Litescrape MCP Server

Google Search, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Google Maps results for any MCP client, free and without an API key. Add a key for Google AI Mode, Google AI Overview, Google Shopping and Google Reviews, and to lift every limit.

Results come straight from the search engines' own pages as structured JSON, through the Litescrape API. Links are real destinations, never redirects, and nothing is cached: every call runs fresh.

Quick start

No account, no key, one line.

Claude Code

claude mcp add litescrape -- npx -y litescrape-mcp-server

Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI and most other clients (mcp.json, claude_desktop_config.json, or the client's MCP settings)

{
	"mcpServers": {
		"litescrape": {
			"command": "npx",
			"args": ["-y", "litescrape-mcp-server"]
		}
	}
}

VS Code

code --add-mcp '{"name":"litescrape","command":"npx","args":["-y","litescrape-mcp-server"]}'

Codex CLI

codex mcp add litescrape -- npx -y litescrape-mcp-server

Gemini CLI

gemini mcp add litescrape npx -y litescrape-mcp-server

Requires Node.js 20 or newer.

Hosted, nothing to install: clients that connect to remote servers can use https://mcp.litescrape.com/mcp instead. Same tools, same free allowance; send an API key as Authorization: Bearer ls_live_... to unlock the rest.

claude mcp add --transport http litescrape https://mcp.litescrape.com/mcp

What you get without a key

One call runs at a time per network, and failed calls never count. When a limit is reached, the tool result says so and tells the model exactly how to add a key, so the agent can relay it to you.

Add an API key

A key unlocks google_ai_mode, google_ai_overview, google_shopping, google_reviews and web_fetch, removes the daily limits and allows concurrent calls. Get one at litescrape.com, then set LITESCRAPE_API_KEY in the server's environment:

{
	"mcpServers": {
		"litescrape": {
			"command": "npx",
			"args": ["-y", "litescrape-mcp-server"],
			"env": {
				"LITESCRAPE_API_KEY": "ls_live_..."
			}
		}
	}
}

With Claude Code: claude mcp add litescrape -e LITESCRAPE_API_KEY=ls_live_... -- npx -y litescrape-mcp-server

With the hosted endpoint: claude mcp add --transport http litescrape https://mcp.litescrape.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer ls_live_..."

Tools

Parameter names and accepted values follow the Litescrape API reference.

Every tool accepts result_groups, a list of top-level groups to keep (for example ["organic_results", "knowledge_graph"]) so the model's context stays small. search_metadata is always included.

Results

A tool result is one text block: a one-line summary, a blank line, then the API's JSON response unchanged.

Google Search for "espresso machine": 10 organic results; also knowledge_graph, related_questions, ai_overview. Free allowance: 24 of 25 google_search calls left today (no API key set).

{"search_metadata":{...},"search_parameters":{...},"organic_results":[...],...}

The same JSON is also returned as structuredContent for clients that read it.

Limits and errors

Requests time out after 120 seconds by default (the API's own deadline is 90 seconds). AI Mode is the slowest tool.

Configuration