diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 30ed7aa..0512e04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     env:
-      SERPAPI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_API_KEY }}
+      SERPAPI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_API_KEY || secrets.SERPAPI_KEY }}
+      SERPAPI_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_KEY || secrets.SERPAPI_API_KEY }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the pull request
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Require the SerpApi repository secret
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          if [[ -z "${SERPAPI_API_KEY}" ]]; then
-            echo "Add SERPAPI_API_KEY as a GitHub Actions repository secret." >&2
+          if [[ -z "${SERPAPI_API_KEY}" && -z "${SERPAPI_KEY}" ]]; then
+            echo "Add SERPAPI_API_KEY or SERPAPI_KEY as a GitHub Actions repository secret." >&2
             exit 1
           fi
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 190e1c2..2291f98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,40 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         run: uv run pytest
 
+  live:
+    name: Live SerpApi integration
+    needs: test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    env:
+      SERPAPI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_API_KEY || secrets.SERPAPI_KEY }}
+      SERPAPI_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERPAPI_KEY || secrets.SERPAPI_API_KEY }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the released revision
+        uses: actions/checkout@d23441a48e516b6c34aea4fa41551a30e30af803 # v6
+
+      - name: Install uv and Python 3.14
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b # v8.1.0
+        with:
+          version: "0.11.30"
+          python-version: "3.14"
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Install locked dependencies
+        run: uv sync --locked --dev
+
+      - name: Require the SerpApi repository secret
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [[ -z "${SERPAPI_API_KEY}" && -z "${SERPAPI_KEY}" ]]; then
+            echo "Add SERPAPI_API_KEY or SERPAPI_KEY as a GitHub Actions repository secret." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Test real web, Maps, News, and Shopping responses
+        run: uv run pytest -m live
+
   build:
     name: Build release distributions
     needs: test
@@ -108,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish:
     name: Publish to PyPI
-    needs: verify-distributions
+    needs: [verify-distributions, live]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment:
       name: pypi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3590cba..dc0cc39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # SerpApi for Hermes Agent
 
+[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/serpapi-hermes-plugin.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/serpapi-hermes-plugin/)
+[![CI](https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-hermes-plugin/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-hermes-plugin/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
+[![Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/serpapi-hermes-plugin.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/serpapi-hermes-plugin/)
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/serpapi-hermes-plugin.svg)](https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-hermes-plugin/blob/main/LICENSE)
+
 Give [Hermes Agent](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/) fast, fresh search
 results from the web, Google Maps, Google News, and Google Shopping with
 [SerpApi](https://serpapi.com/).
@@ -156,9 +161,9 @@ Example prompts:
 
 ## Contributing
 
-See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for development setup, tests, pull request
-guidelines, and the release process.
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-hermes-plugin/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+for development setup, tests, pull request guidelines, and the release process.
 
 ## License
 
-[MIT](LICENSE)
+[MIT](https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-hermes-plugin/blob/main/LICENSE)
diff --git a/tests/test_project_metadata.py b/tests/test_project_metadata.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ead3c6..0000000
--- a/tests/test_project_metadata.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import tomllib
-from pathlib import Path
-
-ROOT = Path(__file__).parents[1]
-
-
-def test_project_urls_use_the_serpapi_repository() -> None:
-    project = tomllib.loads((ROOT / "pyproject.toml").read_text())["project"]
-    urls = project["urls"]
-
-    assert project["name"] == "serpapi-hermes-plugin"
-    assert urls["Homepage"] == "https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-hermes-plugin"
-    assert urls["Repository"] == "https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-hermes-plugin"
-    assert urls["Issues"] == "https://github.com/serpapi/serpapi-hermes-plugin/issues"
-def test_release_workflow_keeps_oidc_permission_in_publish_job() -> None:
-    workflow = (ROOT / ".github/workflows/release.yml").read_text()
-    publish_job = workflow.split("\n  publish:\n", maxsplit=1)[1]
-
-    assert "release:\n    types: [published]" in workflow
-    assert workflow.count("id-token: write") == 1
-    assert "needs: verify-distributions" in publish_job
-    assert "name: pypi" in publish_job
-    assert "id-token: write" in publish_job
-    assert "pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@" in publish_job
-    assert "actions/checkout@" not in publish_job
-    assert "uv build" not in publish_job
-    assert "PYPI_API_TOKEN" not in workflow