How to connect Serpapi to Claude Cowork

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks. This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Serpapi account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to find latest job postings for Python developers, show recent stock news for Apple Inc, list concerts happening in New York this week, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Serpapi account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to find latest job postings for Python developers, show recent stock news for Apple Inc, list concerts happening in New York this week, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting Serpapi to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

3. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Cowork

4. Connect your Serpapi account

Back in Cowork, ask the agent to connect to Serpapi or give it any Serpapi-related task.

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Find latest job postings for Python developers"
  • "Show recent stock news for Apple Inc."
  • "List concerts happening in New York this week"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your Serpapi account is ready to use.

What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like Serpapi through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

What is the Serpapi MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Serpapi MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your SerpApi account. It provides structured and secure access to real-time search engine results, so your agent can perform actions like scraping search data, analyzing trends, retrieving product listings, and exploring local business information on your behalf.

  • Real-time web search across engines: Instantly fetch structured search results from Google, Bing, Baidu, and DuckDuckGo for any query, including organic results, ads, and rich snippets.
  • Product and marketplace data extraction: Automatically search eBay for products and retrieve detailed, structured product data to power research or price comparison workflows.
  • Event and job listings discovery: Let your agent search Google Events and Google Jobs to uncover upcoming events, conferences, or relevant job postings with granular location and keyword filters.
  • Financial and stock information retrieval: Seamlessly pull the latest company details, stock prices, market news, and trends from Google Finance using a simple query.
  • Location and map-based search: Enable your agent to perform Google Maps searches to find local businesses, attractions, or venues—complete with structured location data and optional GPS-based results.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Serpapi action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Search Baidu with Query

Search Baidu (Chinese search engine) and retrieve search results.

Bing Maps Search

Tool to scrape Bing Maps results using SerpApi.

Bing Search

Retrieve Bing Search Engine Results via SerpAPI (requires active SerpAPI connection; if unavailable, use COMPOSIO_SEARCH_WEB or COMPOSIO_SEARCH_NEWS).

DuckDuckGo Light Search

Tool to access the world's fastest DuckDuckGo Search API via SerpApi.

DuckDuckGo Maps search

Scrapes DuckDuckGo Maps results via SerpApi.

DuckDuckGo search

Performs a DuckDuckGo search via SerpApi to retrieve SERP data, including organic results, ads, and structured information.

eBay Search

Retrieve eBay Search Results via SerpApi (requires active SerpApi connected account).

Search Google Events

Searches for events (e.

Search finance

Retrieves structured financial information (e.

Get Location Options

Tool to get available location options for Google searches.

Get Facebook profile information

Tool to retrieve public information from a Facebook profile or page using SerpAPI.

Get Google About This Result

Tool to get Google 'About this result' information for a website.

Get Google Hotels Autocomplete

Tool to get autocomplete suggestions for Google Hotels destination searches.

Get Google Images Related Content

Get related content for a specific Google Images result.

Get Google Patent Details

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific patent or scholar document from Google Patents via SerpApi.

Get Search Archive

Tool to retrieve results from a previous async search using its search ID.

Google Domains List

Retrieve the list of supported Google domains for search queries.

Google Forums Search

Tool to scrape forum results from Google's Forums Platform using SerpApi.

Google Jobs Search

Retrieve Google Jobs Search Results via SerpApi.

Google Lens search

Performs reverse image search using Google Lens to find visually similar images, products, and related content.

Google Light Search

Retrieve Google Light Search Results via SerpApi.

Google Maps Posts

Scrapes Google Maps Posts for a business location via SerpApi.

Google maps search

Performs a Google Maps search via SERP API.

Google Play Product Search

Tool to retrieve detailed Google Play product information using SerpApi.

Google Scholar Author Profile

Scrapes full Google Scholar Author page including articles, citations, metrics, and co-authors.

Google Scholar Cite

Scrapes full Google Scholar Citations with multiple citation formats.

Google Videos Light Search

Tool to scrape Google Videos results using SerpApi's ultra-fast Google Videos Light API.

Hotel Search

Retrieve Google Hotel Search Results.

Image search

Searches Google Images via SERP API for a given query, returning structured image results.

Naver Search

Tool to search Naver (South Korea's leading search engine) for Korean web results and content.

Search for news articles

Searches Google News (via SerpApi, `tbm=nws`) for articles matching a query; precise key-phrase queries yield best results.

OpenTable Reviews Search

Tool to scrape OpenTable restaurant reviews using SerpApi.

Google Play Search

Retrieve Google Play Store Search Results.

Search Google Scholar

Searches Google Scholar via SerpApi for academic literature, papers, articles, and citations based on a query.

Serp API search

Performs a real-time Google search via the SerpAPI connection (must be active; if unavailable, use COMPOSIO_SEARCH_WEB or other COMPOSIO_SEARCH_* tools).

Search Apple App Store

Tool to search Apple App Store for iOS and Mac apps.

Google Images Light Search

Tool to scrape Google Images results using SerpApi's Google Images Light API.

Search Google Local Services

Search Google Local Services for service providers like electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, and more.

Search Yelp businesses

Tool to search Yelp for businesses and places using SerpApi.

Shopping search

Searches Google Shopping via SerpAPI for a specific product, returning structured listings in results.

Google Trends search

Fetches Google Trends data; returns relative 0–100 interest indices (not absolute volumes) meaningful only when comparing queries within the same request.

Walmart Product Reviews

Tool to scrape full Walmart product reviews using SerpApi's Walmart Product Reviews API.

Walmart Search

Retrieve Walmart Search Results.

Yahoo Search

Retrieve Yahoo!

Yahoo Videos Search

Scrape Yahoo!

Yandex Images Search

Tool to search Yandex Images for image results with advanced filters.

Yandex Search

Retrieve Yandex Search Results.

YouTube Search

Retrieve YouTube Search Results.

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Hermes

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CLI

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Vercel AI SDK

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LlamaIndex

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VS Code

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Serpapi MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Serpapi tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Serpapi and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Serpapi tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Serpapi scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Serpapi data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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