feat: add optional serply search template to mcp-bridge

Registers the Serply MCP server as a /mcp setup template, alongside the
existing grep, filesystem, context7, playwright and you entries.

Serply has no keyless profile, so this is the first template to write a
headers entry. It writes the ${SERPLY_API_KEY} variable reference rather
than a key, so mcp.json carries no secret; the bridge expands it at load
time and drops only this server, by name, when the variable is unset.

Covers verticals the existing templates do not: Google News, Google
Scholar with citation counts, jobs, maps, Bing, Amazon products, Reddit
and URL scraping.

commit: 923866d2a356fdd9214e5303bb574dac76a500c2
author: serply · 36d ago · 2026-09-15 22:40 UTC
parent: 64117f3
signature: unsigned

3 files · +99 -0

M examples/extensions/mcp-bridge/README.md +56 -0


@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ Standard MCP config — same as Claude Desktop, with zot-specific extensions:
229	229		"you": {
230	230		"transport": "streamable-http",
231	231		"url": "https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free"
	232	+	},
	233	+
	234	+	// Serply Google-backed search (streamable-http, keyed)
	235	+	"serply": {
	236	+	"transport": "streamable-http",
	237	+	"url": "https://api.serply.io/mcp",
	238	+	"headers": {
	239	+	"X-Api-Key": "${SERPLY_API_KEY}"
	240	+	}
232	241		}
233	242		}
234	243		}

@@ -258,6 +267,53 @@ the template:
258	267		The authenticated endpoint does not expose `you-finance` by default. Request
259	268		it explicitly with the `?tools=` URL parameter or the `X-Allowed-Tools` header.
260	269
	270	+	### Serply template
	271	+
	272	+	`/mcp setup add serply` registers the [Serply](https://serply.io) MCP server,
	273	+	which returns Google-backed results. It has no keyless profile, so the template
	274	+	is the first one that writes a `headers` entry:
	275	+
	276	+	```jsonc
	277	+	{
	278	+	"mcpServers": {
	279	+	"serply": {
	280	+	"transport": "streamable-http",
	281	+	"url": "https://api.serply.io/mcp",
	282	+	"headers": {
	283	+	"X-Api-Key": "${SERPLY_API_KEY}"
	284	+	}
	285	+	}
	286	+	}
	287	+	}
	288	+	```
	289	+
	290	+	The template writes the variable reference, not the key, so `mcp.json` holds no
	291	+	secret and stays safe to commit or sync. The bridge expands it from its own
	292	+	environment at load time (see [Environment variables](#environment-variables));
	293	+	with `SERPLY_API_KEY` unset, this server is disabled and reported by name while
	294	+	every other server keeps working. Get a key at
	295	+	[serply.io](https://serply.io); the API reference is at
	296	+	[serply.io/docs](https://serply.io/docs).
	297	+
	298	+	The server exposes 14 tools, so it covers several verticals rather than one
	299	+	general search:
	300	+
	301	+	\| tool \| returns \|
	302	+	\|------\|---------\|
	303	+	\| `google_search` \| Google organic results \|
	304	+	\| `google_news_search` \| Google News \|
	305	+	\| `google_scholar_search` \| Google Scholar, including citation counts \|
	306	+	\| `google_jobs_search` \| Google Jobs \|
	307	+	\| `google_maps_search` \| Google Maps places \|
	308	+	\| `google_video_search` \| Google video results \|
	309	+	\| `bing_search` \| Bing organic results \|
	310	+	\| `amazon_product_search` \| Amazon product listings \|
	311	+	\| `scrape_url` \| a URL's content through the proxy layer \|
	312	+	\| `reddit_subreddit_posts`, `reddit_subreddit_about`, `reddit_user_posts`, `reddit_post_comments`, `reddit_post` \| Reddit subreddits, users, posts, and comments \|
	313	+
	314	+	They reach the model as `mcp__serply__google_scholar_search` and so on, per
	315	+	[Tool Naming](#tool-naming).
	316	+
261	317		## How It Works
262	318
263	319		```


