Install Web Researcher MCP 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": {
"zoharbabin-web-researcher-mcp": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"ghcr.io/zoharbabin/web-researcher-mcp:1.50.3"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_API_KEY",
"GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID": "",
"SEARCH_PROVIDER": "",
"SEARCH_ROUTING": "",
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY",
"SERPER_API_KEY": "YOUR_SERPER_API_KEY",
"SEARCHAPI_API_KEY": "YOUR_SEARCHAPI_API_KEY",
"SEARXNG_URL": "",
"TAVILY_API_KEY": "YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY",
"EXA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY",
"XQUIK_API_KEY": "YOUR_XQUIK_API_KEY",
"EDGAR_CONTACT_EMAIL": "",
"COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_COURTLISTENER_API_TOKEN",
"FRED_API_KEY": "YOUR_FRED_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}