# Serpapi (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-serpapi)

SerpApi MCP — wraps SerpApi (serpapi.com) search engines

- Trust score: 83/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 78/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-serpapi/serpapi-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-serpapi/serpapi-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi`: 83/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-serpapi/pipeworx-mcp-serpapi.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-serpapi/pipeworx-mcp-serpapi)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-serpapi).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 69/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1098 tokens (~183/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Serpapi MCP server?

Serpapi runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-serpapi. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-serpapi -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-serpapi
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-serpapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-serpapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-serpapi -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-serpapi
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-serpapi": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-serpapi --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-serpapi
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-serpapi:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-serpapi": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-serpapi -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-serpapi
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-serpapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 83, +3)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-04 (score 80, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-11-02 (score 80, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-11-01 (score 80, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: fail → unverified

### 2026-10-30 (score 80, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 80)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `serpapi_google_scholar` (~193 tokens)

Search Google Scholar for academic papers on `<topic>` — returns title, link, snippet, publication info, and citation count via SerpApi. Example: serpapi_google_scholar({ q: "graph neural networks", as_ylo: 2020, num: 10, _apiKey: "your-serpapi-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): SerpApi API key (get one at serpapi.com)
- `as_yhi` (integer): Optional end year (results published up to this year), e.g. 2024
- `as_ylo` (integer): Optional start year (results published from this year onward), e.g. 2020
- `num` (integer): Max results to return (default 10, max 20)
- `q` (string, required): Search query / topic, e.g. "graph neural networks"

### `serpapi_google_maps` (~159 tokens)

Find local businesses on Google Maps for `<query>` — returns name, address, rating, reviews, phone, website, and GPS coordinates via SerpApi. Example: serpapi_google_maps({ q: "coffee shops", ll: "@40.7,-74.0,14z", _apiKey: "your-serpapi-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): SerpApi API key (get one at serpapi.com)
- `ll` (string): Optional GPS location + zoom anchor, e.g. "@40.7,-74.0,14z" (latitude,longitude,zoom)
- `q` (string, required): Search query, e.g. "coffee shops", "plumbers near me"

### `serpapi_google_trends` (~232 tokens)

Get Google Trends interest-over-time for `<terms>` — returns the requested trends block (interest over time, by region, or related queries) via SerpApi. Example: serpapi_google_trends({ q: "bitcoin,ethereum", date: "today 12-m", geo: "US", _apiKey: "your-serpapi-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): SerpApi API key (get one at serpapi.com)
- `data_type` (string): Trends block to return (default "TIMESERIES"). One of TIMESERIES, GEO_MAP, GEO_MAP_0, RELATED_QUERIES
- `date` (string): Optional time range, e.g. "today 12-m", "today 5-y", "2021-01-01 2021-12-31"
- `geo` (string): Optional two-letter geo code to scope the trend, e.g. "US", "GB"
- `q` (string, required): Up to 5 comma-separated terms to compare, e.g. "bitcoin,ethereum"

### `serpapi_google_jobs` (~141 tokens)

Search Google Jobs for `<query>` — returns title, company, location, source, posted date, schedule, description, and apply link via SerpApi. Example: serpapi_google_jobs({ q: "data engineer", location: "Austin, TX", _apiKey: "your-serpapi-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): SerpApi API key (get one at serpapi.com)
- `location` (string): Optional location, e.g. "Austin, TX", "London, United Kingdom"
- `q` (string, required): Job search query, e.g. "data engineer", "barista part time"

### `serpapi_google_news` (~156 tokens)

Search Google News for `<query>` — returns headline, source, link, date, and snippet via SerpApi. Example: serpapi_google_news({ q: "openai", gl: "us", hl: "en", _apiKey: "your-serpapi-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): SerpApi API key (get one at serpapi.com)
- `gl` (string): Optional two-letter country code, e.g. "us", "gb"
- `hl` (string): Optional two-letter UI language code, e.g. "en", "fr"
- `q` (string, required): News search query, e.g. "openai", "federal reserve rate"

### `serpapi_google_shopping` (~164 tokens)

Search Google Shopping for `<query>` — returns product title, price, source, rating, reviews, product ID, and link via SerpApi. Example: serpapi_google_shopping({ q: "wireless earbuds", gl: "us", hl: "en", _apiKey: "your-serpapi-key" })

Input parameters:

- `_apiKey` (string, required): SerpApi API key (get one at serpapi.com)
- `gl` (string): Optional two-letter country code, e.g. "us", "gb"
- `hl` (string): Optional two-letter UI language code, e.g. "en", "fr"
- `q` (string, required): Product search query, e.g. "wireless earbuds", "running shoes"

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-serpapi/pipeworx-mcp-serpapi#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 83
- 2026-11-04: 80
- 2026-11-03: 80
- 2026-11-02: 80
- 2026-11-01: 80
- 2026-10-31: 80
- 2026-10-30: 80
- 2026-10-29: 80

## Common questions

### What is the Serpapi MCP server?

Serpapi is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/serpapi. SerpApi MCP, wraps SerpApi (serpapi.com) search engines. This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi).

### Is the Serpapi MCP server safe to use?

Serpapi scores 83 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Serpapi MCP server expose?

Serpapi exposes 6 tools: serpapi_google_scholar, serpapi_google_maps, serpapi_google_trends, serpapi_google_jobs, serpapi_google_news, serpapi_google_shopping. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,045 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Serpapi MCP server still maintained?

Serpapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Serpapi MCP server under?

Serpapi declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-serpapi
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-serpapi
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/serpapi
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-serpapi/pipeworx-mcp-serpapi.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-serpapi/pipeworx-mcp-serpapi.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-serpapi/pipeworx-mcp-serpapi