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google-surf-mcp
Web, academic and code search with graph RAG, data lineage, ontology and cross-project schema links.
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Package (npm 1.1.3)
npx -y [email protected]
Or add to your MCP client config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-surf-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"SEARCH_API": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_SEARCH_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_SCHOLAR_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_BROWSER_ENGINE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"CHROME_PATH": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_PROFILE_ROOT": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RETRIEVAL_MODE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_ROOT": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_VECTOR_MODEL": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_VECTOR_LOW_MEMORY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_VECTOR_THREADS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_REPO_AUTO": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_REPO_AUTO_MAX_MB": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_REPO_AUTO_MAX_FILES": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_BROKER_IDLE_MS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_READ_CONCURRENCY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_RESEARCH_QUERY_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_LOCALE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_TZ": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_HEADLESS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_IDLE_CLOSE_MS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_ALLOW_PRIVATE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_LLM_HEAL": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_LLM_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"SURF_LLM_MODEL": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"ORCAROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>"
}
}
}
}
SEARCH_APIsecret — SearchApi API key. Required only for SearchApi primary or fallback modes.SURF_SEARCH_PROVIDER— Provider for search and search_parallel: browser, searchapi, or fallback. Defaults to browser.SURF_SCHOLAR_PROVIDER— Provider for scholar_search: browser, searchapi, or fallback. Defaults to browser.SURF_BROWSER_ENGINE— Browser engine: auto, native, or playwright. Auto uses one hidden native Chrome broker shared across local MCP sessions.CHROME_PATH— Absolute path to the Chrome binary. Auto-detected on Windows/macOS/Linux when omitted.SURF_PROFILE_ROOT— Directory for the warm Chrome profile. Defaults to ~/.google-surf-mcp.SURF_RESEARCH— Enable local project memory and hybrid retrieval. Defaults to true.SURF_RETRIEVAL_MODE— Shared route for search and search_parallel: live or hybrid. Defaults to hybrid.SURF_RESEARCH_ROOT— Embedded SurrealDB data directory. Defaults to <profile>/research.SURF_RESEARCH_VECTOR_MODEL— Local model for HNSW retrieval and shared reranking. Defaults to Xenova/multilingual-e5-small; use off to disable.SURF_RESEARCH_VECTOR_LOW_MEMORY— Disable ONNX CPU memory arena and memory pattern. Defaults to true.SURF_RESEARCH_VECTOR_THREADS— ONNX intra-op thread count from 1 to 16. Defaults to 4.SURF_RESEARCH_REPO_AUTO— Sparse-index at most one eligible small GitHub repository per search call. Defaults to true.SURF_RESEARCH_REPO_AUTO_MAX_MB— Maximum searchable repository source-text size in MB. Assets are excluded. Defaults to 20.SURF_RESEARCH_REPO_AUTO_MAX_FILES— Maximum repository source file count for automatic indexing. Defaults to 2000.SURF_RESEARCH_BROKER_IDLE_MS— Shared research broker idle lifetime in milliseconds. Defaults to 60000.SURF_RESEARCH_READ_CONCURRENCY— Maximum concurrent research broker reads. Defaults to 4.SURF_RESEARCH_QUERY_TIMEOUT_MS— Timeout per embedded SurrealDB query in milliseconds. Defaults to 120000; timed-out retrieval lanes are reported as partial.GITHUB_TOKENsecret — Optional token that raises GitHub API limits for repository inspection.SURF_LOCALE— Browser locale, e.g. en-US.SURF_TZ— IANA timezone, e.g. America/New_York. Defaults to system timezone.SURF_HEADLESS— Controls Playwright extraction, compatibility, and recovery paths. Native search hides normal system Chrome and shows it only for CAPTCHA recovery.SURF_IDLE_CLOSE_MS— Idle ms before closing the sequential ctx and pool. 0 disables idle auto-close. Defaults to 30000.SURF_ALLOW_PRIVATE— Set to 'true' to allow extract on private/loopback addresses (localhost, 10.x, 192.168.x, 169.254.x, etc). Default blocks them as an SSRF guard.SURF_LLM_HEAL— Enable the optional workflow-only LLM selector repair path. Defaults to false.SURF_LLM_PROVIDER— LLM selector repair provider: anthropic or orcarouter. Defaults to anthropic.SURF_LLM_MODEL— Optional model override. OrcaRouter defaults to orcarouter/auto.ANTHROPIC_API_KEYsecret — Anthropic API key for optional LLM-assisted selector repair.ORCAROUTER_API_KEYsecret — OrcaRouter API key for optional LLM-assisted selector repair.
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