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serper-search

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Google search via Serper API. Fallback for when Brave Search misses niche technical docs, error messages, or obscure library documentation. Uses Google's index — the most comprehensive for technical queries.

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Serper Search (Google Fallback)

When to use instead of brave-search: When Brave returns poor/no results for niche technical queries — obscure library docs, specific error messages, framework-specific APIs. Google's index is larger and has better coverage of Stack Overflow, GitHub issues, and documentation sites.

When to use brave-search instead: For general research, LLM-optimized content (llm-context.js), SEO filtering (Goggles), and most searches. Brave is faster (669ms vs ~2.9s) and returns pre-extracted content.

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{baseDir}/search.js "query"                                    # 5 results
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 10                               # More results
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --content                           # Include page content as markdown
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --site docs.python.org              # Restrict to domain
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --period w                          # Last week only
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --site stackoverflow.com --content  # SO answers with content

Options

  • -n <num> — Number of results (default: 5, max: 100)
  • --content — Fetch and extract full page content as markdown (uses Readability)
  • --period <time> — Time filter: d (day), w (week), m (month), y (year)
  • --site <domain> — Restrict results to a specific domain
  • --gl <country> — Country code (default: us)
  • --hl <lang> — Language code (default: en)

Typical Fallback Patterns

# Brave missed it — try Google's index
{baseDir}/search.js "go-quartz library cron scheduling example" --content

# Error message lookup (Google excels at these)
{baseDir}/search.js "error: cannot find module '@prisma/client' after upgrade" -n 3 --content

# Specific library docs
{baseDir}/search.js "pgvector cosine similarity operator <=>" --site stackoverflow.com --content

# Recent content
{baseDir}/search.js "React 19 useOptimistic hook" --period m --content

Setup

Requires SERPER_API_KEY env var. Get one at https://serper.dev — free 2,500 queries, no credit card needed.

export SERPER_API_KEY="your-key"    # Add to ~/.zprofile
cd {baseDir} && npm install          # Run once

Cost

  • $1/1K queries (entry tier, $50 for 50K credits)
  • $0.30/1K at 500K+ volume
  • Free tier: 2,500 queries (one-time, no CC)
  • 5× cheaper than Brave ($5/1K)

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