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google researcher for Gemini CLI

io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher

MCP server providing Google Search, web scraping, and multi-source research tools for AI assistants

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Install google researcher in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-researcher": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "google-researcher-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "<GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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