# How to connect SerpApi to OpenClaw (paste one key, 48 tools) > Connect SerpApi to OpenClaw with ClawLink: paste your SerpApi key once and 48 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine. Web version: https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/serpapi The usual route to SerpApi access for OpenClaw is an MCP server you configure and keep running, plus your own OAuth app or API keys. ClawLink gives OpenClaw a more practical SerpApi setup: install one ClawHub skill, connect SerpApi in the browser, and OpenClaw can call real SerpApi actions from any chat surface with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself. **Start here:** install the ClawLink plugin (`openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin`), pair it in the browser, then connect the app in the ClawLink dashboard. The interactive install prompt is on the web version of this page: https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/serpapi ## Setup It takes three steps to connect OpenClaw to SerpApi. 1. **Install ClawLink** — add the plugin to OpenClaw once. 2. **Connect SerpApi** — one-click OAuth in the ClawLink dashboard. 3. **Use it from chat** — ask OpenClaw in plain English. **Alternative for any agent (no plugin needed):** if the OpenClaw plugin route isn't available or doesn't work, any AI agent with shell access can use the ClawLink CLI instead: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login # sign in via browser — no API key to paste npx -y @useclawlink/cli connect serpapi # connect SerpApi (browser OAuth) npx -y @useclawlink/cli actions serpapi # list available actions npx -y @useclawlink/cli run serpapi --input '' # execute (add --confirm for writes) ``` ### Install by command The setup prompt above does all of this in one paste. By hand, it is one install command plus a browser approval: ```bash openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin ``` Then ask OpenClaw to set up ClawLink. It starts browser pairing and prints an approval link — open it, approve the device, return to the chat, and say `done`. Finally, connect SerpApi in the [ClawLink dashboard](https://claw-link.dev/dashboard) — paste your SerpApi API key once. Verify the connection by asking OpenClaw: > Search SerpApi for what I need, summarize the results, and tell me the next best action. ### Using a different agent? The OpenClaw plugin is one client of ClawLink's MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any agent that can run a shell command pairs with the same ClawLink account through the CLI: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login ``` `login` opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once SerpApi is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 48 SerpApi tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: [connect apps to any AI agent](https://claw-link.dev/learn/connect-apps-to-any-ai-agent). ## SerpApi MCP for OpenClaw Looking for a SerpApi MCP server for OpenClaw? ClawLink connects SerpApi to OpenClaw and exposes 48 SerpApi tools your agent can call over [MCP](https://claw-link.dev/learn/what-is-an-mcp-server), with [hosted auth](https://claw-link.dev/learn/oauth-for-ai-agents) and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using Hermes instead? The [Hermes SerpApi integration](https://claw-link.dev/hermes/serpapi) works the same way. ## What the OpenClaw SerpApi integration can do 48 SerpApi tools are ready for OpenClaw once the account is connected. The 30 below are the ones people reach for most; your agent can call all 48. ### 30 of 48 SerpApi tools for OpenClaw | Tool | What it does | |---|---| | **Baidu search** `serpapi_baidu_search` | Search Baidu (Chinese search engine) and retrieve search results. Requires a search query string in the 'q' parameter. Returns organic search results, answer boxes, and pagination info in JSON format. | | **Bing maps** `serpapi_bing_maps` | Tool to scrape Bing Maps results using SerpApi. Use when you need to find local businesses, places, or get detailed location information including addresses, phone numbers, ratings, reviews, and more. | | **Bing search** `serpapi_bing_search` | Retrieve Bing Search Engine Results via SerpAPI (requires active SerpAPI connection; if unavailable, use the built-in web or news search tools). | | **Duck duck go light search** `serpapi_duck_duck_go_light_search` | Tool to access the world's fastest DuckDuckGo Search API via SerpApi. Scrapes DuckDuckGo search results in JSON format with critical data for faster response times, without extra-rich results. | | **Duck duck go maps** `serpapi_duck_duck_go_maps` | Scrapes DuckDuckGo Maps results via SerpApi. Use when searching for location-based information like businesses, restaurants, or services in a specific geographic area. | | **Duck duck go search** `serpapi_duck_duck_go_search` | Performs a DuckDuckGo search via SerpApi to retrieve SERP data, including organic results, ads, and structured information. Requires a valid SerpApi connection. | | **Ebay search** `serpapi_ebay_search` | Retrieve eBay Search Results via SerpApi (requires active SerpApi connected account). Supports parameters like nkw (query), location, etc. Returns product SERP data in JSON format. | | **Event search** `serpapi_event_search` | Searches for events (e.g., concerts, festivals, conferences) by query, retrieving structured data from Google's event search results via the SerpApi Google Events engine. | | **Finance search** `serpapi_finance_search` | Retrieves structured financial information (e.g., company data, stock details, market trends, news) from Google Finance via SERP API based on a query. Requires active SerpApi credentials. | | **Get available location options for google searches** `serpapi_get_available_location_options_for_google_searches` | Tool to get available location options for Google searches. Returns location names, codes, and identifiers that can be used in the location parameter. | | **Get facebook profile** `serpapi_get_facebook_profile` | Tool to retrieve public information from a Facebook profile or page using SerpAPI. Use when you need to fetch profile details, bio, photos, followers, ratings, or contact information. | | **Get google about this result** `serpapi_get_google_about_this_result` | Tool to get Google 'About this result' information for a website. Use when you need detailed information about a specific URL including company details, social profiles, web citations, and reviews. | | **Get google hotels autocomplete suggestions** `serpapi_get_google_hotels_autocomplete_suggestions` | Get autocomplete suggestions for Google Hotels destination searches | | **Get google images related content** `serpapi_get_google_images_related_content` | Get related content for a specific Google Images result | | **Get google patent details** `serpapi_get_google_patent_details` | Retrieve detailed information about a specific patent or scholar document from Google Patents | | **Get search archive** `serpapi_get_search_archive` | Retrieve results from a previous