Search1API MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides search and crawl functionality using Search1API.

search1api-mcp.mp4

Features

• Web search functionality
• News search functionality
• Web page content extraction
• Website sitemap extraction
• Deep thinking and complex problem solving with DeepSeek R1
• Seamless integration with Claude Desktop, Cursor and Windsurf

Tools

1. Search Tool

• Name: search
• Description: Search the web using Search1API
• Parameters:
  • query (required): Search query
  • max_results (optional, default: 10): Number of results to return
  • search_service (optional, default: "google"): Search service to use

2. News Tool

• Name: news
• Description: Search for news articles using Search1API
• Parameters:
  • query (required): Search query
  • max_results (optional, default: 10): Number of results to return
  • search_service (optional, default: "google"): Search service to use

3. Crawl Tool

• Name: crawl
• Description: Extract content from a URL using Search1API
• Parameters:
  • url (required): URL to crawl

4. Sitemap Tool

• Name: sitemap
• Description: Get all related links from a URL
• Parameters:
  • url (required): URL to get sitemap

5. Reasoning Tool

• Name: reasoning
• Description: A tool for deep thinking and complex problem solving with fast deepseek r1 model and web search ability(You can change to any other model in search1api website but the speed is not guaranteed)
• Parameters:
  • content (required): The question or problem that needs deep thinking

Setup Guide

1. Get Search1API Key

1. Register at Search1API
2. Get your api key and 100 free credits

2. Configure

2.1 Claude Desktop

Update your Claude configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) with the following content:

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

Configuration file location:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

2.2 Cursor

Easy way:

1. Open Cursor Settings to add new MCP server search1api with the command env SEARCH1API_KEY=your-search1api-key npx -y search1api-mcp
2. Add your own Search1API key to the command

Safe way:

1. Copy the run.template.sh to your file path and rename it to run.sh
2. Add your own Search1API key to the run.sh file
3. Open Cursor Settings to add new MCP server search1api with the command sh ./your_file_path/run.sh

Read the Cursor MCP Server Official Documentation to get more information.

2.3 Windsurf

Update your Windsurf configuration file (mcp_config.json) with the following content:

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

Read the Windsurf MCP Server Official Documentation to get more information.

Notice: After the configuration is done, you can close Windsurf offcial web tools to save your credits

Version History

• v0.1.4: Added reasoning tool with deepseek r1 and updated the Cursor and Windsurf configuration guide
• v0.1.3: Added news search functionality
• v0.1.2: Added sitemap functionality
• v0.1.1: Added web crawling functionality
• v0.1.0: Initial release with search functionality

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.