SERPHouse MCP Server

Connect AI assistants to live SERP data, Google verticals, and SEO intelligence — powered by SERPHouse.

Run Google, Bing, and Yahoo searches, resolve locations, and query Jobs, Local, Videos, and more — directly from Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, or any MCP-compatible client. No custom API integration required.

Table of Contents

• Why SERPHouse MCP
• Quick Start (Hosted)
• What You Can Ask
• Tools Overview
• Self-Host Locally
• Self-Host with Docker
• Use with Local Llama Models (Ollama)
• Troubleshooting
• Contributing
• License

Why SERPHouse MCP

What You Can Ask

For SEO teams, agencies, and SaaS marketers who need live search data inside their AI workflow — no dashboards, scripts, or context switching.

Tools Overview

The server exposes 21 tools across five categories. Google and Bing SERP requests require exactly one location field — loc (e.g. Austin,Texas,United States) or loc_id (from serphouse_location_search). Never send both or omit both on those endpoints. Yahoo SERP tools do not require location.

Reference

Google SERP

Bing SERP

Yahoo SERP

Google Verticals

Self-Host Locally

Run the server on your machine for full control or local development.

git clone https://github.com/SERPHouse/serphouse-mcp.git
cd serphouse-mcp
npm install
npm run build
npm start

The server listens on http://localhost:3000. MCP endpoint: POST /mcp

Point your MCP client at the local instance:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serphouse": {
      "url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "SERPHOUSE_API": "YOUR_SERPHouse_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Commands

Health check: GET http://localhost:3000/health

Server Options

Authentication is header-only. Send SERPHOUSE_API: <api_key> on every /mcp request (configure it in your MCP client headers).

Self-Host with Docker

Run the MCP server locally in Docker without installing Node.js.

docker compose up -d

The server runs at http://localhost:3000/mcp.

Connect your MCP client with the API key in headers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serphouse": {
      "url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "SERPHOUSE_API": "YOUR_SERPHouse_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use with Local Llama Models (Ollama)

Hook up your SERPHouse MCP Server to a local Llama model (e.g. Llama 3.1 or 3.2) using ollmcp — an interactive terminal UI client that brings real-time search engine power straight to your local LLM workflow.

Prerequisites

1. Install ollmcp

ollmcp is a Python client, so install it globally with pip:

pip install --upgrade ollmcp

2. Create a config.json file

The client needs a configuration profile that tells it how to launch the SERPHouse server and pass your API credentials. Create a config.json in your working folder:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serphouse-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.serphouse.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "SERPHOUSE_API": "YOUR_SERPHouse_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_SERPHouse_API_KEY with your active key from the SERPHouse Dashboard.

3. Run the terminal client

Launch the interactive interface, passing your config profile and target model:

ollmcp --servers-json config.json --model llama3.1

Once the terminal UI loads:

1. Select your target Llama model from the model list.
2. Submit a prompt that needs live web data — e.g. "Look up the top Google results for 'best developer tools' using SERPHouse."
3. Watch your local Llama model call the SERPHouse tools and turn real-time SERP data into a conversational answer.

Compatible Models

The following Ollama models work well with tool use:

• gemma4
• qwen3.5
• lfm2.5-thinking
• llama3.2
• mistral

For a complete list of Ollama models with tool use capabilities, visit the official Ollama models page.

For models that can also process images returned by tools, see the Ollama vision models page.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please keep changes focused and match existing code style.

git checkout -b feature/your-feature
npm install
# make changes
npm run typecheck
git commit -m "Add your feature"
git push origin feature/your-feature

Then open a Pull Request. Update this README if you change setup or configuration.

License

MIT License — Copyright SERPHouse.

Quick Start (Hosted)

The fastest path — no build step, no server to maintain.

1. Get your API key from the SERPHouse Dashboard.

2. Add the server to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serphouse": {
      "url": "https://mcp.serphouse.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "SERPHOUSE_API": "YOUR_SERPHouse_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Start chatting. Ask your assistant to search Google, Bing, or Yahoo, look up locations, fetch jobs, or check your account — it will route to the correct tool.

One-click install: Use the Install in VS Code or Install in Cursor badges above, then replace the placeholder API key with yours.

Troubleshooting