Install gemini-researcher for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"capybearista-gemini-researcher": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"gemini-researcher@1.0.2"
],
"env": {
"GEMINI_API_KEY": "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY",
"PROJECT_ROOT": "",
"RESPONSE_CHUNK_SIZE_KB": "",
"CACHE_TTL_MS": "",
"DEBUG": "",
"GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "",
"GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT": "",
"VERTEX_AI_PROJECT": ""
}
}
}
}