Web Researcher MCP

io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp·v1.9.0·Search

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Your AI research assistant that cites real sources and stays honest

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§00 Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

UNVERIFIEDno verdict on file

Verdict not yet evaluated for this tool. The hybrid eval runs adversarial cases first; coverage rolls out as the corpus expands. Until a verdict is recorded, an agent should treat this tool as not-yet-cleared and fall back to its own checks. Method: hybrid eval, four-state verdict, honest limits.

§01 Install

Claude Desktop (Docker)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-researcher-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.9.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<your-google_custom_search_api_key>",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "<google_custom_search_id>",
        "SEARCH_PROVIDER": "<search_provider>",
        "SEARCH_ROUTING": "<search_routing>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<your-brave_api_key>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<your-serper_api_key>",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY": "<your-searchapi_api_key>",
        "SEARXNG_URL": "<searxng_url>"
      }
    }
  }
}

§02 Environment variables

GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY

secret

Google Custom Search API key

GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID

Google Programmable Search Engine ID

SEARCH_PROVIDER

Search provider: google, brave, serper, searxng, or searchapi

SEARCH_ROUTING

Use multiple search engines with automatic switching if one goes down (e.g. brave,google,serper)

BRAVE_API_KEY

secret