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io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher MCP Server

Name: io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher MCP Server
Author: io.github.zoharbabin

io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher

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What is the io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher MCP server?

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

How to install io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY
required
secret
Google Custom Search API key
GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID
required
Google Programmable Search Engine ID

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-researcher": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-researcher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-researcher": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-researcher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-researcher": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-researcher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "google-researcher": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-researcher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add google-researcher --env GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY=<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY> --env GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID=<YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID> -- node -y google-researcher-mcp

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