Serper Discover MCP

Korean-aware Google search + place discovery, built on the Serper Google Search API.

What's different from other Serper MCPs

Most Serper wrappers just expose search(query). This server adds:

• discover_places(area, place_type) — Generates multiple Google queries from a Korean area name (성수동, 잠실, 강남, …) and a category (attraction/restaurant/cafe/hotel/bar/shopping), then extracts Korean place names from snippets/titles using suffix-based regex (공원/박물관/미술관/카페/식당/호텔/etc.). One call returns dozens of candidate places that you can then verify against an authoritative source.

• naver_blog_search, naver_cafe_search — Domain-scoped helpers for Korean local reviews, where the actual visit experiences live.

• Korean results prioritized by default (gl=kr, hl=ko).

• 5-minute in-memory cache to avoid redundant API calls.

Originally built for Daypath — a Korean travel itinerary planner that uses this server's discover_places to find candidates and naver_blog_search for verification.

Related MCP server: Kakao API MCP Server

Tools

Setup

1. Get a free Serper API key at https://serper.dev (2,500 free searches/month).

2. Install via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install serper-discover --client claude

Or configure manually in claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "serper-discover": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "SERPER_API_KEY", "leeyseo/serper-discover-mcp"],
      "env": { "SERPER_API_KEY": "your-key-here" }
    }
  }
}

Example — discover_places

discover_places(area="성수동", place_type="cafe", distinction="couple")

Returns candidates like 어니언 성수, 대림창고, LCDC 서울, … extracted from a few targeted Google queries.

License

MIT