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I need to search the web

Search APIs that give an agent fresh web results, with sources, to answer from.

27 tools · 14 official

Picked from listings that mention web search, search engine, serp or search api in their name, description, tags or skills; those in Research & Knowledge or Browser & Computer Use, or with API or MCP access, rank higher.

Best fits · 12

  1. Serper

    API

    Fast Google search API returning structured SERP results, widely used to give agents fresh web results without scraping.

    Verifiedby Serper · Research & Knowledge · API Key

  2. Cloudflare Web Search API

    API

    Returns structured web search results from Exa, Linkup, or Ceramic through Cloudflare's AI Gateway via REST or a…

    VerifiedOfficialby Cloudflare · Research & Knowledge, Infrastructure & Ops · 5 skills · Bearer Token

    Why Web Search as a Tool: Exposes web search as a tool that models can call during inference.

  3. Linkup

    API · MCP

    Production-grade web search API for AI — sourced, cited answers with full-text snippets from trusted sources. REST API…

    Verifiedby Linkup Platform · Research & Knowledge · 3 skills · API Key

    Why Web Search: Search the web and return sourced, cited results with full-text snippets tuned for LLM consumption.

  4. Parallel

    API · CLI · MCP

    Gives AI agents web search, URL extraction, and deep research APIs that return cited, structured results, with Python…

    VerifiedOfficialby Parallel Web Systems · Research & Knowledge · 4 skills · API Key

    Why Search API: Runs natural-language web searches and returns ranked results with LLM-optimized excerpts sized for agent context windows.

  5. FlexQueries

    API · MCP

    Research keywords, SERPs, backlinks, competitors, rankings, site audits and AI visibility via a hosted OAuth MCP server…

    Verifiedby FlexQueries · Sales & Marketing, Research & Knowledge · 6 skills · API Key

    Why AI Mode SERPs: Fetch AI Mode search results for a tracked project through the /projects/{project_id}/serps/ai-mode endpoint.

  6. Jina Reader

    API · MCP

    Web reader and search API for AI pipelines. Converts any URL to clean markdown, runs grounded search, and powers RAG at…

    VerifiedOfficialby Jina AI · Research & Knowledge · 5 skills · API Key

  7. context.dev

    API · MCP · CLI

    Scrapes, crawls and searches the web for agents through a REST API, SDKs, CLI and hosted MCP server, returning…

    Verifiedby context.dev · Browser & Computer Use, Research & Knowledge · 5 skills · API Key

    Why Web Search and Answers: Searches the web with page content via /v1/web/search, or researches a task and returns JSON with sources via /v1/web/answers.

  8. Nimble

    API · MCP · CLI

    Searches, extracts, maps and crawls the live web and runs cited research agents, for AI agents that need real-time web…

    Verifiedby Nimble · Research & Knowledge, Browser & Computer Use · 5 skills · API Key

    Why Web Search: Runs real-time web search across multiple engines with configurable depth and focus, returning structured results.

  9. You.com Search API

    API · MCP

    Programmable AI search with web, news, and RAG endpoints — grounded answers with citations for AI applications.

    VerifiedOfficialby You.com · Research & Knowledge · API Key

  10. Keenable

    API · MCP

    Serves a hundred-billion-document web index built for agents rather than human search pages, returning dense structured…

    Verifiedby Keenable · Research & Knowledge, Infrastructure & Ops · 3 skills · API Key

    Why Web Search: Queries a purpose-built agent index and returns structured results rather than ranked page links.

  11. Z.ai API Platform

    API

    Serves Z.ai's GLM models through an HTTP API and official Python and Java SDKs, with function calling, web search…

    VerifiedOfficialby Z.ai · Language & Translation, Infrastructure & Ops · 5 skills · API Key

    Why Web Search: Runs LLM-oriented web searches through the Web Search API and built-in tool.

  12. Kimi API Platform

    API

    Serves Moonshot AI's Kimi models through OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions, Responses, and Anthropic-compatible…

    VerifiedOfficialby Moonshot AI · Language & Translation, Infrastructure & Ops · 5 skills · API Key

    Why Web Search: Adds web search through the built-in $web_search tool or the search and URL-fetch tool endpoints.

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I need to search the web · 27 fit · 14 official · keywords: web search, search engine, serp, search api · categories: research, browser-computer · access: api+mcp
Search APIs that give an agent fresh web results, with sources, to answer from.
best fits
serperapiFast Google search API returning structured SERP results, widely used to give agents fresh web results without scraping.cloudflare-web-search-apiapiWeb Search as a Tool: Exposes web search as a tool that models can call during inference.linkupapi+mcpWeb Search: Search the web and return sourced, cited results with full-text snippets tuned for LLM consumption.parallel-webapi+cli+mcpSearch API: Runs natural-language web searches and returns ranked results with LLM-optimized excerpts sized for agent context windows.flexqueriesapi+mcpAI Mode SERPs: Fetch AI Mode search results for a tracked project through the /projects/{project_id}/serps/ai-mode endpoint.jina-readerapi+mcpWeb reader and search API for AI pipelines. Converts any URL to clean markdown, runs grounded search, and powers RAG at scale — no browser automation needed.context-devapi+mcp+cliWeb Search and Answers: Searches the web with page content via /v1/web/search, or researches a task and returns JSON with sources via /v1/web/answers.nimbleapi+mcp+cliWeb Search: Runs real-time web search across multiple engines with configurable depth and focus, returning structured results.you-com-search-apiapi+mcpProgrammable AI search with web, news, and RAG endpoints — grounded answers with citations for AI applications.keenableapi+mcpWeb Search: Queries a purpose-built agent index and returns structured results rather than ranked page links.zai-apiapiWeb Search: Runs LLM-oriented web searches through the Web Search API and built-in tool.kimi-apiapiWeb Search: Adds web search through the built-in $web_search tool or the search and URL-fetch tool endpoints.
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cloudflare-web-search-api, parallel-web, jina-reader, you-com-search-api, zai-api, kimi-api, exa-ai, perplexity-sonar, tavily, brave-search-mcp, xai-api, weknora, ai21-studio, profound
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