Search1API MCP Server

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

Get Your API Key

1. Register at Search1API
2. Get your API key from the dashboard

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.

news

Search for news articles.

crawl

Extract content from a URL.

sitemap

Get all related links from a URL.

reasoning

Deep thinking and complex problem solving with DeepSeek R1.

trending

Get trending topics from popular platforms.

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

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:

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"
    }
  }
}

License

MIT