Google Researcher
by zoharbabincommunityv6.0.3
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The Google Researcher MCP Server provides tools for AI assistants to perform web searches, scrape content from various document types, and extract information from academic papers and patents.
From the registry: MCP server providing Google Search, web scraping, and multi-source research tools for AI assistants
Install & configure
Prerequisites
- requiredNode.js 20+Node.js runtime version 20 or newer
- requiredGoogle Custom Search credentialsCreate a Google Custom Search API key and Custom Search Engine IDhttps://programmablesearchengine.google.com/
Install in your client
Paste into the AI you're chatting with — it will figure out the rest
Please install the `google-researcher` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).
Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **Node.js 20+** — Node.js runtime version 20 or newer
- **Google Custom Search credentials** — Create a Google Custom Search API key and Custom Search Engine ID (https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/)
Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `npx`
- args: ["-y","google-researcher-mcp"]
- required environment variables:
- `GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY`: Google Custom Search API key (example: `<your-api-key>`)
- `GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID`: Google Programmable Search Engine ID (example: `<your-search-engine-id>`)
Note: Chromium is auto-installed on first run via Playwright. Also supports HTTP+SSE transport with OAuth 2.1.
Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.Note: Chromium is auto-installed on first run via Playwright. Also supports HTTP+SSE transport with OAuth 2.1.
Tools (8)
google_search
Web search with site, date, and language filters
google_news_search
News search with freshness controls
google_image_search
Image search with type, size, color filters
scrape_page
Extract content from web pages, PDFs, DOCX
search_and_scrape
Combined search + content extraction
academic_search
Papers from arXiv, PubMed, IEEE, Springer
patent_search
Patent search with assignee/inventor filters
sequential_search
Multi-step research tracking
Environment variables
GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEYrequiredAPI key for Google Custom SearchGOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_IDrequiredSearch ID for Google Custom SearchPackages
google-researcher-mcp
npmv6.0.3transport: stdio
Details
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Released
- Apr 10, 2026
- Last commit
- Apr 10, 2026
- Registry name
- io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher