How do I connect a Research MCP server to Claude Desktop or Cursor?

To install a Research MCP server, select your desired server from the directory, copy the JSON configuration snippet, and add it to your client config file (such as claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json).

Are Research MCP servers free to use?

Yes, all Research MCP servers listed in this directory are open-source and free to integrate into compatible Model Context Protocol clients.

91 Research MCP Servers

Q: What are Research Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in the Research category allow AI assistants (such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and Cline) to connect directly to research tools, APIs, and databases without manual copy-pasting.

Discover 91 Research MCP servers for AI agents. Browse, compare, and install Model Context Protocol tools that connect Claude, Cursor, and other clients to research capabilities. Popular picks include Adamamer20 Paper Search MCP Openai, BrowseAI Dev, Morosss Sdfsdf.

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Adamamer20 Paper Search MCP Openai

Search and download academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Google Scholar, Semantic…

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BrowseAI Dev

Evidence-backed web research for AI agents with citations and confidence scores.

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Morosss Sdfsdf

Find academic papers across major sources like arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, and more. Download PDFs whe…

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Infranodus MCP Server Infranodus

Map text into knowledge graphs to create a structured representation of conceptual relations and t…

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Idea Reality MCP

mnemox-ai

Pre-build reality check for AI coding agents. Scans GitHub, Hacker News, npm, PyPI, and Product Hunt to detect existing competition before building, returning a reality signal score (0-100), duplicate likelihood, similar projects, and pivot hints.

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Yade MCP

yusong652

MCP server for YADE — open-source discrete element method (DEM) engine for granular and particle simulation. Browse API docs with BM25 search, execute code via synchronous REPL or async background tasks, monitor progress, and review task history.

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Touch Browser

nangman-infra

Evidence-grounded web research for AI agents. Verifies page-local claims with citations, confidence bands, policy reports, and multi-page session synthesis via MCP.

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Pfc MCP

yusong652

MCP server for ITASCA PFC discrete element simulation — browse documentation, execute scripts, capture plots, and manage long-running tasks via a WebSocket bridge to the PFC GUI.

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Legiscan MCP

sh-patterson

Access legislative data from all 50 US states and Congress — search bills, get full text, track votes, and look up legislators via the LegiScan API.

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MCP Server Originalvoices

ovlabs

Instantly understand what real users think and why by querying our network of 1:1 Digital Twins - each representing a real person. Give your AI agents authentic human context to ground outputs, improve creative, and make smarter decisions.

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Gapbase MCP

thevibepreneur

Search 474 validated startup gaps from your AI editor. Find unsolved business problems by industry, role, or keyword — each with pain point, solution direction, and link to full blueprint. Zero API keys, works offline.

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Deep Research MCP

pminervini

Deep research MCP server for OpenAI Responses API or Open Deep Research (smolagents), with web search and code interpreter support.

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Uap Pulse

davidmosiah

Read-only MCP server and live-map dataset for declassified U.S. federal UAP/UFO records, with searchable records, hotspots, timelines and direct source links.

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Science AI MCP Server

SelfPy

Academic peer-review and research workflow tools from Science AI Journal: Pre-Check (paper-tier prediction), AI multi-agent peer review, Research Gaps Finder, Journal Recommender (1,214 venues with predatory-journal flags), Duplicate Publication Checker (CrossRef/arXiv/medRxiv/bioRxiv/Unpaywall/900k-paper library), and the Article Writer pipeline. Free local tools (FTS5, zero LLM cost); LLM tools use caller account credits.

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Notebooklm MCP Secure

Pantheon-Security

Query Google NotebookLM from Claude/AI agents with 14 security hardening layers. Session-based conversations, notebook library management, and source-grounded research responses.

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Getabrain MCP Server

Guitarmaniac24

Query real, quality-scored humans as an agent tool. GetABrain routes a question to paid human workers and returns schema-validated JSON — 16 response types (yes/no, ratings, rankings, A/B tests, sentiment, image/video/audio review, voice/video/photo capture). Fully programmatic signup with a $5 free trial credit, no card required. npx -y @getabrain/mcp-server.

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Onecite

Generate academic citations from DOI, arXiv, titles, or URLs in BibTeX, APA, MLA formats.

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Research Hub

WenyuChiou

Research workspace MCP integrating Zotero, Obsidian, and NotebookLM. Search papers (arXiv/Semantic Scholar/PubMed/CrossRef), ingest into Zotero, sync notes to Obsidian, verify NotebookLM briefs. All three external tools optional. pip install research-hub-pipeline then research-hub serve.

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Arxivsub MCP

Search arXiv and major AI/ML/CV/NLP/robotics conference papers and their related work.

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Semantic Scholar MCP

smaniches

Semantic Scholar MCP server: 14 typed tools over 200M+ academic papers — search, paper/author retrieval, citation-graph traversal, and recommendations. uvx s2-mcp-server

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BrowserAI Dev

BrowseAI-HQ

Evidence-backed web research for AI agents. Real-time search with cited claims, confidence scores, and compare mode (raw LLM vs evidence-backed). MCP server, REST API, and Python SDK.

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Viznoir

kimimgo

Cinema-quality science visualization MCP server for CFD/FEA/SPH. 22 tools for rendering, slicing, contouring, volume rendering, and animating OpenFOAM/VTK/CGNS data. Headless EGL/OSMesa.

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Sparkit MCP

SPARKIT-science

MCP server for SPARKIT, a scientific research agent that searches the literature, reads papers, and returns cited Markdown reports. Submit a question via the research tool from Claude Desktop / Cursor / Claude Code; get back a 90-second cited report without leaving the chat. uv tool install sparkit-mcp or pip install sparkit-mcp.

