# `io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.serpapi/serpapi-mcp
- Version: 2.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.serpapi (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:49:16.374Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
SerpApi
Official SerpApi MCP server for Google, Bing, and other search engines.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:27:09.085Z over streamable-http.

**3 tools: 3 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 3 | allow |

## Findings

- **info** Long descriptions in `search` ([long-description](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#long-description))

```untrusted-server-text
The description is 2,885 characters long, over the 2,000 this check looks for.

description ends: "...- duckduckgo - youtube_search - baidu - ebay"
```


## Only reads (3)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `search`

- The name "search" says "search": a word for reading.
- Findings: info long-description

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Universal search tool supporting all SerpApi engines and result types.

    When to use:
        - Any query needing live, structured SERP data: web results, news, product listings, job postings, local businesses, flight/hotel prices, video results, images, stock/weather cards, knowledge graph entities.
    
    Engine discovery via MCP resources:
        - serpapi://engines lists all engines supported by this tool.
        - serpapi://engines/<engine> provides engine-specific parameters and supported options.
        - Example: serpapi://engines/google_news

    Input schema:
        params: JSON object containing SerpApi engine parameters.
            Common parameters:
                - q: Search query. Required for most engines.
                - engine: SerpApi engine name. Defaults to "google_light".
                - location: Optional geographic location for localized results.
                - output: Optional response format. Omit for JSON (default), or set to "md" for Markdown.
    
            Engine-specific parameters are available via MCP resources:
                - serpapi://engines lists all supported engines.
                - serpapi://engines/<engine> provides parameters and options for one engine.
    
        mode: Response mode. Defaults to "complete".
            - "complete": Return the full SerpApi response.
            - "compact": Remove metadata fields from JSON responses. Markdown is returned unchanged.
    
    Output schema:
        structuredContent.result contains the response string: serialized JSON or unchanged Markdown.
        The same string is included in text content. Tool failures preserve this wrapper and set isError to true.

    Guided search:
        Searches can request missing engine parameters from supporting clients using the engine catalog and engine-specific rules.
        Flights collect airports and dates, hotels collect the destination and stay dates, and directions collect missing endpoints.
        Other clients receive a missing-parameter error. Cancellation does not run a search.

    Examples:
        Weather: {"params": {"q": "weather in London", "engine": "google"}, "mode": "complete"}
        Stock: {"params": {"q": "AAPL stock", "engine": "google"}, "mode": "complete"}
        General: {"params": {"q": "coffee shops", "engine": "google_light", "location": "Austin, TX"}, "mode": "complete"}
        Compact: {"params": {"q": "news"}, "mode": "compact"}
        Markdown: {"params": {"q": "news", "output": "md"}}

    Supported engines include (not limited to):
        - google
        - google_light
        - google_flights
        - google_hotels
        - google_images
        - google_news
        - google_local
        - google_shopping
        - google_jobs
        - bing
        - yahoo
        - duckduckgo
        - youtube_search
        - baidu
        - ebay
    
```

### `search_dashboard`

- The name "search_dashboard" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Interactive dashboard variant of `search`: returns summary metrics, a source breakdown chart, and a results table with a click-to-expand detail panel, all rendered in the conversation. Same params as `search`. Use for a richer visual overview of a query's results. Automatically selects an engine-specific dashboard when available (e.g. google_flights gets price intelligence charting).
```

### `search_table`

- The name "search_table" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Interactive UI variant of `search`: returns organic results as a sortable, searchable table rendered in the conversation. Same params as `search`. Use when the host supports MCP Apps and the user wants to browse results visually rather than read JSON.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `serpapi`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__serpapi__search_dashboard",
      "mcp__serpapi__search_table",
      "mcp__serpapi__search"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```