What is web-researcher-mcp?
web-researcher-mcp is a MCP server by zoharbabin that web search via Google, Brave, Serper, SearXNG and SearchAPI.io, multi-tier content extraction, academic and patent search, and multi-source research. It is listed under Browser & web and has 70 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | zoharbabin |
| Repository | zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp |
| Popularity | 70 GitHub stars |
| Category | Browser & web |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #729 of 4,418 MCP servers; #73 in Browser & web |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-14 |
| Stars this week | +4 |
| Runs | Locally and in the cloud |
| Language | TypeScript |
Is web-researcher-mcp safe to install?
web-researcher-mcp scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install web-researcher-mcp?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add web-researcher-mcp -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http web-researcher-mcp <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs web-researcher-mcp for you:
Add the "web-researcher-mcp" MCP server from https://github.com/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.