> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xpander.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Serp API

> Connect Serp API to xpander and give agents its 1 actions: how to create the API key and connect it, and which actions to hold for approval.

<Badge color="blue">HTTP API connector</Badge>

An HTTP API described by an OpenAPI spec, not an MCP server. Calls go to `https://serpapi.com` and carry an API key as a query parameter.

## What the skill can do

API connector: 1 actions, as they appear in the skill panel. 0 of them create, change or delete something in Serp API; mark those under **These actions need approval** when you add the skill to an agent.

* **Search engine integration** (1): Apisearch Engine Retrieve Results By Engine Type

## Connect Serp API

In Xpander Chat, open the agent's settings, click **Add skill**, and search for **Serp API**. The connect dialog asks for a connection name and whether the connection is for the **Organization** (one shared account) or **Personal** (your own account, so the agent acts with your permissions where systems allow). On an agent other people use, a personal connection runs their requests as you unless the binding requires each person's own sign-in; see [whose credential a shared agent uses](/use/agents/permissions#whose-credential-a-shared-agent-uses).

Serp API connects with an API key. Create the key in Serp API, paste it into the dialog, and click **Connect**. The key goes to the vault; the agent references it and never sees the value.

Calls go to `https://serpapi.com`.

## Give an agent the Serp API skill

Once Serp API is connected, any agent you can edit may be given the skill: open the agent's settings, click **Add skill**, and choose **Serp API**. Enable only the action groups the agent needs, and mark the actions that should wait for a named person's sign-off under **These actions need approval**. Which skills exist for your organization, and who may add them, is decided by your admins; see [Skills](/use/skills).

## Related Resources

* [Skills](/use/skills)
* [Serp API API reference](https://serpapi.com/)