Zenserp MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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Zenserp MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 19 tools. Last commit 13 Oct 2026.

Search Google, images, news, maps, shopping, YouTube, jobs, hotels, flights and trends with Zenserp.

Uptime history 4 days of history

4 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

147 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 13 Oct 2026

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 13 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

13 Oct a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Zenserp MCP by usefulapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add zenserp --transport http https://zenserp.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zenserp": {
      "url": "https://zenserp.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.zenserp]
url = "https://zenserp.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zenserp": {
      "url": "https://zenserp.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zenserp": {
      "url": "https://zenserp.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 19

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

zenserp

zenserp_answer_engine

Send a prompt to an AI answer engine (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Copilot) and get its answer_text with citations; with brand it also reports whether and where that brand was cited. SPENDS quota at Zenserp's premium per-answer rate (see Zenserp pricing), is slow (seconds to a minute), and must not be repeated needlessly. Plan gate: Medium unlocks ChatGPT, Large adds Perplexity, Premium adds Gemini, Enterprise adds Copilot. GET /v1/answer-engine.

zenserp_flights

Google Flights options. Best: origin and destination as 3-letter airport codes plus departure_date (dates and curr are honoured only then). A free-text q or a tfs string from a Google Flights URL also works. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v1/flights.

zenserp_get_status

The number of search requests left on this Zenserp key's plan (remaining_requests). Free: it spends no quota. GET /v2/status.

zenserp_hotels

Google Hotels offers for a hotel or place. Send check_in and check_out together, or Google falls back to today's rates. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v1/hotels.

zenserp_image_search

Google image results (thumbnails, source pages, sizes). SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. Each page holds 100 images. GET /v2/search (tbm=isch).

zenserp_jobs_search

Google Jobs listings for a query (jobs_results: title, company, location, source, apply url). Google returns one page; there is no paging. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v2/search (ibp=htl;jobs).

zenserp_list_countries

The supported country codes (values for gl). GET /v2/gl.

zenserp_list_languages

The supported interface language codes (values for hl). GET /v2/hl.

zenserp_list_search_engines

The search engine hosts Zenserp supports (values for search_engine). GET /v2/search_engines. The docs do not say whether helper lists are charged; they are not searches.

zenserp_maps_search

Google local/maps results: shops, cafes and other businesses with address, rating, phone and coordinates. Set location for accurate results. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v2/search (tbm=lcl).

zenserp_news_search

Google News results for a query: title, source, date, snippet. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v2/search (tbm=nws).

zenserp_reverse_image_search

Pages and sources that contain a given image (Google reverse image search). SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v2/search (image_url).

zenserp_search

Live search-engine result page as JSON: organic results, ads (paid_results), featured snippets, related questions and searches, knowledge graph. Google by default; set search_engine for Bing, Yandex or DuckDuckGo. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. ai_overview=true also returns Google's AI Overview and costs 3 requests when one is returned (Small plan or higher). GET /v2/search.

zenserp_search_locations

The supported geo locations (values for location), as Google's canonical names. The list is long: pass query to keep only entries that contain it, and limit to cap the count. GET /v2/locations.

zenserp_shopping_product

Product page data from Google Shopping: description, merchant offers, variations. product_id comes from zenserp_shopping_search. With gpc_id (from the same result) it returns the whole product cluster across merchants. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v1/shopping.

zenserp_shopping_search

Google Shopping listings for a query: product, price, merchant, rating, and the product_id for zenserp_shopping_product. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v2/search (tbm=shop).

zenserp_trends

Trending searches from Google Trends for a country, optionally narrowed to given keywords or a category. Trending data covers at most the past 7 days. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v1/trends.

zenserp_video_search

Google video results for a query (title, channel, length, link). SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v2/search (tbm=vid).

zenserp_youtube_search

YouTube search results (videos, channels, ads) for a query, optionally by location. SPENDS 1 request of the monthly quota per successful call (failed calls are not charged); do not repeat a call needlessly. GET /v2/search (search_engine=youtube.com).

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://zenserp.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	162 ms	9 min ago

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Zenserp MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Zenserp MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 19 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: zenserp_answer_engine, zenserp_flights, zenserp_get_status, zenserp_hotels, zenserp_image_search, zenserp_jobs_search and 13 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Zenserp MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 147 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Zenserp MCP by usefulapi?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Zenserp MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. Zenserp MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 19 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Zenserp MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 147 ms on average, which is faster than 75% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Zenserp MCP by usefulapi open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.