Web ResearchSAFE
MCP web research server (give Claude real-time info from the web)
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
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
npmandnpx) - Claude Desktop app
Installation
First, ensure you've downloaded and installed the Claude Desktop app 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
search_google- Performs Google searches and extracts results
- Arguments:
{ query: string }
visit_page- Visits a webpage and extracts its content
- Arguments:
{ url: string, takeScreenshot?: boolean }
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
7caf6d7902e4OBSERVED · 2026-10-05Connect
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 mcp add mcp-webresearch -- npx -y @mzxrai/[email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-webresearch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mzxrai/[email protected]"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (3)
3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
search_google | read | Search Google for a query |
take_screenshot | read | Take a screenshot of the current page |
visit_page | read | Visit a webpage and extract its content |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (2)
playwright, turndown, shx, tsx, typescript, @types/turndown
# Load environment variables
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
7caf6d7902e4full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/mzxrai__web-research-2.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | 7caf6d7902e4 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Web Research MCP server?
MCP web research server (give Claude real-time info from the web)
What tools does Web Research expose?
3 in total: 3 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Web Research safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Web Research need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Web Research run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as @mzxrai/mcp-webresearch at 0.1.7.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (7caf6d7902e4), read on 2026-10-05. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.