@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ Standard MCP config — same as Claude Desktop, with zot-specific extensions:
229	"you": {	229		"you": {
230	"transport": "streamable-http",	230		"transport": "streamable-http",
231	"url": "https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free"	231		"url": "https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free"
		232	+	},
		233	+
		234	+	// Serply Google-backed search (streamable-http, keyed)
		235	+	"serply": {
		236	+	"transport": "streamable-http",
		237	+	"url": "https://api.serply.io/mcp",
		238	+	"headers": {
		239	+	"X-Api-Key": "${SERPLY_API_KEY}"
		240	+	}
232	}	241		}
233	}	242		}
234	}	243		}

@@ -258,6 +267,53 @@ the template:
258	The authenticated endpoint does not expose `you-finance` by default. Request	267		The authenticated endpoint does not expose `you-finance` by default. Request
259	it explicitly with the `?tools=` URL parameter or the `X-Allowed-Tools` header.	268		it explicitly with the `?tools=` URL parameter or the `X-Allowed-Tools` header.
260		269
		270	+	### Serply template
		271	+
		272	+	`/mcp setup add serply` registers the [Serply](https://serply.io) MCP server,
		273	+	which returns Google-backed results. It has no keyless profile, so the template
		274	+	is the first one that writes a `headers` entry:
		275	+
		276	+	```jsonc
		277	+	{
		278	+	"mcpServers": {
		279	+	"serply": {
		280	+	"transport": "streamable-http",
		281	+	"url": "https://api.serply.io/mcp",
		282	+	"headers": {
		283	+	"X-Api-Key": "${SERPLY_API_KEY}"
		284	+	}
		285	+	}
		286	+	}
		287	+	}
		288	+	```
		289	+
		290	+	The template writes the variable reference, not the key, so `mcp.json` holds no
		291	+	secret and stays safe to commit or sync. The bridge expands it from its own
		292	+	environment at load time (see [Environment variables](#environment-variables));
		293	+	with `SERPLY_API_KEY` unset, this server is disabled and reported by name while
		294	+	every other server keeps working. Get a key at
		295	+	[serply.io](https://serply.io); the API reference is at
		296	+	[serply.io/docs](https://serply.io/docs).
		297	+
		298	+	The server exposes 14 tools, so it covers several verticals rather than one
		299	+	general search:
		300	+
		301	+	\| tool \| returns \|
		302	+	\|------\|---------\|
		303	+	\| `google_search` \| Google organic results \|
		304	+	\| `google_news_search` \| Google News \|
		305	+	\| `google_scholar_search` \| Google Scholar, including citation counts \|
		306	+	\| `google_jobs_search` \| Google Jobs \|
		307	+	\| `google_maps_search` \| Google Maps places \|
		308	+	\| `google_video_search` \| Google video results \|
		309	+	\| `bing_search` \| Bing organic results \|
		310	+	\| `amazon_product_search` \| Amazon product listings \|
		311	+	\| `scrape_url` \| a URL's content through the proxy layer \|
		312	+	\| `reddit_subreddit_posts`, `reddit_subreddit_about`, `reddit_user_posts`, `reddit_post_comments`, `reddit_post` \| Reddit subreddits, users, posts, and comments \|
		313	+
		314	+	They reach the model as `mcp__serply__google_scholar_search` and so on, per
		315	+	[Tool Naming](#tool-naming).
		316	+
261	## How It Works	317		## How It Works
262		318
263	```	319		```

M examples/extensions/mcp-bridge/setup.go +11 -0


@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ func setupTemplates() map[string]serverTemplate {
72	72		}
73	73		},
74	74		},
	75	+	"serply": {
	76	+	Name: "serply",
	77	+	Description: "Google-backed search via the Serply MCP server: web, news, and scholar results with citation counts, plus maps, jobs, video, Bing, Amazon products, Reddit, and URL scraping. Requires a SERPLY_API_KEY.",
	78	+	Config: func(cwd string) ServerConfig {
	79	+	return ServerConfig{
	80	+	Transport: "streamable-http",
	81	+	URL: "https://api.serply.io/mcp",
	82	+	Headers: map[string]string{"X-Api-Key": "${SERPLY_API_KEY}"},
	83	+	}
	84	+	},
	85	+	},
75	86		}
76	87		}
77	88


