How to Bulk Up Your AI Agents in 90 Seconds with Seren MCP

Give your AI assistant superpowers: access to 75+ data publishers, web scrapers, financial APIs, and more—all with a single command.

The Problem: AI Agents Are Blind Without Data

Your AI assistant is powerful, but it is limited. It cannot scrape websites, query financial databases, or access real-time information without complex API integrations. Every new data source means another API key, another SDK, another payment method to manage.

What if you could give your AI agent access to 75+ data publishers with a single installation?

The Solution: Seren MCP Server

The Seren MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server connects your AI assistant directly to SerenAI's data marketplace. No local installations. No API key management. Just instant access to:

• Web scraping (Firecrawl, BrowserBase)
• AI search (Perplexity, Tavily)
• Financial data (stock prices, crypto rates)
• Document processing (PDFs, images, text extraction)
• Package registries (Crates.io, npm, PyPI)
• And 70+ more publishers

Pay only for what you use. No subscriptions. No monthly minimums.

Quick Install: 90 Seconds or Less

Universal Installer (Recommended)

One command auto-detects and configures all your installed MCP clients:

macOS / Linux:

1curl -fsSL https://serendb.com/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

1irm https://serendb.com/install.ps1 | iex

The installer automatically configures: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, Codex, and Gemini CLI.

Manual Setup by Platform

Prefer full control? Here is how to configure each platform manually.

Claude Code (10 seconds)

1claude mcp add --transport http -s user seren https://mcp.serendb.com/mcp

Verify with: claude mcp list

Cursor (30 seconds)

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

1{
2  "mcpServers": {
3    "seren": {
4      "url": "https://mcp.serendb.com/mcp",
5      "transport": "streamable-http"
6    }
7  }
8}

Restart Cursor to apply.

Windsurf (30 seconds)

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

1{
2  "mcpServers": {
3    "seren": {
4      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.serendb.com/mcp",
5      "transport": "streamable-http"
6    }
7  }
8}

Note: Windsurf uses serverUrl instead of url.

Claude Desktop

Run the universal installer—Claude Desktop cannot self-configure:

1curl -fsSL https://serendb.com/install.sh | bash

First Use: Authentication

On first use, Seren prompts for OAuth authentication:

• A browser window opens to serendb.com
• Sign in or create a free account
• Authorize the connection
• Return to your AI assistant

No API keys to copy. Authentication is automatic.

Real-World Example: Crates.io Publisher

Let us see Seren MCP in action with a developer-focused use case. The Crates.io Publisher lets your AI agent query the Rust package registry directly.

Scenario: You need to find the most downloaded Rust crates for a dependency analysis.

Without Seren: You would manually browse crates.io, copy-paste data, or write a custom API client.

With Seren: Just ask your AI assistant:

1"Find the top 10 most downloaded crates on crates.io"

Your AI agent calls the Crates.io publisher via execute_paid_api:

1{
2  "publisher": "crates-io",
3  "method": "GET",
4  "path": "/crates?sort=downloads&per_page=10",
5  "headers": {"User-Agent": "my-agent (contact@example.com)"}
6}

Result: Live data from crates.io (as of January 19, 2026):

Cost: $0.00 (free tier). Execution time: 97ms. No API key required.

Available Tools After Installation

Try it now: Ask your AI assistant to "list available Seren publishers"

Why Seren MCP?

No vendor lock-in. Access multiple competing services through one interface. Switch from Firecrawl to BrowserBase without changing your integration.

Pay per query. No subscriptions. Use Firecrawl once? Pay $0.01. Use it 1000 times? Pay $10. Use nothing? Pay nothing.

AI-native design. Built for agents, not humans clicking buttons. Structured responses, predictable pricing, instant settlement.

Instant access. Install in 90 seconds, start querying immediately. No sales calls, no enterprise contracts, no waiting for API key approvals.

Developer-first publishers. Access Crates.io, npm, PyPI, and other package registries your AI needs to help you code faster.

Get Started

• Run the installer: curl -fsSL https://serendb.com/install.sh | bash
• Ask your AI: "List Seren publishers for web scraping"
• Execute a query: "Use Firecrawl to scrape https://example.com"
• Check balance: "What is my Seren wallet balance?"

Your AI agent just got 75x more capable.

Resources

Full API Documentation: docs.serendb.com

MCP Installation Guide: docs.serendb.com/guides/mcp-install

Console (Sign Up): console.serendb.com

Discord Community: discord.gg/jseg7q4KS7