Google Research MCP

Google Researcher MCP server enables AI assistants like Claude, GPT, and other LLMs to: Search the web via Google (general, images, news) Read any webpage including JavaScript-rendered sites Extract YouTube transcripts automatically Parse documents (PDF, DOCX, PPTX)

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// key findings

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Hardcoded credentials detected

13 live-looking API keys in source: 13 Google API key

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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: CACHE_ADMIN_KEY, GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configALLOWED_DOMAINS

configALLOWED_ORIGINS

configALLOW_PRIVATE_IPS

🔐 secretCACHE_ADMIN_KEY

🔐 secretGOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY— "": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",

configGOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID— "": "YOUR_SEARCH_ID_HERE"

configJEST_WORKER_ID

configOAUTH_AUDIENCE— Configure OAUTH_ISSUER_URL and in .env. See .env.example for details.

configOAUTH_ISSUER_URL— Token Validation: JWTs are validated against your authorization server's JWKS endpoint (${}/.well-known/jwks.json).

configUNKNOWN_VAR

configYOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_DEBUG

configYOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_VERBOSE

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

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commit: ee14af31cd26312207a5cb882bb354a0ca8409f9

code hash: 18438f7f6745892816e68f3eadbf6168f13731c935fd474376223f5ee7a8c7ec

verified: 4/11/2026, 2:56:30 PM

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