What is Google Surf Mcp?
Google Surf Mcp provides Google search as a tool for any MCP client, combining search, URL fetching, and academic PDF extraction into a single server. It requires no API key, no proxies, and no CAPTCHA solver, and is designed for local use with a persistent Chrome profile.
How to use Google Surf Mcp?
Install via npx google-surf-mcp or clone the repository. Register the server in your MCP client’s configuration (e.g., ~/.claude.json for Claude Code). The first tool call auto-bootstraps a warm Chrome profile; you may see Chrome open briefly.
Key features of Google Surf Mcp
- No API key, no proxies, no CAPTCHA solver required.
- Five tools:
search, search_parallel, extract, search_extract, health.
- Academic PDF extraction from arxiv, Nature, PubMed, OpenReview, and more.
- CAPTCHA recovery with four configurable modes (OS notification, headed, remote debug, fail‑fast).
- Sponsored ads and knowledge panels automatically dropped via geometric verification.
- Parallel search and extract for efficiency (up to 10 queries, 4‑worker pool).
Use cases of Google Surf Mcp
- Search the web and get clean results without API keys.
- Fetch and extract article content from URLs (HTML or PDF).
- Retrieve academic paper summaries or full texts from supported repositories.
- Run multiple search queries in parallel to compare results.
- Monitor server health and configuration via the
health tool.
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