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io.github.smjahid012/serper-search-mcp · v4.0.1

Universal Google Search MCP: web, images, places, shopping, scholar, patents, deep research & RAG

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add serper-search-mcp -e SERPER_API_KEY=<SERPER_API_KEY> -e GEMINI_API_KEY=<GEMINI_API_KEY> -e OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<OPENROUTER_API_KEY> -e TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY> -e BRAVE_API_KEY=<BRAVE_API_KEY> -e EXA_API_KEY=<EXA_API_KEY> -e FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=<FIRECRAWL_API_KEY> -- npx -y [email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serper-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "<FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serper-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "<FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "serper-search-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "<FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
SERPER_API_KEY
Required, secret
Your Serper API key — get 2,500 free credits at https://serper.dev
GEMINI_API_KEY
Optional, secret
Google AI Studio key for deep_research (free tier) — get one at https://ai.google.dev
OPENROUTER_API_KEY
Optional, secret
OpenRouter LLM key for deep_research — takes priority over Gemini; free models at https://openrouter.ai
TAVILY_API_KEY
Optional, secret
Tavily fallback search provider — 1,000 free searches/month at https://tavily.com
BRAVE_API_KEY
Optional, secret
Brave Search fallback provider — 2,000 free queries/month at https://brave.com/search/api
EXA_API_KEY
Optional, secret
Exa neural semantic search fallback — get a key at https://exa.ai
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY
Optional, secret
Firecrawl for JS-rendered page scraping (upgrades the scrape tool) — https://firecrawl.dev

Details

Package[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published9 Nov 2026
Last updated9 Nov 2026
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