Research MCP servers

managed-research

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MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "managed-research" as configured in synth-laboratories/synth-ai. Runs locally from the synth-ai-managed-research-mcp Python package.

not rated 82 14d ago A tokens not measured original MIT

interfold-docs

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theinterfold/interfold

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "interfold-docs" as configured in theinterfold/interfold. Launched with pnpm --filter @interfold/mcp exec tsx src/index.ts.

not rated 82 yesterday A tokens not measured LGPL-3.0

obsidian-vault-mcp

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luffysolution-svg/obsidian-vault-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Local MCP server for a Zotero + MinerU + Obsidian literature pipeline. Runs locally from the zotero-obsidian-mcp Python package. Needs 1 environment variable to run.

not rated 80 +1 25d ago A tokens not measured original MIT

patent-literature-search-mcp

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patsnap/patent-literature-search-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Search 200M+ patents and 216M+ scientific papers using natural language and structured filters. Remote server at connect.patsnap.com.

not rated 78 1mo ago A tokens not measured original Apache-2.0

mcp

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Licinexus/licinexus-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Brazilian public procurement (PNCP) and Federal Revenue CNPJ data — 16 tools, 4 prompts. Runs locally from the @licinexusbr/mcp npm package. Needs 1 environment variable to run.

not rated 78 +2 1mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

media-crawler-mcp-service

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mcp-service/media-crawler-mcp-service

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "media-crawler-mcp-service" as configured in mcp-service/media-crawler-mcp-service. Runs locally from the media-crawler-mcp-service Python package.

not rated 74 +2 9mo ago A tokens not measured

web-search-mcp

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uk0/web-search-fast

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

An MCP server for searching the internet from an AI coding agent. MCP is a standard way to connect an agent to external tools.

not rated 70 20d ago A tokens not measured original MIT

paper-distill-mcp

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Eclipse-Cj/paper-distill-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server for academic paper search, curation, and multi-platform push. Runs locally from the paper-distill-mcp Python package. Needs 7 environment variables to run.

not rated 67 5mo ago A tokens not measured AGPL-3.0

mcp-perplexity

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daniel-lxs/mcp-perplexity

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP Server for the Perplexity API. Runs locally from the mcp-perplexity Python package.

not rated 66 1y ago A tokens not measured original MIT

onecite

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HzaCode/OneCite

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Citation management and academic reference toolkit. Runs locally from the onecite Python package.

not rated 65 29d ago A tokens not measured original MIT

whois

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KincaidYang/whois

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Query WHOIS/RDAP information for domains, IP addresses, CIDR prefixes and ASNs. Self-hostable. Remote server at whois.ddnsip.cn.

not rated 64 today A tokens not measured original MIT

vapi-docs

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VapiAI/skills

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "vapi-docs", hosted remotely at docs.vapi.ai, as configured in VapiAI/skills.

not rated 64 +1 yesterday A tokens not measured

openclaw-knowledge-distiller

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destinyfrancis/openclaw-knowledge-distiller

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

A local knowledge-processing server that turns YouTube and Bilibili videos into structured knowledge articles. It uses speech recognition and AI summarisation to process the videos.

not rated 64 +1 5mo ago A tokens not measured

cc-web-mcp

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JcDizzy/CC-Web-MCP

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Claude Code MCP web search and fetch tools for third-party models. Runs locally from the cc-web-mcp Python package.

not rated 63 3mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

search

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sweetcornna/free-search-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "search" as configured in sweetcornna/free-search-mcp. Runs locally from the search-mcp Python package.

not rated 66 +2 6d ago A tokens not measured original MIT

context-awesome

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bh-rat/context-awesome

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server for accessing curated awesome list documentation. Runs locally from the context-awesome npm package.

not rated 59 2mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

docsmint

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HiAi-gg/docsmint

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Self-hosted AI-native knowledge workspace with hybrid search, GraphRAG, and MCP. Runs locally from the @hiai-gg/docsmint npm package. Needs 2 environment variables to run.

not rated 58 4d ago A tokens not measured original Apache-2.0

ckan-mcp-server

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ondata/ckan-mcp-server

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server for interacting with CKAN open data portals. Runs locally from the @aborruso/ckan-mcp-server npm package.

not rated 57 today A tokens not measured original MIT

mcp-pyzotero

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gyger/mcp-pyzotero

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP server "mcp-pyzotero" as configured in gyger/mcp-pyzotero. Runs locally from the mcp-pyzotero Python package.

not rated 56 9mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT archived

context7

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benedict2310/Scientific-Papers-MCP

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Gives the agent up-to-date documentation and code examples for libraries and frameworks, fetched on demand so answers are not stuck at the model's training cutoff. Runs locally from the @upstash/context7-mcp npm package.

not rated 55 1y ago A tokens not measured

smart-connections-mcp

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msdanyg/smart-connections-mcp

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Local semantic search over Obsidian vaults via Smart Connections embeddings. Multi-vault, private. Runs locally from the smart-connections-mcp npm package. Needs 1 environment variable to run.

not rated 55 +1 14d ago A tokens not measured original MIT

exa

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matteotitta/claude-code-marketing-quickstart

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

Exa's hosted MCP server: neural web search and page content for the agent. Remote server at mcp.exa.ai.

not rated 56 +2 1mo ago A tokens not measured

exa

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mikekelly/gap

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

One of 3 in .mcp.json

Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research. Runs locally from the exa-mcp-server npm package. Needs 1 environment variable to run.

not rated 54 4mo ago A tokens not measured original MIT

mcp_scholar

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renyumeng1/mcp_scholar

MCP server Claude CodeCodexCursor +2

MCP Scholar for Google Scholar search. Runs locally from the mcp_scholar Python package.

not rated 54 5mo ago A tokens not measured