Mcp Webresearch

MCP Web Research Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for web research.

Bring real-time info into Claude and easily research any topic.

Features

• Google search integration
• Webpage content extraction
• Research session tracking (list of visited pages, search queries, etc.)
• Screenshot capture

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 18 (includes npm and npx)
• Claude Desktop app

Installation

First, ensure you've downloaded and installed the [Claude Desktop app](https://claude.ai/download) and you have npm installed.

Next, add this entry to your `claude_desktop_config.json` (on Mac, found at `~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webresearch": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@mzxrai/mcp-webresearch@latest"]
    }
  }
}

This config allows Claude Desktop to automatically start the web research MCP server when needed.

Usage

Simply start a chat with Claude and send a prompt that would benefit from web research. If you'd like a prebuilt prompt customized for deeper web research, you can use the `agentic-research` prompt that we provide through this package. Access that prompt in Claude Desktop by clicking the Paperclip icon in the chat input and then selecting `Choose an integration` → `webresearch` → `agentic-research`.

Tools

1. `search_google`

   • Performs Google searches and extracts results
   • Arguments: { query: string }

2. `visit_page`

   • Visits a webpage and extracts its content
   • Arguments: { url: string, takeScreenshot?: boolean }

3. `take_screenshot`

   • Takes a screenshot of the current page
   • No arguments required

Prompts

`agentic-research`

A guided research prompt that helps Claude conduct thorough web research. The prompt instructs