What runtime does Serper MCP Server require?
Python 3.11 or higher. It can be run via `uvx` (using `uv`) or directly with `python3` after `pip install`.
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Basic information
About Serper MCP Server
A Serper MCP Server
Serper MCP Server config
Add this server to your MCP-compatible client using the configuration below.
{
"mcpServers": {
"serper": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"serper-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"SERPER_API_KEY": "<Your Serper API key>"
}
}
}
}Serper MCP Server tools
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Overview
What is Serper MCP Server?
A Model Context Protocol server that provides Google Search via Serper, enabling LLMs to get search result information from Google. It requires Python 3.11+ and a Serper API key.
How to use Serper MCP Server?
Install via Smithery (npx -y @smithery/cli install @garylab/serper-mcp-server --client claude), uvx (recommended), or pip. Configure the SERPER_API_KEY environment variable in your MCP client (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json). The server exposes multiple search tools (e.g., google_search, google_search_images) that can be called by the LLM.
Key features of Serper MCP Server
- Provides 13 different Google search tool types (web, images, videos, places, maps, reviews, news, shopping, lens, scholar, patents, autocomplete).
- Includes a
webpage_scrapetool for scraping web page content. - Installable via Smithery,
uvx, orpip. - Requires only a Serper API key for authentication.
- Released under the MIT License.
Use cases of Serper MCP Server
- Enable an LLM to fetch up-to-date Google search results for user queries.
- Retrieve images, news, or shopping results programmatically through a chat interface.
- Scrape web page content to augment LLM responses with live data.
- Integrate Google search capabilities into AI assistants or automation tools.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the API key come from?
You must obtain a Serper API key from Serper (serper.dev) and set it as the `SERPER_API_KEY` environment variable.
What transports or authentication does it support?
It uses standard MCP transport (stdio) and authenticates via an environment variable (`SERPER_API_KEY`).
How can I debug the server?
Use the MCP Inspector: `npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx serper-mcp-server` or run from source with `npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run serper-mcp-server -e SERPER_API_KEY=<key>`.
Does the server have any known limitations?
The README does not mention any specific limitations beyond requiring Python 3.11+ and a valid Serper API key.
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