async search using its search ID | | **Google domains list** `serpapi_google_domains_list` | Retrieve the list of supported Google domains for search queries | | **Google forums search** `serpapi_google_forums_search` | Scrape forum results from Google's Forums Platform using SerpApi | | **Google jobs search** `serpapi_google_jobs_search` | Retrieve Google Jobs Search Results via SerpApi | | **Google lens search** `serpapi_google_lens_search` | Performs reverse image search using Google Lens to find visually similar images, products, and | | **Google light search** `serpapi_google_light_search` | Retrieve Google Light Search Results via SerpApi | | **Google maps posts** `serpapi_google_maps_posts` | Scrapes Google Maps Posts for a business location via SerpApi | | **Google maps search** `serpapi_google_maps_search` | Performs a Google Maps search via SERP API | | **Google play product** `serpapi_google_play_product` | Retrieve detailed Google Play product information using SerpApi | | **Google scholar author** `serpapi_google_scholar_author` | Scrapes full Google Scholar Author page including articles, citations, metrics, and co-authors | | **Google scholar cite** `serpapi_google_scholar_cite` | Scrapes full Google Scholar Citations with multiple citation formats | | **Google videos light** `serpapi_google_videos_light` | Scrape Google Videos results using SerpApi's ultra-fast Google Videos Light API | | **Hotel search** `serpapi_hotel_search` | Retrieve Google Hotel Search Results | | **Image search** `serpapi_image_search` | Searches Google Images via SERP API for a given query, returning structured image results | | **Naver search** `serpapi_naver_search` | Search Naver (South Korea's leading search engine) for Korean web results and content | ## Example prompts **Baidu Search** > Search SerpApi for what I need, summarize the results, and tell me the next best action. **Bing Maps** > Use SerpApi to bing maps and walk me through the result in plain English. **Bing Search** > Search SerpApi for what I need, summarize the results, and tell me the next best action. **Duck Duck Go Light Search** > Search SerpApi for what I need, summarize the results, and tell me the next best action. ## ClawLink vs. building it yourself The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want SerpApi working from chat. | | Manual | ClawLink | |---|---|---| | **Credential handling** | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the SerpApi API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected SerpApi account becomes available to the agent without you building credential management. | | **Ongoing maintenance** | You own refresh logic, permission debugging, environment config, and every provider-specific edge case for SerpApi. | ClawLink handles the repetitive integration plumbing so your team can focus on the workflow instead of the infrastructure. | | **Agent usability** | You still need to expose the right SerpApi actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 48 tools for SerpApi are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. | ## ClawLink vs. Composio Composio also exposes SerpApi to AI agents. It is developer infrastructure: Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, and a catalog past 1,000 apps, aimed at teams shipping agent products. ClawLink is built for OpenClaw users instead. You install the plugin once, connect SerpApi in the browser, and the 48 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the SerpApi key you paste at setup is stored server-side rather than kept in your environment. Choosing between them? Read the full [Composio alternatives](https://claw-link.dev/hub/composio-alternatives) comparison. ### OpenClaw installed the SerpApi skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about SerpApi, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure SerpApi is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ### Connection succeeds but no tools appear Reconnect SerpApi from the dashboard, then start a fresh chat if the runtime still has the old tool catalog loaded. ### "Tool schema not loaded yet" error when calling SerpApi tools SerpApi tool schemas load on demand the first time a tool runs and are cached after that, so this error usually clears on its own: wait a few seconds and retry the same request. If every SerpApi call keeps failing with it in a fresh chat, reconnect from the dashboard, and contact support if it still persists — that pattern points to a configuration problem on our side, not something you can fix by reconnecting again. ### SerpApi returns 403 or "permission denied" on one action while others work Two usual causes. The connected account may not have access to the specific workspace, inbox, store, or project in the request — check that first. If access looks right, the agent may have sent a placeholder value (like "YOUR_ID" or an example id from documentation) instead of a real one: ask it to run a list or search tool first, then retry the action with a real id from those results. Most failures at this stage are one of these two, not ClawLink bugs. ### API key setup works but results look incomplete Double-check that the API key for SerpApi has the right scopes or account access. A valid key can still be too limited for some reads or writes. ### Is there a OpenClaw SerpApi integration? Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect OpenClaw to SerpApi: link your SerpApi account once in the browser and OpenClaw can call the SerpApi API through 48 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling. ### How do I add SerpApi to OpenClaw with ClawLink? Paste the setup prompt from this page into OpenClaw. It installs the ClawLink SerpApi skill from ClawHub, then you click Connect in the dashboard to authorize SerpApi. OpenClaw calls the tools from the next message — no config files, and the SerpApi key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment. ### How long does it take to connect SerpApi to OpenClaw? About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to SerpApi in the dashboard, authenticate, and OpenClaw can use it from the next chat message. ### Why use ClawLink instead of wiring SerpApi up myself? The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want SerpApi working from chat. ### OpenClaw installed the SerpApi skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about SerpApi, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure SerpApi is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ## Related - [OpenClaw PostHog integration](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/posthog) — Track user behavior and feature flags - [DataforSEO tools](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/dataforseo) — SEO data APIs for keywords, SERP, and site audits - [OpenClaw Metabase integration](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/metabase) — Metabase is an open-source business intelligence tool that lets you ask questions about your data and visualize answers as charts, graphs, and dashboards.