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gemini researcher for Cursor

io.github.capybearista/gemini-researcher

Stateless MCP server that proxies research queries to Gemini CLI, reducing agent context/model usage

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install gemini researcher in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-researcher": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gemini-researcher"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "PROJECT_ROOT": "<PROJECT_ROOT>",
        "RESPONSE_CHUNK_SIZE_KB": "<RESPONSE_CHUNK_SIZE_KB>",
        "CACHE_TTL_MS": "<CACHE_TTL_MS>",
        "DEBUG": "<DEBUG>",
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "<GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS>",
        "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "<GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT>",
        "VERTEX_AI_PROJECT": "<VERTEX_AI_PROJECT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

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