google-researcher

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add google-researcher -e GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY=... -e GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID=... -- npx -y google-researcher-mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-researcher": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-researcher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "...",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

MCP server providing Google Search, web scraping, and multi-source research tools for AI assistants

Questions

google-researcher is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package google-researcher-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add google-researcher -e GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY=... -e GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID=... -- npx -y google-researcher-mcp

Run: codex mcp add google-researcher --env GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY=... --env GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID=... -- npx -y google-researcher-mcp

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