# mcp

Connects AI assistants to live search data via SearchApi. Useful for retrieving Google Flights, hotel listings, and vacation rental details inside your coding agent.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI
- Author: SearchApi
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/SearchApi/searchapi-mcp
- Updated: 2026-01-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/searchapi-mcp

## What it does

This tool provides access to SearchApi endpoints over an HTTP transport. Instead of running a local script, the agent connects directly to `https://www.searchapi.io/mcp?token={api_token}`. The model then pulls live search engine data straight into the conversation.

It handles specialized lookups such as Google Flights, hotel availability, and vacation rental listings. Without an active `{api_token}` in the URL, the remote endpoint denies incoming requests. Extended tool settings reside at `https://www.searchapi.io/integrations/mcp`.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://www.searchapi.io/mcp?token={api_token}`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Template address**
- The server address is a template: replace {…} or […] with your own values

2. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http mcp 'https://www.searchapi.io/mcp?token={api_token}'
```

### Codex

1. **Template address**
- The server address is a template: replace {…} or […] with your own values

2. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add searchapi-mcp --url 'https://www.searchapi.io/mcp?token={api_token}'
```

### Cursor

1. **Template address**
- The server address is a template: replace {…} or […] with your own values

2. **Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "searchapi-mcp": {
            "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/mcp?token={api_token}"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

1. **Template address**
- The server address is a template: replace {…} or […] with your own values

2. **Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "searchapi-mcp": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/mcp?token={api_token}"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

1. **Template address**
- The server address is a template: replace {…} or […] with your own values

2. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http searchapi-mcp 'https://www.searchapi.io/mcp?token={api_token}'
```

## When to use it
- query Google Flights schedules and fares
- look up hotels and vacation rentals
- feed real-time search results into AI chat

## Example prompts
- Check direct flights between Berlin and Paris for next Friday on Google Flights
- Find central Rome hotels with high guest ratings
- Look up vacation rentals near Lake Garda for the upcoming weekend

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