Serper Search and Scrape MCP Server

A TypeScript-based MCP server that provides web search and webpage scraping capabilities using the Serper API. This server integrates with Claude Desktop to enable powerful web search and content extraction features.

Features

Tools

• google_search - Perform web searches via Serper API

  • Rich search results including organic results, knowledge graph, "people also ask", and related searches
  • Supports region and language targeting
  • Optional parameters for location, pagination, time filters, and autocorrection

• scrape - Extract content from web pages

  • Get plain text and optional markdown content
  • Includes JSON-LD and head metadata
  • Preserves document structure

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• Serper API key (set as SERPER_API_KEY environment variable)

Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the server:

npm run build

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Run tests:

npm test                  # Run all tests
npm run test:watch       # Run tests in watch mode
npm run test:coverage    # Run tests with coverage
npm run test:integration # Run integration tests

Installation

To use with Claude Desktop, add the server config:

On MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serper-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "serper-search-scrape-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

SERPER_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, debugging can be challenging. We recommend using the MCP Inspector, which is available as a package script:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.