Serply
Your customers need visual answers, location data, and research references. Your AI agent queries Serply's search APIs in real time, retrieving images, geographic results, and scholarly articles within the conversation. Every response is grounded in fresh, relevant search data.
Your AI agent taps into Serply's image, map, and scholar APIs to deliver visual, geographic, and academic answers directly in customer conversations.
Serply
See how businesses use Serply-connected AI agents to deliver visual answers, location data, and research references that keep customers engaged and informed.
A customer asks 'Do you have anything similar to this style?' and describes a look. Your AI Agent searches Serply's image API for matching product visuals, surfaces relevant images with source links, and compares them to your catalog. The shopper discovers options visually without browsing through dozens of category pages.
A homeowner asks 'Where is the nearest plumber open on Saturday?' Your AI Agent runs a Serply maps search for plumbers in their area, returns business names with addresses and operating hours, and helps the customer find a provider. The interaction adds value beyond your core offering and builds customer loyalty.
A B2B prospect asks 'Is there any research on the ROI of customer support automation?' Your AI Agent searches Serply's scholar API, finds peer-reviewed papers and industry reports with citation data, and summarizes the findings. The prospect gets evidence-based reassurance that strengthens their buying decision.
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FAQs
The agent can perform three types of searches through Serply: image search for visual content, maps search for geographic locations and businesses, and scholar search for academic papers and research. Each returns structured JSON data that the agent presents conversationally.
The agent sends a query like 'restaurants in Paris' to Serply's maps API, which returns business names, addresses, ratings, and geographic coordinates. The agent presents the top results with actionable location details the customer can use immediately.
Yes. The agent passes precise search queries to Serply's scholar API, which returns results from Google Scholar. You can search for papers on any topic, and the results include titles, authors, publication years, citation counts, and direct links to the source.
Serply returns direct URLs to the full images as indexed, along with metadata like source domain and image dimensions. The agent can present thumbnail previews in chat and provide the full-resolution URL for users who need the high-quality version.
Yes. Each search type supports a num or limit parameter. You can configure the agent to return 5, 10, or up to 100 results per query. The agent typically summarizes the top results and offers to show more if the customer needs additional options.
Yes. The agent can set the safe parameter to 'active' on image searches to filter out inappropriate content. This is especially useful for customer-facing deployments where content appropriateness matters.
A search widget makes customers search for themselves. The AI agent understands the question, picks the right search type (image, map, or scholar), interprets the results, and delivers a conversational answer. It also combines search results with your internal data for complete responses.
Only conversations where the agent needs external search data consume Serply API credits. If the agent answers from your knowledge base, no Serply call is made. You can configure when the agent should fall back to external search to optimize credit usage.
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