# isnow890/naver-search-mcp [Health: Active]

**Category:** 🔎 Search & Data Extraction  
**Repository:** https://github.com/isnow890/naver-search-mcp  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/isnow890-naver-search-mcp

## Description
MCP server for Naver Search API integration, supporting blog, news, shopping search and DataLab analytics features.

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **find_category** — Category search tool so you no longer need to manually check category numbers in URLs for trend and shopping insight searches. Just describe the category in natural language.
- **search_webkr** — Search Naver web documents
- **search_news** — Search Naver news
- **search_blog** — Search Naver blogs
- **search_cafearticle** — Search Naver cafe articles
- **search_image** — Search Naver images
- **search_kin** — Search Naver KnowledgeiN
- **search_encyc** — Search Naver encyclopedia
- **search_local** — Search Naver local places
- **datalab_search** — Analyze search term trends
- **datalab_shopping_category** — Analyze shopping category trends
- **datalab_shopping_by_device** — Analyze shopping trends by device
- **datalab_shopping_by_gender** — Analyze shopping trends by gender
- **datalab_shopping_by_age** — Analyze shopping trends by age group
- **datalab_shopping_keywords** — Analyze shopping keyword trends
- **datalab_shopping_keyword_by_device** — Analyze shopping keyword trends by device
- **datalab_shopping_keyword_by_gender** — Analyze shopping keyword trends by gender
- **datalab_shopping_keyword_by_age** — Analyze shopping keyword trends by age group

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "naver-search-mcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","@isnow890/naver-search-mcp"],
    "env": {
      "NCP_APIGW_API_KEY_ID": "",
      "NCP_APIGW_API_KEY": "",
      "NAVER_CLIENT_ID": "",
      "NAVER_CLIENT_SECRET": ""
    }
  }
}
```

**Requires environment variables:** `NCP_APIGW_API_KEY_ID`, `NCP_APIGW_API_KEY`, `NAVER_CLIENT_ID`, `NAVER_CLIENT_SECRET` — the values above are empty placeholders; fill in real credentials before running (see the repository for what each one is for).

## Documentation

## What isnow890/naver-search-mcp MCP server does

The isnow890/naver-search-mcp MCP server gives an MCP client access to Naver search and analytics endpoints. Search coverage includes web documents, news, blogs, cafe articles, images, KnowledgeiN, encyclopedia entries, and local places. The server also exposes DataLab operations for search-term trends and shopping insights.

A separate `find_category` tool accepts a category description in natural language and helps identify category information needed by trend and shopping insight queries. This avoids requiring users to manually identify category numbers from Naver URLs.

## How it works

The isnow890/naver-search-mcp MCP server runs locally as an npm package and communicates with the MCP client over standard input and output when configured with NPX. Each tool translates an MCP request into a corresponding Naver API request and returns the API response to the client.

Two credential pairs are supported:

- `NCP_APIGW_API_KEY_ID` and `NCP_APIGW_API_KEY` for NAVER API HUB.
- `NAVER_CLIENT_ID` and `NAVER_CLIENT_SECRET` for the legacy Naver Developers API.

Set one pair. If both pairs are present, the NAVER API HUB credentials take precedence. The two platforms use different endpoints, and legacy credentials cannot be used with NAVER API HUB.

## Setup and configuration

Install the package through NPX and add it to the MCP client's server configuration. The documented package is `@isnow890/naver-search-mcp`, and the example configuration uses `npx -y @isnow890/naver-search-mcp`.

For new setups, the README directs users to NAVER API HUB because Naver has stopped accepting new Developers Center applications after July 31, 2026. Existing Developers Center credentials are documented as working until June 30, 2027. Configure the selected credential pair in the MCP server's environment section rather than placing keys in tool requests.

The README also describes a hosted Kakao PlayMCP option that can be used without supplying an API key, but that is a separate access method from running the local package.

## Tools and capabilities

The isnow890/naver-search-mcp MCP server provides these search tools:

- `search_webkr` for Naver web documents
- `search_news` for news
- `search_blog` for blogs
- `search_cafearticle` for cafe articles
- `search_image` for images
- `search_kin` for KnowledgeiN
- `search_encyc` for encyclopedia content
- `search_local` for local places

Its DataLab tools cover general search-term trends, shopping categories, shopping keywords, and breakdowns by device, gender, and age. The available operations include `datalab_search`, `datalab_shopping_category`, `datalab_shopping_keywords`, and the corresponding device, gender, and age analysis tools for categories and keywords.

## Limitations and notes

The isnow890/naver-search-mcp MCP server does not currently expose the removed `search_shop`, `search_book`, or `search_academic` tools. The README attributes their removal to Naver's shutdown of those APIs on July 31, 2026, with no replacement listed. Shopping Insight DataLab tools are separate and remain available according to the provided material.

The server requires a credential pair for local use, and API access remains subject to the selected Naver platform's availability and policies. The README does not state a software license or pricing terms for the Naver APIs.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/isnow890-naver-search-mcp/readme_