Search1API MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEARCH1API_KEY | Yes | Your API key from Search1API (https://www.search1api.com) |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| resources | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| searchA | Search the live public web when the user needs current information, sources, or research. Returns citable results with id, title, URL, and text. Pass a result URL to crawl to retrieve the full page. |
| newsA | Search current news when the user asks about recent events, announcements, or coverage. Returns citable article results with title, URL, snippet, and optional extracted text. |
| crawlA | Extract the readable title and full text from a public URL supplied by the user or returned by search. |
| sitemapA | Discover related public links from a page or domain when the user wants to explore a site's structure or available pages. |
| trendingA | List currently trending repositories or stories from GitHub or Hacker News when the user asks what is popular now. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Search1API Information | Basic information about Search1API capabilities |
TDQS
Scored across 5 tools
Each tool targets a distinct need—general web search, news search, page extraction, site exploration, and trending content—but search and news/trending overlap somewhat on current/popular information. Descriptions are clear enough that an agent should usually pick the right one.
All tool names are short, lowercase, single words, giving a consistent visual style. However, they mix verbs (search, crawl) with nouns/adjectives (news, sitemap, trending), so there is no uniform verb_noun or action_entity pattern.
Five tools is a well-scoped number for a search/information-retrieval server. Each tool adds a distinct capability without bloat or redundancy.
The server covers the full search-to-content workflow: discover via search/news/trending, explore site structure via sitemap, and fetch full text via crawl. No major missing operation is evident for its stated purpose.