Search the web

SerpApi

Scrapes Google, Bing and other search engines on request and returns the result pages as structured JSON or Markdown.

Addresses

REST API: https://serpapi.com/search4
MCP server: https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp3
OpenAPI spec: Not published
Docs for agents: https://serpapi.com/llms.txt; docs pages also served as .md6
Status page: https://status.serpapi.com10

Install

What	Command
Claude Code (MCP)	`claude mcp add --transport http serpapi https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SERPAPI_API_KEY"`
Codex (MCP)	`codex mcp add serpapi --url https://mcp.serpapi.com/mcp --bearer-token-env-var SERPAPI_API_KEY`
Python SDK	`pip install serpapi`
JavaScript SDK	`npm install serpapi`
CLI (Homebrew)	`brew tap serpapi/homebrew-tap && brew install serpapi-cli`
MCP self-host	`git clone https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-mcp.git && cd serpapi-mcp && uv sync && uv run src/server.py`

Source3MCP integration

Read from SerpApi, LLC’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/search-the-web/serpapi.md