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Gemini Researcher MCP Server

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Gemini Researcher runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 65 installs a week from npm. Last commit 19 Apr 2026.

Stateless MCP server that proxies research queries to Gemini CLI, reducing agent context/model usage

The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained.

Installs per day peak 34 · avg 9 · +4% w/w
a month agotoday
65
Installs / week
npm · gemini-researcher
0
Stars
0 open issues
19 Apr 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
BSD-3-Clause
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 15 min ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Package points at a different repository capybearista/gemini-researcher
пакет gemini-researcher ссылается на capybearista/gemini-researcher-mcp

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add gemini-researcher -- npx -y gemini-researcher
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-researcher": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gemini-researcher"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.gemini-researcher]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "gemini-researcher"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-researcher": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gemini-researcher"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-researcher": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gemini-researcher"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GEMINI_API_KEY (Gemini API key (optional if you already authenticated Gemini CLI via "gemini" login)), PROJECT_ROOT (Override the project root directory used for path validation (defaults to current working directory)), RESPONSE_CHUNK_SIZE_KB (Chunk size threshold (KB) for large responses (default: 10)), CACHE_TTL_MS (Chunk cache TTL in milliseconds (default: 3600000 / 1 hour)), DEBUG (Enable debug logging (set to "true" or "1")), GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS (Vertex AI / Google auth: path to a service account JSON credentials file), GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT (Vertex AI / Google auth: GCP project ID (used by some auth configurations)), VERTEX_AI_PROJECT (Vertex AI / Google auth: Vertex AI project identifier (used by some auth configurations)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Gemini Researcher — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Gemini Researcher?
Gemini Researcher runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package gemini-researcher was installed 65 times last week.
Is Gemini Researcher still maintained?
The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect Gemini Researcher?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls gemini-researcher straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Gemini Researcher?
The npm package gemini-researcher was installed 65 times in the last week. Week over week that is +4%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Gemini Researcher open source?
Yes — it is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.