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everything
by modelcontextprotocol
google-researcher-mcp
by zoharbabin
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SearchWeb ScrapingAI / LLM Tools
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everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

google-researcher-mcp · Summary

MCP server providing Google search, web scraping, and document parsing with advanced filtering capabilities.

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

google-researcher-mcp · Use cases

  • Research assistants enabling Claude to search the web and synthesize information
  • Content creation for gathering sources and citations
  • Academic research with paper finding and citation extraction

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything

google-researcher-mcp · Install

Installation

Claude Desktop (macOS)

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

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

Claude Desktop (Windows)

Add to %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json with the same configuration.

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