Web research for Claude over MCP: quality-scored Google search, clean extraction, deep research. Hosted connector for claude.ai/Desktop/Code + Nimrod Desktop toolkit (skills, agent, hooks).
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
Local
claude mcp add google-search --env GOOGLE_API_KEY='<GOOGLE_API_KEY>' --env GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID='<GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID>' -- node /path/to/google-search-mcp-server/dist/google-search.js~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.google-search]
command = "node"
args = ["/path/to/google-search-mcp-server/dist/google-search.js"]
env = { GOOGLE_API_KEY = "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>", GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID = "<GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID>" }
# codex mcp add google-search --env GOOGLE_API_KEY='<GOOGLE_API_KEY>' --env GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID='<GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID>' -- node /path/to/google-search-mcp-server/dist/google-search.js~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/google-search-mcp-server/dist/google-search.js"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
"GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "<GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"google-search": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/google-search-mcp-server/dist/google-search.js"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
"GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "<GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/google-search-mcp-server/dist/google-search.js"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
"GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "<GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/google-search-mcp-server/dist/google-search.js"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
"GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "<GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/google-search-mcp-server/dist/google-search.js"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
"GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID": "<GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID>"
}
}
}
}Remote
claude mcp add --transport http google-search https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.google-search]
url = "https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp"
# codex mcp add google-search --url https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"url": "https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"google-search": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp"
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"httpUrl": "https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp"
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-search": {
"url": "https://nimrod.orchis.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Environment variables
GOOGLE_API_KEYGOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.