@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ func setupTemplates() map[string]serverTemplate {
72	}	72		}
73	},	73		},
74	},	74		},
		75	+	"serply": {
		76	+	Name: "serply",
		77	+	Description: "Google-backed search via the Serply MCP server: web, news, and scholar results with citation counts, plus maps, jobs, video, Bing, Amazon products, Reddit, and URL scraping. Requires a SERPLY_API_KEY.",
		78	+	Config: func(cwd string) ServerConfig {
		79	+	return ServerConfig{
		80	+	Transport: "streamable-http",
		81	+	URL: "https://api.serply.io/mcp",
		82	+	Headers: map[string]string{"X-Api-Key": "${SERPLY_API_KEY}"},
		83	+	}
		84	+	},
		85	+	},
75	}	86		}
76	}	87		}
77		88

M examples/extensions/mcp-bridge/setup_test.go +32 -0


@@ -87,6 +87,38 @@ func TestHandleSetupAddYouGlobal(t *testing.T) {
87	87		}
88	88		}
89	89
	90	+	func TestHandleSetupAddSerplyGlobal(t *testing.T) {
	91	+	tmp := t.TempDir()
	92	+	t.Setenv("ZOT_HOME", tmp)
	93	+
	94	+	out, err := handleSetup([]string{"add", "serply"}, tmp)
	95	+	if err != nil {
	96	+	t.Fatalf("handleSetup add serply: %v", err)
	97	+	}
	98	+	if out == "" {
	99	+	t.Fatal("expected setup output")
	100	+	}
	101	+
	102	+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(tmp, "mcp.json"))
	103	+	if err != nil {
	104	+	t.Fatalf("read mcp.json: %v", err)
	105	+	}
	106	+	var cfg Config
	107	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
	108	+	t.Fatalf("parse mcp.json: %v", err)
	109	+	}
	110	+	serply := cfg.MCPServers["serply"]
	111	+	if serply.Transport != "streamable-http" \|\| serply.URL != "https://api.serply.io/mcp" {
	112	+	t.Fatalf("unexpected serply config: %+v", serply)
	113	+	}
	114	+	// The keyed template must reference the key by variable so the written
	115	+	// config carries no secret. expandServerEnv resolves it at load time, and
	116	+	// drops the server entirely when SERPLY_API_KEY is unset.
	117	+	if got := serply.Headers["X-Api-Key"]; got != "${SERPLY_API_KEY}" {
	118	+	t.Fatalf("api key must stay an unexpanded variable reference, got %q", got)
	119	+	}
	120	+	}
	121	+
90	122		func TestHandleSetupDuplicate(t *testing.T) {
91	123		tmp := t.TempDir()
92	124		t.Setenv("ZOT_HOME", tmp)


@@ -87,6 +87,38 @@ func TestHandleSetupAddYouGlobal(t *testing.T) {
87	}	87		}
88	}	88		}
89		89
		90	+	func TestHandleSetupAddSerplyGlobal(t *testing.T) {
		91	+	tmp := t.TempDir()
		92	+	t.Setenv("ZOT_HOME", tmp)
		93	+
		94	+	out, err := handleSetup([]string{"add", "serply"}, tmp)
		95	+	if err != nil {
		96	+	t.Fatalf("handleSetup add serply: %v", err)
		97	+	}
		98	+	if out == "" {
		99	+	t.Fatal("expected setup output")
		100	+	}
		101	+
		102	+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(tmp, "mcp.json"))
		103	+	if err != nil {
		104	+	t.Fatalf("read mcp.json: %v", err)
		105	+	}
		106	+	var cfg Config
		107	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
		108	+	t.Fatalf("parse mcp.json: %v", err)
		109	+	}
		110	+	serply := cfg.MCPServers["serply"]
		111	+	if serply.Transport != "streamable-http" \|\| serply.URL != "https://api.serply.io/mcp" {
		112	+	t.Fatalf("unexpected serply config: %+v", serply)
		113	+	}
		114	+	// The keyed template must reference the key by variable so the written
		115	+	// config carries no secret. expandServerEnv resolves it at load time, and
		116	+	// drops the server entirely when SERPLY_API_KEY is unset.
		117	+	if got := serply.Headers["X-Api-Key"]; got != "${SERPLY_API_KEY}" {
		118	+	t.Fatalf("api key must stay an unexpanded variable reference, got %q", got)
		119	+	}
		120	+	}
		121	+
90	func TestHandleSetupDuplicate(t *testing.T) {	122		func TestHandleSetupDuplicate(t *testing.T) {
91	tmp := t.TempDir()	123		tmp := t.TempDir()
92	t.Setenv("ZOT_HOME", tmp)	124		t.Setenv("ZOT_HOME", tmp)