SerpApi for AI agents
SerpApi is a structured API for scraping search engine results across Google, Bing, Amazon, and other platforms. SEO teams and researchers use it to pull ranking and listing data programmatically. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.
What agents do in SerpApi.
Pull search rankings for a keyword
Run a Google search query and return structured results to track where a page ranks.
Check account usage before a bulk pull
Look up the SerpApi account's remaining search credits before kicking off a large batch of queries.
Look up a product listing
Retrieve an Amazon product's details or a shopping search result for competitive price tracking.
59 SerpApi actions, graded by risk.
Every SerpApi action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.
read
21Look things up. Allowed by default.
- serpapi.get_accountGet SerpApi Account
- serpapi.search_yelpSearch Yelp businesses
- serpapi.search_indexSearch Index
- serpapi.get_youtube_videoYouTube Video
- serpapi.get_amazon_productAmazon Product
- serpapi.get_facebook_profileGet Facebook profile information
- serpapi.query_google_ai_modeGoogle AI Mode
- serpapi.get_google_ai_overviewGoogle AI Overview
- serpapi.search_apple_app_storeSearch Apple App Store
- serpapi.list_google_maps_reviewsGoogle Maps Reviews
- serpapi.search_public_google_adsSearch public Google ads
- serpapi.get_google_patent_detailsGet Google Patent Details
- serpapi.search_google_images_lightGoogle Images Light Search
- serpapi.get_google_about_this_resultGet Google About This Result
- serpapi.get_youtube_video_transcriptYouTube Video Transcript
- serpapi.search_google_local_servicesSearch Google Local Services
write
37Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.
- serpapi.bing_mapsBing Maps Search
- serpapi.bing_searchBing Search
- serpapi.ebay_searcheBay Search
- serpapi.news_searchSearch for news articles
- serpapi.play_searchGoogle Play Search
- serpapi.baidu_searchSearch Baidu with Query
- serpapi.event_searchSearch Google Events
- serpapi.hotel_searchHotel Search
- serpapi.image_searchImage search
- serpapi.naver_searchNaver Search
- serpapi.yahoo_searchYahoo Search
- serpapi.yahoo_videosYahoo Videos Search
- serpapi.amazon_searchAmazon Search
- serpapi.trends_searchGoogle Trends search
- serpapi.yandex_searchYandex Search
- serpapi.finance_searchSearch finance
destructive
1Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.
- serpapi.get_search_archiveGet Search Archive
SerpApi in three steps.
- 01Your users connect SerpApiThey add their SerpApi api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
- 02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “bing Maps Search” can wait for the user, and “get Search Archive” can be denied outright.
- 03Any agent can actYour agent calls SerpApi through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
await arc0.policies.set('serpapi', { read: 'allow', write: 'ask', // bing_maps destructive: 'deny', // get_search_archive }) # Claude Code: the same connection, one URL $ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \ https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
How SerpApi connects.
Users add their SerpApi api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.
The same SerpApi connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →
- AUTH
- API key
- CREDENTIALS
- Per-tenant encrypted vault
- MODEL SEES
- Results only, never credentials
- AUDIT LOG
- Every call, on every plan
Use SerpApi from any agent.
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SerpApi and Arc0, answered.
Can I use SerpApi with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?
Yes. Connect SerpApi to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the SerpApi actions you allow.
How do users connect SerpApi?
Users add their SerpApi api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.
Which SerpApi actions can my agent take?
59 in total: 21 read, 37 write and 1 destructive, such as “bing Maps Search”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.
Can I stop my agent from deleting things in SerpApi?
Yes. Actions like “get Search Archive” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.
Can my own backend call SerpApi too?
Yes. The same SerpApi connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.
Plug SerpApi into your agent.
Your users connect SerpApi once, under your brand. Your agent gets 59 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.
Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan