Merge pull request #15 from ScrapeGraphAI/update-mcp

feat: add time_range parameter to searchscraper

Author: VinciGit00

.agent/README.md

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Quick reference to all MCP tools:
 |------|------------|---------|---------|-------|
 | `markdownify` | `website_url` | Convert webpage to markdown | 2 | No |
 | `smartscraper` | `user_prompt`, `website_url`, `number_of_scrolls?`, `markdown_only?` | AI-powered data extraction | 10+ | No |
-| `searchscraper` | `user_prompt`, `num_results?`, `number_of_scrolls?` | AI-powered web search | Variable | No |
+| `searchscraper` | `user_prompt`, `num_results?`, `number_of_scrolls?`, `time_range?` | AI-powered web search | Variable | No |
 | `smartcrawler_initiate` | `url`, `prompt?`, `extraction_mode`, `depth?`, `max_pages?`, `same_domain_only?` | Start multi-page crawl | 100+ | Yes (returns request_id) |
 | `smartcrawler_fetch_results` | `request_id` | Get crawl results | N/A | No (polls status) |
 
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector scrapegraph-mcp
 
 ## 📅 Changelog
 
+### January 2026
+- ✅ Added `time_range` parameter to SearchScraper for filtering results by recency
+- ✅ Supported time ranges: `past_hour`, `past_24_hours`, `past_week`, `past_month`, `past_year`
+- ✅ Documentation updated to reflect SDK changes (scrapegraph-py#77, scrapegraph-js#2)
+
 ### October 2025
 - ✅ Initial comprehensive documentation created
 - ✅ Project architecture fully documented

.agent/system/project_architecture.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ScrapeGraph MCP Server - Project Architecture
 
-**Last Updated:** October 2025
+**Last Updated:** January 2026
 **Version:** 1.0.0
 
 ## Table of Contents
@@ -255,14 +255,15 @@ The server exposes 5 tools to AI assistants:
 
 ---
 
-### 3. `searchscraper(user_prompt: str, num_results: int = None, number_of_scrolls: int = None)`
+### 3. `searchscraper(user_prompt: str, num_results: int = None, number_of_scrolls: int = None, time_range: str = None)`
 
 **Purpose:** Perform AI-powered web searches with structured results
 
 **Parameters:**
 - `user_prompt` (str) - Search query or instructions
 - `num_results` (int, optional) - Number of websites to search (default: 3 = 30 credits)
 - `number_of_scrolls` (int, optional) - Number of infinite scrolls per website
+- `time_range` (str, optional) - Filter results by recency. Valid values: `past_hour`, `past_24_hours`, `past_week`, `past_month`, `past_year`
 
 **Returns:**
 ```json
@@ -282,7 +283,8 @@ The server exposes 5 tools to AI assistants:
 "Research the latest AI developments in 2025"
 → AI calls: searchscraper(
     user_prompt="Latest AI developments in 2025",
-    num_results=5
+    num_results=5,
+    time_range="past_week"
 )
 ```
 

README.md

@@ -96,11 +96,13 @@ Execute AI-powered web searches with structured, actionable results.
 searchscraper(
     user_prompt: str,
     num_results: int = None,
-    number_of_scrolls: int = None
+    number_of_scrolls: int = None,
+    time_range: str = None  # Filter by: past_hour, past_24_hours, past_week, past_month, past_year
 )
 ```
 - **Credits**: Variable (3-20 websites × 10 credits)
 - **Use case**: Multi-source research and data aggregation
+- **Time filtering**: Use `time_range` to filter results by recency (e.g., `"past_week"` for recent results)
 
 ### Advanced Scraping Tools
 
@@ -518,6 +520,7 @@ The server enables sophisticated queries across various scraping scenarios:
 - **SearchScraper**: "Research and summarize recent developments in AI-powered web scraping"
 - **SearchScraper**: "Search for the top 5 articles about machine learning frameworks and extract key insights"
 - **SearchScraper**: "Find recent news about GPT-4 and provide a structured summary"
+- **SearchScraper with time_range**: "Search for AI news from the past week only" (uses `time_range="past_week"`)
 
 ### Website Analysis
 - **Sitemap**: "Extract the complete sitemap structure from the ScrapeGraph website"