Serper MCP Server

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Usage# Installing via Smithery

To install Serper MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @garylab/serper-mcp-server --client claude

Using uv (recommended)

1. Make sure you had installed uv on your os system.
2. In your MCP client code configuration or Claude settings (file claude_desktop_config.json) add serper mcp server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serper": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["serper-mcp-server"],
      "env": { "SERPER_API_KEY": "" }
    }
  }
}

Using pip for project

1. Add serper-mcp-server to your MCP client code requirements.txt file.

serper-mcp-server

2. Install the dependencies.

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Add the configuration for you client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serper": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "serper_mcp_server"],
      "env": { "SERPER_API_KEY": "" }
    }
  }
}

Using pip for globally usage

1. Make sure the pip or pip3 is in your os system.

pip install serper-mcp-server

2. MCP client code configuration or Claude settings, add serper mcp server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serper": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["serper-mcp-server"],
      "env": { "SERPER_API_KEY": "" }
    }
  }
}

Debugging

You can use the MCP inspector to debug the server. For uvx installations:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx serper-mcp-server

Or if you've installed the package in a specific directory or are developing on it:

cd path/to/servers/src/serper
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run serper-mcp-server -e SERPER_API_KEY=