{"id":"google-search","name":"Google Search MCP","homepage":"https://github.com/web-agent-master/google-search","repo_url":"https://github.com/web-agent-master/google-search","category":"data","subcategories":["web-search","scraping","browser-automation"],"tags":["google-search","playwright","mcp-server","web-scraping","typescript","browser-automation","search"],"what_it_does":"A Playwright-based MCP server that performs Google searches by automating a local browser. Extracts search results, captures screenshots, and retrieves raw HTML without requiring any API keys. Includes anti-bot fingerprinting and browser state persistence.","use_cases":["Giving AI agents web search capability without API keys or paid search APIs","Extracting Google search results with raw HTML for analysis","Research automation where an agent needs to search the web locally"],"not_for":["High-volume or production search workloads (risks IP blocking by Google)","Commercial use at scale (likely violates Google Terms of Service)","Reliable, consistent search results (Google layout changes can break parsing)","Environments where running a full browser is impractical"],"best_when":"You need occasional local Google searches from an AI agent without API costs, for learning or research purposes, and accept the fragility of scraping.","avoid_when":"You need reliable production search, high volume, or compliance with Google's Terms of Service. Use official Google Search API or SerpAPI instead.","alternatives":["Google Custom Search API","SerpAPI","Brave Search API","Tavily","Exa"],"af_score":46.8,"security_score":30.0,"reliability_score":null,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":"unknown","last_evaluated":"2026-03-01T09:50:05.642718+00:00","performance":{"latency_p50_ms":null,"latency_p99_ms":null,"uptime_sla_percent":null,"rate_limits":"No built-in rate limiting. Frequent requests risk IP blocking by Google. User must self-regulate.","data_source":"llm_estimated","measured_on":null}}