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Universal search tool supporting all SerpApi engines and result types. When to use: - Any query needing live, structured SERP data: web results, news, product listings, job postings, local businesses, flight/hotel prices, video results, images, stock/weather cards, knowledge graph entities. Engine discovery via MCP resources: - serpapi://engines lists all engines supported by this tool. - serpapi://engines/<engine> provides engine-specific parameters and supported options. - Example: serpapi://engines/google_news Input schema: params: JSON object containing SerpApi engine parameters. Common parameters: - q: Search query. Required for most engines. - engine: SerpApi engine name. Defaults to "google_light". - location: Optional geographic location for localized results. - output: Optional response format. Omit for JSON (default), or set to "md" for Markdown. Engine-specific parameters are available via MCP resources: - serpapi://engines lists all supported engines. - serpapi://engines/<engine> provides parameters and options for one engine. mode: Response mode. Defaults to "complete". - "complete": Return the full SerpApi response. - "compact": Remove metadata fields from JSON responses. Markdown is returned unchanged. Output schema: structuredContent.result contains the response string: serialized JSON or unchanged Markdown. The same string is included in text content. Tool failures preserve this wrapper and set isError to true. Guided search: Searches can request missing engine parameters from supporting clients using the engine catalog and engine-specific rules. Flights collect airports and dates, hotels collect the destination and stay dates, and directions collect missing endpoints. Other clients receive a missing-parameter error. Cancellation does not run a search. Examples: Weather: {"params": {"q": "weather in London", "engine": "google"}, "mode": "complete"} Stock: {"params": {"q": "AAPL stock", "engine": "google"}, "mode": "complete"} General: {"params": {"q": "coffee shops", "engine": "google_light", "location": "Austin, TX"}, "mode": "complete"} Compact: {"params": {"q": "news"}, "mode": "compact"} Markdown: {"params": {"q": "news", "output": "md"}} Supported engines include (not limited to): - google - google_light - google_flights - google_hotels - google_images - google_news - google_local - google_shopping - google_jobs - bing - yahoo - duckduckgo - youtube_search - baidu - ebay
Response mode (default: "complete") - "complete": Returns the full response - "compact": Removes metadata fields from JSON responses; Markdown is unchanged
Dictionary of SerpApi engine-specific parameters. Common parameters include: - q: Search query (required for most engines) - engine: Search engine to use (default: "google_light") - location: Geographic location filter - output: Response format; omit for JSON or set to "md" for Markdown
Universal search tool supporting all SerpApi engines and result types. When to use: - Any query needing live, structured SERP data: web results, news, product listings, job postings, local businesses, flight/hotel prices, video results, images, stock/weather cards, knowledge graph entities. Engine discovery via MCP resources: - serpapi://engines lists all engines supported by this tool. - serpapi://engines/<engine> provides engine-specific parameters and supported options. - Example: serpapi://engines/google_news Input schema: params: JSON object containing SerpApi engine parameters. Common parameters: - q: Search query. Required for most engines. - engine: SerpApi engine name. Defaults to "google_light". - location: Optional geographic location for localized results. - output: Optional response format. Omit for JSON (default), or set to "md" for Markdown. Engine-specific parameters are available via MCP resources: - serpapi://engines lists all supported engines. - serpapi://engines/<engine> provides parameters and options for one engine. mode: Response mode. Defaults to "complete". - "complete": Return the full SerpApi response. - "compact": Remove metadata fields from JSON responses. Markdown is returned unchanged. Output schema: structuredContent.result contains the response string: serialized JSON or unchanged Markdown. The same string is included in text content. Tool failures preserve this wrapper and set isError to true. Guided search: Searches can request missing engine parameters from supporting clients using the engine catalog and engine-specific rules. Flights collect airports and dates, hotels collect the destination and stay dates, and directions collect missing endpoints. Other clients receive a missing-parameter error. Cancellation does not run a search. Examples: Weather: {"params": {"q": "weather in London", "engine": "google"}, "mode": "complete"} Stock: {"params": {"q": "AAPL stock", "engine": "google"}, "mode": "complete"} General: {"params": {"q": "coffee shops", "engine": "google_light", "location": "Austin, TX"}, "mode": "complete"} Compact: {"params": {"q": "news"}, "mode": "compact"} Markdown: {"params": {"q": "news", "output": "md"}} Supported engines include (not limited to): - google - google_light - google_flights - google_hotels - google_images - google_news - google_local - google_shopping - google_jobs - bing - yahoo - duckduckgo - youtube_search - baidu - ebay
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Response mode (default: "complete") - "complete": Returns the full response - "compact": Removes metadata fields from JSON responses; Markdown is unchanged |
| params | any | Dictionary of SerpApi engine-specific parameters. Common parameters include: - q: Search query (required for most engines) - engine: Search engine to use (default: "google_light") - location: Geographic location filter - output: Response format; omit for JSON or set to "md" for Markdown |
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"default": "complete",
"description": "Response mode (default: \"complete\")\n- \"complete\": Returns the full response\n- \"compact\": Removes metadata fields from JSON responses; Markdown is unchanged"
},
"params": {
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],
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"description": "Dictionary of SerpApi engine-specific parameters. Common parameters include:\n- q: Search query (required for most engines)\n- engine: Search engine to use (default: \"google_light\")\n- location: Geographic location filter\n- output: Response format; omit for JSON or set to \"md\" for Markdown"
}
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}Interactive dashboard variant of `search`: returns summary metrics, a source breakdown chart, and a results table with a click-to-expand detail panel, all rendered in the conversation. Same params as `search`. Use for a richer visual overview of a query's results. Automatically selects an engine-specific dashboard when available (e.g. google_flights gets price intelligence charting).
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| params | object |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"params": {
"type": "object",
"default": null,
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Interactive UI variant of `search`: returns organic results as a sortable, searchable table rendered in the conversation. Same params as `search`. Use when the host supports MCP Apps and the user wants to browse results visually rather than read JSON.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| params | object |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"params": {
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"default": null,
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}