Available Plugins

This page lists official and community plugins for Viben.

Official Plugins

These plugins are maintained by the Viben team.

Social Media Plugin

Search and fetch content from social media platforms.

pip install browse-mcp-plugin-social-media

Data Source	Description	Requires API Key
github	GitHub repositories and code	Optional (for higher rate limits)
twitter	Twitter/X posts	Yes (TWITTER_BEARER_TOKEN)
zhihu	Zhihu Q&A articles	Optional
xiaohongshu	Xiaohongshu posts	Optional

Learn more about the Social Media Plugin

Built-in Data Sources

These data sources are included in the browse-mcp core and require no additional installation.

Academic Data Sources (Free)

Data Source	Description
arxiv	Physics, mathematics, computer science preprints
pubmed	MEDLINE biomedical literature
pmc	PubMed Central full-text repository
biorxiv	Biology preprint server
medrxiv	Health sciences preprint server
semantic	Semantic Scholar AI-powered search
crossref	CrossRef DOI metadata
google_scholar	Google Scholar search
core	CORE open access aggregator
iacr	IACR cryptography preprints

Academic Data Sources (Paid)

These require API keys:

Data Source	API Key Variable
ieee	IEEE_API_KEY
scopus	SCOPUS_API_KEY
springer	SPRINGER_API_KEY
sciencedirect	SCIENCEDIRECT_API_KEY

Community Plugins

:::info Coming Soon Community plugins will be listed when available. If you create a Viben plugin, please submit a Pull Request to add it to this list. :::

Create Your Own Plugin

Interested in creating a plugin? The social media plugin serves as a reference implementation:

backend/plugins/browse-mcp-plugin-social-media/
|-- pyproject.toml              # Package configuration with entry points
|-- social_media_searchers/
    |-- __init__.py             # Package initialization
    |-- types.py                # SocialPost dataclass
    |-- github.py               # GitHub searcher
    |-- twitter.py              # Twitter searcher
    |-- zhihu.py                # Zhihu searcher
    |-- xiaohongshu.py          # Xiaohongshu searcher

Key steps to create a plugin:

1. Define a content type with a to_text() method
2. Implement ContentSource[T] with search(), download(), and read() methods
3. Register entry points in pyproject.toml
4. Publish to PyPI for easy installation

See Plugin Overview for API details.

Plugin Ideas

Here are some plugin ideas the community could implement:

Documentation Sites

Potential Data Source	Description
MDN Web Docs	Mozilla Developer Network
DevDocs	API documentation browser
Read the Docs	Documentation hosting platform

News and Blogs

Potential Data Source	Description
Hacker News	Technology news aggregation
RSS Feeds	General RSS reader
Medium	Blog platform
Dev.to	Developer community

Code and Technology

Potential Data Source	Description
Stack Overflow	Developer Q&A
GitLab	Code hosting platform
npm	JavaScript package repository
PyPI	Python Package Index

Other Academic

Potential Data Source	Description
DBLP	Computer science bibliography
NASA ADS	Astrophysics Data System
SSRN	Social science research
PhilPapers	Philosophy research

Submit Your Plugin

To add your plugin to this list:

1. Create a GitHub Issue with plugin details
2. Or submit a Pull Request to edit this page

Listing requirements:

• Plugin must be published to PyPI
• Must have documentation or README
• Must follow Viben plugin conventions
• Should include tests

Next Steps

• Installing Plugins - How to install plugins
• Social Media Plugin - Detailed social media guide
• Plugin Configuration - Configure plugin settings