serpgrab: Google Search and Maps MCP server

serpgrab MCP server

A hosted MCP server that gives AI agents real-time Google search and Google Maps results, from serpgrab. There is nothing to install: add one URL to your MCP client.

https://api.serpgrab.com/mcp

This repository holds the setup docs and client config examples. The server itself runs on our infrastructure and is not open source. It is listed in the official MCP registry as com.serpgrab/google-search.

Tools

answer box, knowledge panel, local pack, ads and "People also ask" when Google shows them.

• googlesearch**: Google web results (title, URL, date, snippet), plus the AI Overview,

reviews, price, address, phone, hours, website, coordinates and place_id.

• googlemapssearch: businesses and places from Google Maps, 20 a page, with rating,

Results come back as compact text written for a model's context, not raw JSON.

google_search

googlemapssearch

Get a key

Free: 250 searches a month, email signup, no card: https://serpgrab.com/#signup

Connecting and listing the tools work without a key; running a tool needs one. Each results page the agent reads is one search.

Setup

Replace YOUR_KEY with your serpgrab key.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http serpgrab https://api.serpgrab.com/mcp \
  --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Cursor

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serpgrab": {
      "url": "https://api.serpgrab.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

In .vscode/mcp.json, or run MCP: Open User Configuration:

{
  "servers": {
    "serpgrab": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.serpgrab.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

In Cascade's MCP menu, choose Open MCP config file and add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serpgrab": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.serpgrab.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Codex

In ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.serpgrab]
url = "https://api.serpgrab.com/mcp"
http_headers = { "X-API-Key" = "YOUR_KEY" }

Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT and other clients that only take a URL

Put the key in the URL and choose no authentication:

https://api.serpgrab.com/mcp?api_key=YOUR_KEY

• Claude.ai and Claude Desktop: Settings › Connectors › Add custom connector.
• ChatGPT: turn on developer mode, then Settings › Connectors › Create.

We don't log keys sent in the URL, but the client stores the URL with its settings, so keep it as private as the key.

Clients that only speak stdio

Connect through mcp-remote:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serpgrab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.serpgrab.com/mcp", "--header", "X-API-Key:YOUR_KEY"]
    }
  }
}

Pro plan on RapidAPI

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.