mcp-webresearch
Author: mzxrai
Description: MCP web research server (gives Claude real-time web research with Google search, page extraction, screenshots and session tracking)
Stars: 271
Forks: 60
License: MIT License
Category: Open Source
Overview
Installation
1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/mzxrai/mcp-webresearch.git
cd mcp-webresearch2. Install dependencies (Node ≥18 is recommended)
npm install3. Provide any required environment variables in a .env file or your shell (values below are examples)
# API key for your preferred search backend
SERPAPI_API_KEY="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
# If the tool is chained with other MCP tools you might also export
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="claude-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"4. Run the server locally
npm start # default port 3000
# or specify a custom port
PORT=8080 npm start5. Docker (optional)
docker build -t mcp-webresearch .
docker run -e SERPAPI_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -p 3000:3000 mcp-webresearch01
search_google
Performs Google searches and extracts results
02
visit_page
Visits a webpage and extracts its content
03
take_screenshot
Takes a screenshot of the current page
License: MIT License
Updated 7/30/2025