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Lucas Gomide a237ebabba feat: adopt directory-based docs versioning with Edge channel (#6202)
* feat: adopt directory-based docs versioning with Edge channel

Switch docs.crewai.com from navigation-only versioning (every version
selector entry rendered the same docs/<lang>/* source files) to
Mintlify's directory-based versioning so each version selector entry
renders its own snapshot. Add an "Edge" channel under docs/edge/<lang>/*
that always reflects main HEAD for unreleased work, eliminating
pre-release leakage onto frozen release labels. External links to
canonical /<lang>/* URLs are preserved via wildcard redirects that
always land on the current default version.

Layout:
- docs/edge/<lang>/*         rolling source (you edit here)
- docs/edge/enterprise-api.*.yaml
- docs/v<X.Y.Z>/<lang>/*     frozen, immutable snapshots
- docs/v<X.Y.Z>/enterprise-api.*.yaml
- docs/images/               shared, append-only
- docs/docs.json             nav + redirects

URLs follow the Mintlify-idiomatic shape: /edge/<lang>/<page> for
Edge, /v<X.Y.Z>/<lang>/<page> for every frozen snapshot. The wildcard
redirects /<lang>/:slug* -> /<default>/<lang>/:slug* keep stale links
working, and every freeze rewrites them (plus all per-section/per-page
redirects) so destinations always resolve to the current default
without depending on a second redirect hop.

Release flow integration (devtools release):
- New module crewai_devtools.docs_versioning.freeze() materialises
  docs/v<X.Y.Z>/ from docs/edge/, rewrites openapi: refs inside the
  snapshot, inserts the version into every language block in
  docs.json, and refreshes all redirect destinations.
- _update_docs_and_create_pr() in cli.py now calls that freeze during
  Phase 2 of devtools release. Edge changelogs are updated first (so
  the snapshot freeze picks them up), then the snapshot is staged
  alongside docs.json, branched as docs/freeze-v<X.Y.Z>, and the PR
  is titled [docs-freeze] docs: snapshot and changelog for v<X.Y.Z>
  — the title prefix the new CI guard reads.
- The PR still gates tag, GitHub release, PyPI publish, and the
  enterprise release as before; no new PRs are added.
- Pre-releases (1.X.YaN, 1.X.YbN, ...) skip the snapshot — they ride
  Edge — and the docs PR title omits the [docs-freeze] prefix.
- docs_check (AI-generated docs scaffolding) writes to
  docs/edge/<lang>/* so newly-generated unreleased docs land in Edge
  and never accidentally touch a frozen snapshot.

Migration scripts (one-shot):
- scripts/docs/freeze_historical_versions.py reconstructs all 16
  historical snapshots (v1.10.0 .. v1.14.7) from git tags via
  git archive | tar, rewriting openapi: MDX refs so each snapshot
  reads its own enterprise-api YAML rather than the live one.
- scripts/docs/prefix_version_paths.py one-shot-migrates docs.json:
  rewrites every page path in 16 versioned blocks to point under
  docs/v<X.Y.Z>/, inserts a new Edge entry per language, tags
  v1.14.7 as Latest (default), prunes pages whose target file
  doesn't exist in the snapshot (e.g. docs/ar/ didn't exist before
  v1.12.0), and writes the wildcard + per-section redirects.
- scripts/docs/freeze_current_edge.py is now a thin CLI wrapper
  around docs_versioning.freeze for manual one-off freezes (e.g.
  retroactively snapshotting a forgotten release).

CI guards (.github/workflows/docs-snapshots.yml):
- Frozen snapshots under docs/v[0-9]*/ are immutable; only PRs whose
  title contains [docs-freeze] (i.e. release-cut PRs generated by
  devtools release or the manual wrapper) may modify them.
- Images under docs/images/ are append-only since snapshots share a
  single image directory. Deleting or renaming an image breaks every
  historical snapshot that still references it.

Restored docs/images/crewai-otel-export.png from PR #3673; it was
deleted in PR #4908 but v1.10.0 / v1.10.1 snapshots still reference
it. Restoring instead of editing the snapshots preserves historical
rendering fidelity and validates the new append-only rule
retroactively.

Tests:
- lib/devtools/tests/test_docs_versioning.py covers the freeze: file
  copy, openapi rewrite, version insertion, default demotion, redirect
  upserts, per-section redirect rewriting, idempotency, and invalid
  inputs.

Verified locally with mintlify broken-links: 0 broken links across
the full site (Edge + 16 frozen versions, 4 locales).

AGENTS.md (repo root) is the contributor guide for the new model;
RELEASING.md is the release-cut runbook; README's Contribution
section links to both.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

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---
title: Google Serper Search
description: The `SerperDevTool` is designed to search the internet and return the most relevant results.
icon: google
mode: "wide"
---
# `SerperDevTool`
## Description
This tool is designed to perform a semantic search for a specified query from a text's content across the internet. It utilizes the [serper.dev](https://serper.dev) API
to fetch and display the most relevant search results based on the query provided by the user.
## Installation
To effectively use the `SerperDevTool`, follow these steps:
1. **Package Installation**: Confirm that the `crewai[tools]` package is installed in your Python environment.
2. **API Key Acquisition**: Acquire a `serper.dev` API key at https://serper.dev/ (free tier available).
3. **Environment Configuration**: Store your obtained API key in an environment variable named `SERPER_API_KEY` to facilitate its use by the tool.
To incorporate this tool into your project, follow the installation instructions below:
```shell
pip install 'crewai[tools]'
```
## Example
The following example demonstrates how to initialize the tool and execute a search with a given query:
```python Code
from crewai_tools import SerperDevTool
# Initialize the tool for internet searching capabilities
tool = SerperDevTool()
```
## Parameters
The `SerperDevTool` comes with several parameters that will be passed to the API :
- **search_url**: The URL endpoint for the search API. (Default is `https://google.serper.dev/search`)
- **country**: Optional. Specify the country for the search results.
- **location**: Optional. Specify the location for the search results.
- **locale**: Optional. Specify the locale for the search results.
- **n_results**: Number of search results to return. Default is `10`.
The values for `country`, `location`, `locale` and `search_url` can be found on the [Serper Playground](https://serper.dev/playground).
## Example with Parameters
Here is an example demonstrating how to use the tool with additional parameters:
```python Code
from crewai_tools import SerperDevTool
tool = SerperDevTool(
search_url="https://google.serper.dev/scholar",
n_results=2,
)
print(tool.run(search_query="ChatGPT"))
# Using Tool: Search the internet
# Search results: Title: Role of chat gpt in public health
# Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-023-03172-7
# Snippet: … ChatGPT in public health. In this overview, we will examine the potential uses of ChatGPT in
# ---
# Title: Potential use of chat gpt in global warming
# Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-023-03171-8
# Snippet: … as ChatGPT, have the potential to play a critical role in advancing our understanding of climate
# ---
```
```python Code
from crewai_tools import SerperDevTool
tool = SerperDevTool(
country="fr",
locale="fr",
location="Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France",
n_results=2,
)
print(tool.run(search_query="Jeux Olympiques"))
# Using Tool: Search the internet
# Search results: Title: Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024 - Actualités, calendriers, résultats
# Link: https://olympics.com/fr/paris-2024
# Snippet: Quels sont les sports présents aux Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024 ? · Athlétisme · Aviron · Badminton · Basketball · Basketball 3x3 · Boxe · Breaking · Canoë ...
# ---
# Title: Billetterie Officielle de Paris 2024 - Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques
# Link: https://tickets.paris2024.org/
# Snippet: Achetez vos billets exclusivement sur le site officiel de la billetterie de Paris 2024 pour participer au plus grand événement sportif au monde.
# ---
```
## Conclusion
By integrating the `SerperDevTool` into Python projects, users gain the ability to conduct real-time, relevant searches across the internet directly from their applications.
The updated parameters allow for more customized and localized search results. By adhering to the setup and usage guidelines provided, incorporating this tool into projects is streamlined and straightforward.