wd041216-bit/free-web-search-ultimate

v14.0.0 Breaking

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agent-infrastructure agent-tools ai-agents ai-search citations claim-verification

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evidence-verification fact-checking llm-context mcp mcp-server model-context-protocol python llm source-citations web-search web-search-api

Summary

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Renamed free-web-search-ultimate to cross-validated-search with cross-validation for hallucination prevention.

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🚀 cross-validated-search v14.0.0

🎯 What's New

This release marks a major rebranding and enhancement:

Renamed: free-web-search-ultimate → cross-validated-search
New Focus: Cross-validation for hallucination prevention
Confidence Scoring: ✅ Verified / 🟢 Likely True / 🟡 Uncertain / 🔴 Likely False

✨ Key Features

🔍 Cross-Validation: Queries multiple search engines (DuckDuckGo, Bing, Google)
📊 Confidence Scoring: Every fact gets a confidence level based on source agreement
🆓 Zero API Keys: Completely free, no API keys required
🔌 MCP Protocol: Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenClaw
🐍 Python Library: pip install cross-validated-search
💻 CLI Tool: cross-validate "your query"

📦 Installation

pip install cross-validated-search

🚀 Quick Start

from cross_validated_search import CrossValidatedSearcher

searcher = CrossValidatedSearcher()
results = searcher.search("What is the latest Python version?")

print(f"Confidence: {results.confidence}")  # 'verified'
print(f"Answer: {results.answer}")

🔗 Links

GitHub: https://github.com/wd041216-bit/cross-validated-search
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/cross-validated-search/
License: MIT-0 (free to use, no attribution required)

🙏 Acknowledgments

Special thanks to all contributors and the open-source community!

Full Changelog: https://github.com/wd041216-bit/cross-validated-search/compare/v13.0.0...v14.0.0

Breaking Changes

Package name changed from `free-web-search-ultimate` to `cross-validated-search`

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About wd041216-bit/free-web-search-ultimate

Zero-cost, privacy-first universal web search MCP server. Enforces a **Search-First** paradigm — instructs LLMs to retrieve real-time information before answering factual questions. Supports 10+ search engines (DuckDuckGo, Bing, Google, Brave, Wikipedia, Arxiv, YouTube, Reddit) and deep page browsing. No API key required.

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