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io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher

io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher·v6.2.3·Web Scraping
Quality Score
85
/100

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

§01  Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-researcher": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-researcher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<your-google_custom_search_api_key>",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "<google_custom_search_id>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-researcher": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-researcher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<your-google_custom_search_api_key>",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "<google_custom_search_id>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y google-researcher-mcp
§02  Environment variables
GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY
requiredsecret

Google Custom Search API key

GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID
required

Google Programmable Search Engine ID

§03  MCP Quality Score  ·  methodology
freshness
25
completeness
10
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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