Web Research
Augments your LLM so it can perform research better. Provides Google search integration, webpage content extraction, research session tracking and more.
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
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 Claude to:
- Start with broad searches to understand the topic landscape
- Prioritize high-quality, authoritative sources
- Iteratively refine the research direction based on findings
- Keep you informed and let you guide the research interactively
- Always cite sources with URLs
Resources
We expose two things as MCP resources: (1) captured webpage screenshots, and (2) the research session.
Screenshots
When you take a screenshot, it's saved as an MCP resource. You can access captured screenshots in Claude Desktop via the Paperclip icon.
Research Session
The server maintains a research session that includes:
- Search queries
- Visited pages
- Extracted content
- Screenshots
- Timestamps
Suggestions
For the best results, if you choose not to use the agentic-research
prompt when doing your research, it may be helpful to suggest high-quality sources for Claude to use when researching general topics. For example, you could prompt news today from reuters or AP
instead of news today
.
Problems
This is very much pre-alpha code. And it is also AIGC, so expect bugs.