search1api-mcp
search1api-mcp is an MCP server, listed under search. It reaches search1api. It needs SEARCH1API_KEY to authenticate. Its repository has 173 GitHub stars and is licensed under NOASSERTION; we last read it on 2026-10-25.
This repository provides an official Search1API MCP server for web search, news, crawling, sitemaps, and trends, requiring OAuth 2.1 or local npm hosting.
Install
MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. search1api-mcp’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.
What it reaches, and what it needs
Maintenance
Official Search1API MCP server for web search, news, crawling, sitemaps, and trends—hosted with OAuth 2.1 or local via npm.
What search1api-mcp can do
6 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
search- Search the web using Search1API. Results include a citable `id`/`title`/`url` structure. Pass a result URL to `crawl` when you need the full page.
news- Search for news articles. `hackernews` results link to the discussion thread and add `story_url`, `points`, and `num_comments` to `metadata`.
crawl- Extract content from a URL.
sitemap- Get all related links from a URL.
trending- Get trending topics from popular platforms.
ask- Agentic search: describe the need in natural language and Search1API picks up to five engines and a time window, drops off-topic results, and returns at most 10 citable results ranked by relevance. Th
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search1api-mcp compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| search1api-mcp (this page) | search1api | SEARCH1API_KEY | 173 | 2026-10-24 | NOASSERTION |
| anysearch-mcp-server | anysearch | ANYSEARCH_API_KEY | 2,052 | 2026-09-17 | Apache-2.0 |
| duckduckgo-mcp-server | — | None listed | 1,550 | 2026-09-04 | MIT |
| web-search-mcp | — | None listed | 1,182 | 2025-08-08 | MIT |
| mcp-omnisearch | exa, github, tavily | EXA_API_KEY, TAVILY_API_KEY | 357 | 2026-10-23 | MIT |
| ReActMCP | exa, openai | EXA_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY | 143 | 2026-07-22 | MIT |
Ranked by services in common with search1api-mcp, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about search1api-mcp
- What does search1api-mcp do?
- This repository provides an official Search1API MCP server for web search, news, crawling, sitemaps, and trends, requiring OAuth 2.1 or local npm hosting.
- How do I install search1api-mcp?
- Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/superagents-lab/search1api-mcp
- What does search1api-mcp connect to, and what does it need?
- It reaches search1api. The credentials we found in its source are SEARCH1API_KEY.
- Is search1api-mcp official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 173 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-24.
- What licence does search1api-mcp use?
- The repository declares the NOASSERTION licence.
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