SerpAPI Search

v1.0.0

Search Google via SerpAPI (Google Search, Google News, Google Local). Use when you need to search the web, find news articles, or look up local businesses. Supports country/language targeting for region-specific results.

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byEric Santos@ericsantos
MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
Name/description (SerpAPI Google search) matches the actual behavior: scripts call https://serpapi.com/search.json and require curl, python3, and a SERPAPI_API_KEY. No unrelated services, binaries, or credentials are requested.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md and the included scripts only perform search queries via SerpAPI, format results, and instruct how to store the API key. The runtime reads baseDir/.env and ~/.config/serpapi/api_key as fallback locations for the key but does not access other system files, credentials, or external endpoints beyond serpapi.com.
Install Mechanism
No install spec or external downloads. This is an instruction-only skill with bundled scripts, so nothing is fetched or installed at runtime beyond using existing curl/python3 binaries.
Credentials
Only SERPAPI_API_KEY is required (declared as primaryEnv). The scripts also read $HOME for ~/.config/serpapi/api_key and baseDir/.env as documented—these are reasonable and proportional to the stated purpose.
Persistence & Privilege
Skill does not request persistent or elevated privileges, does not set always:true, and does not modify other skills or system-wide settings. It creates only a temporary file for the API response and cleans it up.
Assessment
This skill appears to do exactly what it claims: query SerpAPI and format results. Before installing, ensure you trust the SerpAPI service and protect your SERPAPI_API_KEY (avoid storing it in shared directories or world-readable files). Note the scripts will look for the key in SERPAPI_API_KEY, baseDir/.env (SERPAPI_API_KEY=...), or ~/.config/serpapi/api_key; place the key where you control access. As always, review the included scripts if you want to confirm there are no local modifications before use.

Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

Runtime requirements

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Binscurl, python3
EnvSERPAPI_API_KEY
Primary envSERPAPI_API_KEY

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