Is io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp safe to use?

io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp?

io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp do?

io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp provides 9 tools: web_search, scrape_page, search_and_scrape, image_search, news_search and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp?

io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp actively maintained?

io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 13 GitHub stars.

io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp

Web search, content extraction, and multi-source research tools for AI assistants

13 9 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

No license

Actively maintained

Last commit 0d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

9 tools

Grade F

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-researcher": {
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "YOUR_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY"
      },
      "command": "/path/to/web-researcher-mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Web search, content extraction, and multi-source research tools for AI assistants

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Is io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp safe to use?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp do?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp provides 9 tools: web_search, scrape_page, search_and_scrape, image_search, news_search and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 13 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-researcher": {
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "YOUR_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY"
      },
      "command": "/path/to/web-researcher-mcp"
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp does

Web search, content extraction, and multi-source research tools for AI assistants

Test This Server

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README

web-researcher-mcp

Your AI research assistant that cites real sources and stays honest.

Search the entire web or narrow it down to just the sites you trust;
medical journals, court databases, news outlets, academic papers.
Analyze the full source, not just snippets. Links that work, citations you can trust,
no made up closed garden pre-synthesized results.

Get started in 30 seconds

macOS (Homebrew):

brew install zoharbabin/tap/web-researcher-mcp

macOS / Linux (no package manager):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp/main/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell):

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp/main/install.ps1 | iex"

That's it — no dev tools needed. Downloads the binary, verifies its checksum, puts it on your PATH, and registers it with Claude Code automatically.

Your AI can now search the web, read full articles, find academic papers, look up patents, and run multi-step research — only from sources you pick.

Why does this exist?

Perplexity gets its citations wrong over a third of the time. It links to papers that don't exist, invents DOIs, and presents SEO spam with the same confidence as peer-reviewed research. ChatGPT's web search isn't much better — it can't tell a blog post from a court filing.

If your work gets cited, published, submitted to a court, or shown to a client — you can't afford "probably real" sources.

This tool fixes the root cause: instead of searching the entire web and hoping, you tell your AI exactly which sources to search. We call these "search lenses" — curated lists of trusted sites for each field.

What you get	What that means for you
Search lenses — choose your sources by field	Your AI only sees the sites you trust (PubMed, SEC.gov, arXiv — not random blogs)
Research tools for every source type	Papers, patents, news, web pages, images, full-text reading, and multi-step deep research
Always has a backup	Multiple search engines working together — if one has issues,

... View full README on GitHub

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Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

37/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−63

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Inventory

Tools (9)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp safe to use?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp do?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp provides 9 tools: web_search, scrape_page, search_and_scrape, image_search, news_search and 4 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 13 GitHub stars.

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