Serper.live

Name: Serper.live
Author: serper-live

by serper-liveversion 2.2.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.serper-live/serper-live-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Live Google search results, domain positions and open markets via the Serper.live SERP API.

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User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Search & AI memory
You need to fill in: SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Download the maker’s .mcpb file

The link goes to the maker’s own file; we do not host or repackage it. Open the file and Claude Desktop installs it.

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add serper-live --env SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN=your-value -- npx -y @serper-live/mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serper-live": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@serper-live/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "serper-live": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@serper-live/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN secret required env
Serper.live API token (sl_live_…) from https://serper.live/account/tokens

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account serper-live, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 7258 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 92% of the other 7258 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 7258 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Serper.live safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (2.2.0) reached the registry 2 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js, MCPB on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Context7, Codebase Memory, Exa

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README from the maker

Open the README

Copied from the maker’s repo as written. PopNx MCP has not reviewed or endorsed it. HTML, images and scripts are removed. Links lead off this site.

Serper.live MCP server

Live Google search for AI agents. This Model Context Protocol server lets Claude, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients run a real Google search through Serper.live for the country, language and device you choose, and check where a domain ranks right now.

Every search is fresh: nothing is cached, and a page of 10 results usually comes back in 2–3 seconds. Positions count organic results only, without ads, sitelinks, video or image blocks, so the number an agent reads is the number a rank tracker would store.

Tools

Tool	What it does	Cost
`google_search`	Live organic results for a keyword: `position`, `title`, `url`, `domain`, `snippet`, up to 100 per call, plus Google's "People also ask" questions and related searches	Billed per page of up to 10 results that received results
`domain_position`	Where a domain ranks for a keyword in a country and on a device; every position if it appears more than once, or "not in the top N"	Same as `google_search` for the depth checked
`list_countries`	Markets open right now and the default Google language of each	Free, no token

Arguments: query (2–120 characters), country (two-letter code such as US, GB, DE, FR, TR, UA), optional language (Google interface language, defaults to the country's), device (desktop or mobile) and limit / depth (1–100, default 10).

Setup

Create an account at serper.live: it starts with 100 free searches, no card needed. Then create an API token on API tokens. Add credit when the free searches run out: by card from $10 or in USDT or USDC from $5, no subscription, credit never expires.
Add the server to your client with the token in SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN. It runs with npx, so Node.js 20 or newer is all you need; Claude Desktop can also install it in one click without Node.js.

Claude Code

claude mcp add serper-live -e SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN=sl_live_YOUR_TOKEN -- npx -y @serper-live/mcp

Claude Desktop

One click: download serper-live-mcp.mcpb from the latest release and open it. Claude Desktop shows an install dialog, asks for the API token once, stores it securely and runs the server with its own Node.js.

Or by hand, in claude_desktop_config.json:

"mcpServers": { "serper-live": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@serper-live/mcp"], "env": { "SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN": "sl_live_YOUR_TOKEN" } } } }

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json in a project:

"mcpServers": { "serper-live": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@serper-live/mcp"], "env": { "SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN": "sl_live_YOUR_TOKEN" } } } }

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json — VS Code asks for the token once and keeps it out of the file:

"inputs": [ { "type": "promptString", "id": "serper-live-token", "description": "Serper.live API token", "password": true } ], "servers": { "serper-live": { "type": "stdio", "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@serper-live/mcp"], "env": { "SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN": "${input:serper-live-token}" } } } }

OpenAI Codex

codex mcp add serper-live --env SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN=sl_live_YOUR_TOKEN -- npx -y @serper-live/mcp

Or by hand, in ~/.codex/config.toml (the Codex CLI, its IDE extension and the ChatGPT desktop app share this file):

[mcp_servers.serper-live]

command = "npx" args = ["-y", "@serper-live/mcp"]

[mcp_servers.serper-live.env] SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN = "sl_live_YOUR_TOKEN"

Any other MCP client: run npx -y @serper-live/mcp over stdio with SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN in the environment. Agents that set up servers from a repository, such as Cline, follow llms-install.md.

Environment

Variable	Required	Description
`SERPER_LIVE_TOKEN`	for searches	API token from API tokens. Without it `list_countries` still works
`SERPER_LIVE_API_URL`	no	API base URL, default `https://api.serper.live`

What to ask

"Where does example.com rank on Google in Germany on mobile for *project management software*? Check the top 30."
"Compare the top 10 Google results for *best running shoes* in the US and the UK."
"Which markets can you search in?"

Billing and retries

Searches are billed to your Serper.live balance per page of up to 10 organic results that received results, at the price of the market (pricing); desktop and mobile cost the same. The free searches of the account are used first, a search that finds nothing costs nothing, and a search that fails or runs out of time is never charged. Each call sends an Idempotency-Key, so a repeated call is never billed twice.

Development

npm install

npm run build npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js npm run bundle # serper-live-mcp.mcpb: dist/, manifest.json, icon.png and the production dependencies

Releasing

The version lives in package.json, in version plus packages[0].version of server.json, which the MCP Registry checks against npm, and in manifest.json of the MCP Bundle. npm version sets all of them: its version script (scripts/sync-version.mjs) copies the new version into server.json and manifest.json.

A pushed v* tag runs .github/workflows/publish.yml: it checks that the tag matches every version field, builds, packs and validates the MCP Bundle, publishes to npm through trusted publishing (no npm token, with provenance), waits until npm serves the new version (up to 30 minutes), attaches serper-live-mcp.mcpb to the GitHub release and updates the MCP Registry through GitHub OIDC with two packages: npm and the bundle with its SHA-256. A failed run can be re-run as is: a version npm already has is not published again, and the release asset is replaced.

npm version x.y.z --no-git-tag-version   # package.json, package-lock.json, server.json, manifest.json

git commit -am "Release x.y.z" git tag vx.y.z git push && git push origin vx.y.z

The npm package lists this workflow as its trusted publisher (package settings → Trusted Publisher → GitHub Actions: serper-live/serper-live-mcp, workflow publish.yml, with Allow npm publish ticked under Allowed actions).

License

MIT

Serper.live

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

Serper.live MCP server

Tools

Setup

Claude Code

Claude Desktop

Cursor

VS Code

OpenAI Codex

Environment

What to ask

Billing and retries

Development

Releasing

Links

License