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google researcher for Zed

io.github.zoharbabin/google-researcher

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install google researcher in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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