Get organic search results for a keyword in specified search engine
AI agents call serp_organic_live_advanced to retrieve information from Dataforseo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
depth | number | — | parsing depth optional field number of results in SERP |
device | string | — | device type optional field can take the values:desktop, mobile default value: desktop |
keyword | string | Yes | Search keyword |
language_code | string | Yes | search engine language code (e.g., 'en') |
location_name | string | — | full name of the location required field Location format - hierarchical, comma-separated (from most specific to least) Can be one of: 1. Country only: "United |
search_engine | string | — | search engine name, one of: google, yahoo, bing. |
max_crawl_pages | number | — | page crawl limit optional field number of search results pages to crawl max value: 100 Note: the max_crawl_pages and depth parameters complement each other |
people_also_ask_click_depth | number | — | clicks on the corresponding element specify the click depth on the people_also_ask element to get additional people_also_ask_element items; |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries and retrieves SERP (search engine results page) organic data for informational purposes. It is a passive read operation that fetches publicly available search results without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or moving funds. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could retrieve excessive volumes of data but cannot cause damage, financial loss, or irreversible changes.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'serp_organic_live_advanced' and description 'Get organic search results for a keyword in specified search engine' indicate retrieval of search engine results data with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get organic search results for a keyword in specified search engine. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dataforseo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
serp_organic_live_advanced accepts 8 parameters: depth, device, keyword, language_code, location_name, search_engine, max_crawl_pages, people_also_ask_click_depth. Required: keyword, language_code. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Dataforseo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for serp_organic_live_advanced: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Dataforseo. Nothing to install.
serp_organic_live_advanced is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the serp_organic_live_advanced rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for serp_organic_live_advanced. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
serp_organic_live_advanced is provided by the Dataforseo MCP server (dataforseo-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.