openresearch-mcp

olanokhin/openresearch-mcp
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Zero-auth research MCP server with 8 research tools (DuckDuckGo, GitHub, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, OpenAlex, arXiv, YouTube) requiring zero API keys. HTTP + stdio transport. Compatible with Claude, Cursor, OpenCode, Ollama stacks.
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Quick Install

Copy the config for your editor. Some servers may need additional setup — check the README.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openresearch-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openresearch-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Or install with pip: pip install openresearch-mcp

README Excerpt

Zero-auth multi-source research MCP server. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenCode, Open WebUI, or any MCP-compatible agent — no API keys required. | Tool | Source | Notes | | ---- | ------ | ----- | | `web_search` | DuckDuckGo | Optional `site=` param to scope to a domain (e.g. `arxiv.org`) | | `read_url` | Any webpage | Strips nav/scripts, returns clean text |

Tools (11)

GITHUB_TOKENOPENALEX_EMAILSTACKEXCHANGE_KEYget_youtube_transcriptread_pdfread_reporead_urlsearch_hacker_newssearch_openalexsearch_stackoverflowweb_search

Topics

arxivclaudeclaude-codecursorfastmcpllmmcpmodel-context-protocolopenalexpythonresearch