Search1API MCP Server

The official MCP server for Search1API — web search, news, crawling, and more in one API.

Get Your API Key

Register at Search1API
Get your API key from the dashboard

Quick Start (Remote MCP)

No installation required. Just configure your MCP client with the remote URL and your API key.

Authentication

Two methods are supported — use whichever your client supports:

| Method | Format | |--------|--------| | Authorization Header | Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY | | URL Query Parameter | https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp?apiKey=YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY |

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search1api": {
      "url": "https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude.ai (Web)

Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector:

https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp?apiKey=YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search1api": {
      "url": "https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "search1api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http search1api https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY"

Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search1api": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.search1api.com/mcp?apiKey=YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Agent Skill

The Agent Skill has moved to search1api-cli. Install it with:

npm install -g search1api-cli
npx skills add fatwang2/search1api-cli

Local Mode (stdio)

If you prefer to run the server locally, use npx — no cloning required:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search1api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "search1api-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SEARCH1API_KEY": "YOUR_SEARCH1API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

search

Search the web using Search1API.

| Parameter | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|----------|---------|-------------| | query | Yes | - | Search query | | max_results | No | 10 | Number of results | | search_service | No | google | google, bing, duckduckgo, yahoo, x, reddit, github, youtube, arxiv, wechat, bilibili, imdb, wikipedia | | crawl_results | No | 0 | Number of results to crawl for full content | | include_sites | No | [] | Sites to include | | exclude_sites | No | [] | Sites to exclude | | time_range | No | - | day, month, year |

news

Search for news articles.

| Parameter | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|----------|---------|-------------| | query | Yes | - | Search query | | max_results | No | 10 | Number of results | | search_service | No | bing | google, bing, duckduckgo, yahoo, hackernews | | crawl_results | No | 0 | Number of results to crawl for full content | | include_sites | No | [] | Sites to include | | exclude_sites | No | [] | Sites to exclude | | time_range | No | - | day, month, year |

crawl

Extract content from a URL.

| Parameter | Required | Description | |-----------|----------|-------------| | url | Yes | URL to crawl |

sitemap

Get all related links from a URL.

| Parameter | Required | Description | |-----------|----------|-------------| | url | Yes | URL to get sitemap |

reasoning

Deep thinking and complex problem solving with DeepSeek R1.

| Parameter | Required | Description | |-----------|----------|-------------| | content | Yes | The question or problem |

Version History

v0.3.0: Remote MCP support via Streamable HTTP; per-session API key authentication
v0.2.0: Fallback .env support for LibreChat integration
v0.1.8: X (Twitter) and Reddit search services
v0.1.7: Trending tool for GitHub and Hacker News
v0.1.6: Wikipedia search service
v0.1.5: New search parameters and services (arxiv, wechat, bilibili, imdb)
v0.1.4: Reasoning tool with DeepSeek R1
v0.1.3: News search
v0.1.2: Sitemap
v0.1.1: Web crawling
v0.1.0: Initial release

License

MIT

search1api-mcp