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serpapi/serpapi-mcp

Name: serpapi/serpapi-mcp
Author: Various

SerpApi MCP Server for Google and other search engine results

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About serpapi/serpapi-mcp

SerpApi MCP server that exposes Google and other search engine results through the Model Context Protocol. It wraps the SerpApi service, requiring an API key for access. Enables AI agents to perform web searches programmatically.

Best for

Developers building AI agents that need live search capabilities

Use cases

Integrating real-time search results into AI assistants
Building search-based retrieval for LLM applications
Automating search queries for data extraction or monitoring

Notes

141 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-04-22. Licensed MIT.

Pros

Provides structured search results from multiple engines
Simple MCP interface for easy integration with AI tools
Supports various search parameters like location and language

Cons

Requires a paid SerpApi subscription for production use
Limited to the search engines supported by SerpApi
Dependency on external API availability and rate limits

Key facts

What we have checked

Not checked yet. Dated facts such as prices, releases and repository activity appear here once we have confirmed them from a source.

How to use

How to set it up

As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.

Install

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Continue, VS Code

Example client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serpapi": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.serpapi.com/YOUR_SERPAPI_API_KEY/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Install

Add serpapi/serpapi-mcp to your client

Not verified yet

Our lab has not run this server yet. "Config checked" on a client means the recipe matches that client's documented config format; it does not mean we ran it.

Claude Code

Config checked

Run in your terminal (remote server)

claude mcp add --transport http serpapi-serpapi-mcp https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SERPAPI_SERPAPI_MCP_TOKEN'

Needs SERPAPI_SERPAPI_MCP_TOKEN: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 2.0.0 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against Claude Code's config docs

Cursor

Config checked

Add to .cursor/mcp.json (remote server)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serpapi-serpapi-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SERPAPI_SERPAPI_MCP_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Needs SERPAPI_SERPAPI_MCP_TOKEN: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 2.0.0 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against Cursor's config docs

VS Code

Config checked

Add to .vscode/mcp.json (remote server)

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "serpapi-serpapi-mcp-token",
      "description": "Bearer token authentication using your SerpApi API key.",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "serpapi-serpapi-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:serpapi-serpapi-mcp-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Needs SERPAPI_SERPAPI_MCP_TOKEN: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 2.0.0 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against VS Code's config docs

Codex

Config checked

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml (remote server)

[mcp_servers.serpapi-serpapi-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "SERPAPI_SERPAPI_MCP_TOKEN"

Needs SERPAPI_SERPAPI_MCP_TOKEN: replace each YOUR_ value with your own.

Version 2.0.0 · From the Official MCP registry, read 24 Oct 2026 · Format checked against Codex's config docs

Claude Desktop: Its config file takes local servers only; a remote server is added in the app as a connector.
ChatGPT: ChatGPT connects only to remote servers that need no API key.

Recipes come from the server's entry in the official MCP registry. Check the package name before you run it, and keep keys out of shared files.

Works with

What serpapi/serpapi-mcp connects to

4 clients, each with how we know and when we checked.

Works with	Type	How we know	Checked
Claude Code	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 2.0.0Config checked	24 Oct 2026Claude Code docs
Cursor	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 2.0.0Config checked	24 Oct 2026Cursor docs
VS Code	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 2.0.0Config checked	24 Oct 2026VS Code docs
Codex	Client	Install recipe matches the client's documented formatRemote server, version 2.0.0Config checked	24 Oct 2026Codex docs

Health and security

Is serpapi/serpapi-mcp looked after, and what do its setup files show

Security check static checks

97 out of 100

Reads what is published about the server: package advisories, licence, secrets in the documented setup and tool permissions. Nothing is installed or run, so this is not a security assessment. Checked 26 Oct 2026 by edna-static-v1. What it checks

Licence: MIT

Low The documented install uses @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, whose published metadata points at github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector, not this repository. Check it is the right package before installing.
Note No published npm or PyPI package of this repository was found, so package advisories were not checked.
Note The lab has not recorded this server's tool list yet, so tool permissions were not checked.

Alternatives

Alternatives to serpapi/serpapi-mcp

Record	Type	How we know	Checked
exa-labs/exa-mcp-serverThis is an alternative to it	MCP server	Named in the listing	Not dated

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