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Chrome Google SearchCAUTION

Name: Chrome Google Search
Author: cmann50

mcp/cmann50/chrome-google-search

MCP server by cmann50 · Audited 2026-10-09

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Verdict

CAUTION

Grade

Trust score

85 /100

Exposed tools

2 2r · 0w · 0d

Transport

stdio

License

MIT

Stars

Overview

From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.

MCP tool for Google search and webpage content extraction using Chrome browser. Works with Claude to enable Google search and content fetching capabilities.

Quick Installation

Configure Claude Desktop
Open Claude Desktop on Mac
Go to Claude > Settings > Developer > Edit Config
Add the following to your config file:

{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-chrome-google-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cmann50/mcp-chrome-google-search"
]
}
}
}

Restart Claude Desktop

First Time Setup
Grant Accessibility Permissions
On first run, approve macOS accessibility permissions prompt
Navigate to: System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility
Add and enable permissions for your terminal app

Enable Chrome JavaScript from Apple Events
Open Chrome
Navigate to: View > Developer > Allow JavaScript from Apple Events
One-time setup only

Once configured, Claude will be able to perform Google searches and extract webpage content through Chrome when you make requests.

Key Advantages

Free to search google
Opens and small windows and uses your chrome browser, so should not get blocked
Since it is using your Chrome window it can access authenticated content. Claude can just open the URL in your browser.

Platform Support

✅ macOS
❌ Windows (not supported)
❌ Linux (not supported)

Requirements

macOS
Google Chrome
Node.js 20 or higher

Alternative Installation Methods

NPX Installation

npx mcp-chrome-google-search

Custom Installation

Checkout from git
Run npm run build
Add to Claude config (use absolute path):

{
"google-tools": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/your/checkout/path/mcp/mcp-chrome-google-search/dist/index.js"
]
}
}

Read from source at commit 8b88e5f28465OBSERVED · 2026-10-09

Connect

Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.

claude-code

claude mcp add mcp-chrome-google-search -- npx -y @cmann50/[email protected]

claude-desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-chrome-google-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cmann50/[email protected]"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Exposed tools (2)

2 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.

Tool	Risk	Description
`web-search`	read	Search webpages and get a specific page of results (each page has ~10 results). Optionally filter by site and timeframe.
`web_fetch`	read	Extract readable text content from a webpage using Chrome browser automation.\n\nKey Features:\n- Returns main content text and optionally links

Trust audit

CAUTIONgrade B · trust 85/100 Install with care. The audit found things worth knowing before you trust its output.

Layer	What it checks	Result
L0	Provenance & inventory	PASS
L1	Static analysis of the code	PASS
L2	Instruction surface (what it tells the agent)	FAIL
L3	Class-specific surface	PASS
L4	Behavioural (sandbox)	SKIPPED

What the source does

Filesystem: declared (4 observation(s))
Network: declared (2 observation(s))
Shell: none-observed
Dependencies: not all pinned
Secrets in source: none-found

Findings (7)

HIGHPrompt injection · prompt.zero_width · CWE-94, CWE-1427

test/data/wikipedia.home.html:98

<a id="js-link-box-fa" href="//fa.wikipedia.org/" title="Fārsi — ویکیپدیا — دانشنامهٔ آزاد" class="link-box" data-slogan="دانشنامهٔ آزاد">

Why it matters. invisible characters in instruction text

Fix. strip non-printing characters