Serpapi Install Auth

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Repairing a SerpAPI integration
• With configure SerpAPI access

Example prompts

• “configure SerpAPI access”
• “/serpapi-install-auth”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Node.js
• A credential in SERPAPI_KEY
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code; package installation, secret creation, account access, and live searches require operator approval
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit, Bash(python3:*), Bash(npm:*), Bash(curl:*)

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Inspect the runtime, package manager, existing SerpAPI packages, .gitignore, secret-loading convention, and deployment environment.
2. 2Re-fetch the official Python or JavaScript client documentation and pin a version under the repository's dependency policy.
3. 3Present the dependency and secret-store changes before installing anything.
4. 4Install with python3 -m pip install serpapi or npm install serpapi after approval.
5. 5Add SERPAPI_KEY to the approved local and deployment secret stores; add only variable names and redacted examples to tracked files.
6. 6Verify access through the official client Account API and retain only non-secret fields such as account status, plan name, searches left…
7. 7Run a live search only when the operator explicitly accepts that it may consume allowance.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cfae287. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Glob
  • Grep
  • WebFetch
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Bash(python3:*)
  • Bash(npm:*)
  • Bash(curl:*)

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python3
  • npm

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • github.com
  • serpapi.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • SERPAPI_KEY

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code; package installation, secret creation, account access, and live searches require operator approval

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Serpapi Install Auth loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 416 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~64

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit cfae287, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 416 words, ~1,046 tokens.

name

serpapi-install-auth

description

Install an official SerpAPI client, configure the private API key for server-side use, and verify account access without leaking credentials. Use when starting or repairing a SerpAPI integration. Trigger with "configure SerpAPI access".

allowed-tools

Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, Write, Edit, Bash(python3:*), Bash(npm:*), Bash(curl:*)

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code; package installation, secret creation, account access, and live searches require operator approval

argument-hint

[python|javascript] [environment]

version

1.6.0

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

license

MIT

tags

saas, serpapi, authentication, python, javascript

model

inherit

effort

medium

import os
import serpapi

client = serpapi.Client(api_key=os.environ["SERPAPI_KEY"], timeout=10)
account = client.account()
print({key: account.get(key) for key in (
    "account_status", "plan_name", "plan_searches_left",
    "account_rate_limit_per_hour",
)})

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/.curated/serpapi-install-auth of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cfae287