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Search1API

Search1API is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Web search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API. It has 173 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y search1api-mcp.

github.com/superagents-lab/search1api-mcp (opens in a new tab)

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Install Search1API

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search1api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search1api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH1API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env SEARCH1API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio search1api -- npx -y search1api-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search1api": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search1api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH1API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "search1api_key",
      "description": "SEARCH1API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "search1api": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search1api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH1API_KEY": "${input:search1api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (remote)

claude mcp add --transport http search1api "https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp"

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
SEARCH1API_KEYsecretYesSearch1API API key for local stdio mode

Tools (12)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • search

    Search the web using Search1API. Results include a citable id/title/url structure.

  • query

    Yes

  • max_results

    No

  • search_service

    No

  • crawl_results

    No

  • include_sites

    No

  • exclude_sites

    No

  • time_range

    No

  • news

    Search for news articles.

  • crawl

    Extract content from a URL.

  • sitemap

    Get all related links from a URL.

  • trending

    Get trending topics from popular platforms.

About Search1API

The official MCP server for Search1API — web search, news, page retrieval, sitemap discovery, and trending topics in one API.

  • mcp
  • model-context-protocol
  • oauth
  • search1api
  • typescript
  • web-crawling
  • web-search

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What is Search1API?

Search1API is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Web search, news, page retrieval, sitemaps, and trending topics through Search1API. It has 173 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y search1api-mcp. The source code is at github.com/superagents-lab/search1api-mcp.

How do I install the Search1API MCP server?

Add the command npx -y search1api-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Search1API free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (SEARCH1API_KEY) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Search1API actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is v0.6.1, published Sep 3, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.