AI agents.
Use it for tasks that require deep research and evidence synthesis, as it provides sourced answers and runtime metrics.

Avoid when

Do not use zoom-search if your project does not require query rewriting or evidence synthesis capabilities.
Avoid zoom-search if your AI agent tasks do not benefit from detailed runtime metrics or if source citation is not a priority.

Pricing:: freemium - Free and open-source under the MIT License.
Requirements:: Min 2 GB RAM; Install via pip: pip install zoom-search

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Maintenance and security

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Maintenance: Steady (63d since push); As of Sep 18, 2026
Provenance: Not a fork · Personal account; As of Sep 18, 2026
Security (OSV): No lockfile; As of Sep 20, 2026

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Install

pip install zoom-search

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Evidence and technical details

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Overview

A Python-based tool for AI agents that supports query rewriting, evidence synthesis, and source citation, designed for deep research and web search tasks

Capability facts

Deploy: Self-host
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Sep 18, 2026
Docker: Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Sep 18, 2026
CLI: CLI entrypoint
Source: pyproject.toml:[project.scripts] · Sep 18, 2026
Languages: python
Source: github.language+pyproject.toml · Sep 18, 2026

Compatibility

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Python runtimePython

Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Sep 18, 2026)

pip install zoom-search

Source link

README

Install License Zoom Search is open source under the MIT License.

For agents

This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.

/tools/goofrey-zoom-search.md GET /api/graphcanon/tools/goofrey-zoom-search GET /api/graphcanon/graph?tool=goofrey-zoom-search