Web Researcher MCP

Name: Web Researcher MCP
Author: zoharbabin

zoharbabin

Searches the web through Google, Brave, Serper, SearXNG or SearchAPI.io, reads full pages, and runs multi-source research with citations.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add web-researcher --env GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY='<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>' --env BRAVE_API_KEY='<BRAVE_API_KEY>' --env SERPER_API_KEY='<SERPER_API_KEY>' --env SEARCHAPI_API_KEY='<SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>' --env TAVILY_API_KEY='<TAVILY_API_KEY>' --env EXA_API_KEY='<EXA_API_KEY>' --env XQUIK_API_KEY='<XQUIK_API_KEY>' --env COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN='<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>' -- docker run -i --rm -e GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY -e BRAVE_API_KEY -e SERPER_API_KEY -e SEARCHAPI_API_KEY -e TAVILY_API_KEY -e EXA_API_KEY -e XQUIK_API_KEY -e COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.web-researcher]
command = "docker"
args = ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY", "-e", "BRAVE_API_KEY", "-e", "SERPER_API_KEY", "-e", "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY", "-e", "TAVILY_API_KEY", "-e", "EXA_API_KEY", "-e", "XQUIK_API_KEY", "-e", "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN", "ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3"]
env = { GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY = "<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>", BRAVE_API_KEY = "<BRAVE_API_KEY>", SERPER_API_KEY = "<SERPER_API_KEY>", SEARCHAPI_API_KEY = "<SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>", TAVILY_API_KEY = "<TAVILY_API_KEY>", EXA_API_KEY = "<EXA_API_KEY>", XQUIK_API_KEY = "<XQUIK_API_KEY>", COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN = "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>" }

# codex mcp add web-researcher --env GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY='<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>' --env BRAVE_API_KEY='<BRAVE_API_KEY>' --env SERPER_API_KEY='<SERPER_API_KEY>' --env SEARCHAPI_API_KEY='<SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>' --env TAVILY_API_KEY='<TAVILY_API_KEY>' --env EXA_API_KEY='<EXA_API_KEY>' --env XQUIK_API_KEY='<XQUIK_API_KEY>' --env COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN='<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>' -- docker run -i --rm -e GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY -e BRAVE_API_KEY -e SERPER_API_KEY -e SEARCHAPI_API_KEY -e TAVILY_API_KEY -e EXA_API_KEY -e XQUIK_API_KEY -e COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-researcher": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SERPER_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "EXA_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY": "<SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY": "<XQUIK_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "web-researcher": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SERPER_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "EXA_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY": "<SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY": "<XQUIK_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-researcher": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SERPER_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "EXA_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY": "<SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY": "<XQUIK_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-researcher": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SERPER_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "EXA_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY": "<SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY": "<XQUIK_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-researcher": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SERPER_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "EXA_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "SEARCHAPI_API_KEY": "<SEARCHAPI_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>",
        "XQUIK_API_KEY": "<XQUIK_API_KEY>",
        "COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "<COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY
BRAVE_API_KEY
SERPER_API_KEY
SEARCHAPI_API_KEY
TAVILY_API_KEY
EXA_API_KEY
XQUIK_API_KEY
COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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