Free Google search MCP for local LLMs (no API key, no SerpAPI, runs Playwright on your box)

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local models can't search. paid options want API keys (SerpAPI free tier is tiny), and the 6 free Google search MCPs I tested all failed. so I wrote one. drives a warm Chrome profile via Playwright. no key, no proxy, no CAPTCHA solver. works with any MCP client - Cline, [Continue.dev](http://Contin