SERPdive Web Search

com.serpdivePublished by serpdive.comOfficial publisherv0.1.4Updated Oct 24, 2026

AI-agent web search, answer-ready content. Beats Tavily: 60.7% of quality duels, 20.2% fewer tokens.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

SERPdive gives an assistant real-time web search that returns cleaned, answer-ready page content, via a hosted endpoint or a local npx package.

What you can do
  • Run web searches in any language and get back extracted page content for the top results, with automatic localization.
  • Choose a content depth: mako returns the fact-carrying sentences of each page, moby returns full page text for long-document analysis or deep research.
  • Cap the number of delivered results between 1 and 10, or leave it to the engine's calibrated mix.
  • Receive raw JSON with the query, model, response time and results as URL, title, optional date and content.
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs current web information with the actual page text rather than snippets, for research, fact-checking or answering questions about recent topics. A free unlimited tier makes it easy to try while building.
Requirements
A SERPdive API key, supplied as the SERPDIVE_API_KEY environment variable for the local package or as a bearer token or key query parameter for the hosted endpoint; a free key is available without a card. The local option needs Node.js to run the npx package; the hosted option needs only network access.
Before you install
The API key is a secret and appears in configuration; the hosted setup examples put it in a URL query string, which can leak through logs or shared configs. Searches consume credits on paid models (mako 1 credit, moby 1.5), though failed searches are not billed. Queries and retrieved content are sent to SERPdive's servers.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open SERPdive Web Search in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.serpdive%2Fserpdive-mcp/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serpdive-web-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.serpdive.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

SERPdive MCP Server

Give any MCP client real-time web search with answer-ready results. SERPdive is the AI Search API: ask a question, get the actual content of the best pages, extracted, cleaned, and sized for an LLM. On a public, replayable 1,000-question benchmark, SERPdive runs at the same speed as Tavily, feeds your LLM 20.2% fewer tokens, and wins 60.7% of decided quality duels. If you are evaluating Tavily alternatives, that benchmark is public and replayable end to end: same questions, same judge, your machine.

There is a free tier, and it has no ceiling. The krill model is free and unlimited under fair use — no card, no credits, nothing to decrement. It returns the shortest set of sentences that still answers (about 700 tokens a search, roughly half what the usual alternatives send), one request at a time, at low priority. Use it to build; switch one word to mako when you need depth and steady latency.

One tool, serpdive_search. Two ways to run it:

  • Hosted (recommended): https://mcp.serpdive.com, nothing to install.
  • Local (this package): npx -y serpdive-mcp, stdio, zero dependencies.

Get a free API key at serpdive.com/dashboard/keys (no card required).

Hosted server

Claude Code

bash
claude mcp add --transport http serpdive https://mcp.serpdive.com \  --header "Authorization: Bearer sd_live_YOUR_KEY"

Cursor and other JSON-config clients

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "serpdive": {      "url": "https://mcp.serpdive.com/?key=sd_live_YOUR_KEY"    }  }}

Both https://mcp.serpdive.com/ and https://mcp.serpdive.com/mcp answer, so either URL shape works.

Local server (npx)

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings > Developer > Edit Config):

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "serpdive": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "serpdive-mcp"],      "env": { "SERPDIVE_API_KEY": "sd_live_YOUR_KEY" }    }  }}

Claude Code

bash
claude mcp add serpdive --env SERPDIVE_API_KEY=sd_live_YOUR_KEY -- npx -y serpdive-mcp

Cursor and other JSON-config clients

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "serpdive": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "serpdive-mcp"],      "env": { "SERPDIVE_API_KEY": "sd_live_YOUR_KEY" }    }  }}

The tool

serpdive_search(query, model?, max_results?)

ArgumentTypeDescription
querystring, requiredThe search, in any language. Localization is automatic.
model"mako" | "moby"mako (default): the fact-carrying sentences of each page, fast. moby: full page text — slower (~1s more) and several times more tokens; use only when mako's key sentences are insufficient (long-document analysis, deep research).
max_resultsinteger, 1-10Cap on delivered results. Omit for the engine's calibrated mix.

The response is the raw SERPdive JSON: query, model, response_time_ms, optional extra_info, and results as [{ url, title, date?, content }]. Failed searches are never billed.

There is no answer argument here, on purpose. Over MCP the consumer is always an LLM, which can write its own answer from the extracted content — a second, server-side synthesis costs a round-trip on every search and buys nothing. The API still offers answer: true for callers that are not models.

Pricing and limits

A mako search costs 1 credit, moby 1.5. Every account gets free monthly credits, no card required. Full reference: serpdive.com/docs.

License

MIT

Source: README.md at commit 9f3181a

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  1. v0.1.4LatestSep 16, 2026

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