# Search1API (MCP server)

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/superagents-lab/search1api-mcp |
| GitHub stars | 173 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio, streamable-http |
| Packages | npm: search1api-mcp |
| Remote URL | https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | AI & search |
| Latest release | v0.6.1 (Sep 3, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.superagents-lab/search1api |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```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

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

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```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)

```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)

```sh
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 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `SEARCH1API_KEY` (secret) (required): Search1API API key for local stdio mode

## Tools

- `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.

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