Research MCP servers

4,478 tagged Research, measured the same way as everything else here.

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wp-devdocs

217

pluginslab/wp-agentic-kit

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

One of 5 in .mcp.json

MCP server that indexes WordPress hooks, blocks, APIs, and official documentation — exposing them as queryable tools to AI assistants. Runs locally from the wp-devdocs-mcp npm package.

not rated 18 2mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

riocloud-reader

218

Riocloud/riocloud-reader

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Universal content reader - fetch from Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, WeChat, and more. Runs locally from the riocloud-reader Python package.

not rated 18 6mo ago A tokens not measured original BSD-2-Clause

reddit-mcp

219

GridfireAI/reddit-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Reddit API tools and examples. Runs locally from the reddit-mcp Python package.

not rated 18 1y ago A tokens not measured original MIT

grok-search-mcp

220

stat-guy/grok-search-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server for AI model search capabilities using Grok. Runs locally from the grok-search-mcp npm package.

not rated 18 1y ago A tokens not measured original MIT

mcp-web-hound

221

ilgizar-valiullin/mcp-web-hound

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP Web Hound — unified web search, GitHub search, and GitLab search tools with caching, reranking, and rate limits. Runs locally from the mcp-web-hound npm package.

not rated 18 2mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

stitchapi-docs

222

rejifald/StitchAPI

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

StitchAPI documentation search, running locally over MCP stdio. Bundled docs, no network calls per query — the offline/air-gapped counterpart to the hosted stitchapi.dev/api/mcp server. Runs locally from the @stitchapi/docs-mcp npm package.

not rated 18 +1 yesterday A tokens not measured original Apache-2.0

activitypub-mcp

223

cameronrye/activitypub-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Read-only-by-default MCP server: let LLMs explore the Fediverse — Mastodon, Misskey, Pleroma. Runs locally from the activitypub-mcp npm package. Needs 2 environment variables to run.

not rated 17 2d ago A tokens not measured original MIT

arxiv-paper-mcp

224

daheepk/arxiv-paper-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

A local connection that lets an AI coding agent search and use papers from arXiv, a public online repository for research papers.

not rated 17 11mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

kiwix-wiki-mcp-server

225

jeffreyrampineda/kiwix-wiki-mcp-server

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "kiwix-wiki-mcp-server" as configured in jeffreyrampineda/kiwix-wiki-mcp-server. Runs locally from the kiwix-wiki-mcp-server npm package.

not rated 17 10mo ago A tokens not measured

singlefile-mcp

226

kwinsch/singlefile-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server for intelligent web content extraction using single-file and trafilatura. Runs locally from the singlefile-mcp Python package.

not rated 17 1y ago A tokens not measured original MIT

source-library

227

Embassy-of-the-Free-Mind/sourcelibrary-v2

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

One of 2 in server.json

Search 22,000+ rare pre-modern texts with AI English translations, summaries, and 73K+ images. Runs locally from the @source-library/mcp-server npm package.

not rated 17 yesterday A tokens not measured AGPL-3.0

deep-research

228

Hajime-Y/deep-research-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "deep-research" as configured in Hajime-Y/deep-research-mcp. Runs locally from the deep-research Python package.

not rated 17 1y ago A tokens not measured original Apache-2.0

semantic-scholar-mcp

229

smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Model Context Protocol server for Semantic Scholar — 200M+ academic papers, 14 tools spanning paper search, citation graph traversal, author profiles, and recommendations. Runs locally from the s2-mcp-server Python package. Needs 1 environment variable to run.

not rated 17 +1 yesterday A tokens not measured original MIT

bilibili-mcp

230

XZXZZX-Ai/bilibili-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Bilibili MCP tool for video metadata, transcripts, subtitles, and comment summarization. Runs locally from the @xzxzzx/bilibili-mcp npm package.

not rated 17 +2 12d ago A tokens not measured original Apache-2.0

article-mcp

231

gqy20/article-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

A local search server for academic articles, using sources such as Europe PMC and arXiv. It is configured to run through the article-mcp Python package.

not rated 16 8mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

mcp_search_images

232

yanjunz/mcp_search_images

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "mcpsearchimages" as configured in yanjunz/mcpsearchimages. Runs locally from the mcp_search_images Python package.

not rated 16 1y ago A tokens not measured original MIT

ncbi-datasets-server

233

Augmented-Nature/NCBI-Datasets-MCP-Server

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "ncbi-datasets-server" as configured in Augmented-Nature/NCBI-Datasets-MCP-Server. Runs locally from the ncbi-datasets-server npm package.

not rated 16 8mo ago A tokens not measured

marktplaats-mcp

234

PonClick/marktplaats-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server for Marktplaats & 2dehands - search Dutch and Belgian classifieds from Claude, Cursor, Codex and any MCP client. Runs locally from the marktplaats-mcp Python package.

not rated 16 6mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

Cam10001110101/mcp-server-ollama-deep-researcher

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "mcp-server-ollama-deep-researcher" as configured in Cam10001110101/mcp-server-ollama-deep-researcher. Runs locally from the ollama-deep-researcher-mcp npm package. Needs 5 environment variables to run.

not rated 16 1mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT archived

3gpp

236

higebu/3gpp-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "3gpp" as configured in higebu/3gpp-mcp. Launched with 3gpp-mcp serve --db ./data/3gpp.db.

not rated 16 yesterday A tokens not measured original MIT

codewiki-mcp

237

izzzzzi/codewiki-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server for codewiki.google: search repos, fetch wiki docs, ask questions. Runs locally from the codewiki-mcp npm package.

not rated 16 +1 2mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

obundh/korea-public-data-catalog-mcp

MCP server Claude Code

MCP server "korea-public-data-catalog" as configured in obundh/korea-public-data-catalog-mcp. Runs ${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-.}/dist/index.js with node. Needs 1 environment variable to run.

not rated 15 1mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

task-mcp

239

parallel-web/task-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

An MCP server for deep research or task groups. Remote server at task-mcp.parallel.ai.

not rated 15 11mo ago A tokens not measured

bangumi-mcp

240

etherwindy/Bangumi-MCP

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "bangumi-mcp" as configured in etherwindy/Bangumi-MCP. Runs locally from the Bangumi-MCP Python package.

not rated 15 2mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

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