How to Connect Serply to Claude — via MCP

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Serply + Claude

Google web, news and Scholar search from any AI agent via the Serply API. 3 tools, API-key auth.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

SERPLY_API_KEY

Step 1 — Get credentials

This connector wraps the Serply REST API (api.serply.io), which returns Google search results as JSON.

Setup:

1. Create an account at https://serply.io (2,500 free credits, no card required) and copy the API key from the dashboard.
2. Set SERPLY_API_KEY.

Authentication: the key is sent as the X-Api-Key header on every call, so it never appears in a logged URL.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Claude

Recommended path — works on claude.ai web without editing any config file.

1. In Claude, open Customize → Connectors.
2. Click +, then Add custom connector.
3. Enter a name, e.g. Serply, and the remote MCP server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp, then click Add.
4. Click Connect and sign in to AnythingMCP (OAuth) to allow access.

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FAQ

Does it work with Claude Code as well as Claude Desktop? Yes — point both at https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp.

Next steps

• Connector landing page
• Connect to ChatGPT