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Gramps Web MCP

MCP server for structured access to Gramps Web genealogy data

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Scholar Sidekick MCP

mlava

Resolve any scholarly identifier (DOI, PMID, PMCID, ISBN, arXiv, ISSN, ADS bibcode, WHO IRIS URL) into structured CSL JSON, format in 10,000+ citation styles, or export to BibTeX/RIS/EndNote/Zotero RDF/CSV. Single or batch. Install: npx -y scholar-sidekick-mcp.

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Scholar Feed MCP

YGao2005

Semantic search over 600k+ CS/AI papers with citation-graph traversal, full-text extraction, embeddings, and BibTeX export. Works anonymously or with a free key. Install: npx scholar-feed-mcp init.

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Tripitaka MCP

dhamma-seeker

Search, cite, and compare the Pāli Canon (Tipiṭaka) — full coverage at parity with SuttaCentral (444K segments across Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma). Hybrid trigram+vector search, full-sutta fetch with cross-reference URLs (SuttaCentral + 84000.org), segment-aligned translation comparison, and Pāli word lookup against the P. A. Payutto dictionary. Free, non-commercial — offered as Dhamma Dāna. Hosted at https://tripitaka-mcp.com or self-host via Docker.

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Agenda Intelligence Md

vassiliylakhonin

Auditable strategic-risk memos for AI agents — sanctions, regulatory, geopolitics, trade. Geography-routed regional specialists (Central Asia/Caspian, Gulf/Middle East), per-claim evidence discipline, schema-validated output, machine-verified audit. No live data retrieval. PyPI: agenda-intelligence-md.

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Ph Civic Data MCP

xmpuspus

Philippine government data as agent-callable tools: PHIVOLCS earthquakes + volcano alerts, PAGASA weather + typhoons, PhilGEPS procurement, PSA 2020 Census population + poverty, AQICN air quality. Install: uvx ph-civic-data-mcp.

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Agentinterviews MCP

thinkchainai

Conduct AI-powered qualitative research interviews and surveys at scale with Agent Interviews. Create interviewers, manage research projects, recruit participants, and analyze interview data through MCP.

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Benchclaw Integrations

Agnuxo1

Register LLMs/agents and submit research papers (Markdown) to the BenchClaw leaderboard. Papers are scored by a 17-judge Tribunal with 8 deception detectors across 10 dimensions. No API key required. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Zed, Continue.dev.

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Data Aggregator MCP

musharna

Search and fetch research datasets across Zenodo, DataCite (Dryad/Figshare/Dataverse/OSF), NCBI omics (GEO/SRA/BioProject), and literature (PubMed/OpenAIRE) behind one normalized model — DOI deduplication, NCBI-Taxonomy synonym expansion, paper→data linking, and checksum-verified download. uvx data-aggregator-mcp.

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Zotio

OrgMentem

Zotero MCP server (zotio-mcp) with a capability-tagged tool registry and preview-first, journaled writes (an agent can't silently mutate or delete your library). Reads work keyless against the local Zotero desktop API; writes route to the Web API. Ships an MCPB bundle for one-click Claude Desktop install.

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AI Open Source Intelligence

Nine anonymous read-only tools backed by live AI Open Source Radar data for project discovery, verified facts, direct license evidence, comparisons, alternatives, Radar browsing, and candidate stack planning. The host model performs synthesis; the server never executes third-party repository code or calls an AI Workstation server-side model.

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Haypile

Hybrid search over your local documents, with file and page citations. One binary, fully local.

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Painspotter MCP

archoor

AI-analyzed startup & product opportunities mined from Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt & Stack Exchange. Query pain points, trending themes, and commercial scores (pain intensity, willingness-to-pay, build difficulty). Remote hosted MCP at painspotter.ai — free tier covers overview + opportunity detail; Pro unlocks search, trending themes & theme-level market signals.

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MCP Molecules

laszlopere

Chemistry toolbox computed from authoritative data: molecular weight / molar mass of any formula (nested groups, isotope labels, propagated NIST uncertainties, percent composition), isotope-distribution mass spectra (m/z peaks for a given charge), and name⇆formula lookup with isomer resolution. Element masses from the NIST Atomic Weights and Isotopic Compositions database; offline and deterministic, with an optional on-by-default online fallback (PubChem/Wikidata/EPA CompTox) that can be disabled. uvx mcp-molecules.

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Chinese History MCP

lizhuojunx86

Query 9 classical Chinese texts (pre-Qin to Wei-Jin: 史记/汉书/后汉书/三国志/左传/论语/孟子/吕氏春秋/资治通鉴) by event, person, modern place name, or virtue — every result cites 【book · chapter · paragraph】 with original-text evidence and an honest reviewstatus. Zero-dependency stdlib stdio JSON-RPC.

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Fittin MCP

rnwkr7rscy-lang

Patent prior art search and startup IP intelligence for AI founders. Clone risk score, defensibility map, patentable features, competitor patent landscape — free analysis in 2 minutes. Full IP Portfolio Package (6 documents) available for $99. pip install fittin-mcp

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Statcite

Official economic statistics with citations: World Bank, IMF WEO, ECB. Verify claimed figures.

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Lineex Pubmed MCP Smithery

Search PubMed with precision using keyword and journal filters and smart sorting. Uncover MeSH ter…

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Nobleblocks MCP

Search 340M+ academic papers — citation graphs, semantic similarity, and AI literature reviews.

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Paper Search (arXiv + Semantic Scholar + OpenAlex)

Paper search, arXiv full-text reading, and citation graphs over arXiv, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex.

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GeniusFlow Federation

Settlement verify-wire: re-check published claims, admit or refuse by named limb.

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Hlido MCP

ankitkapur1992-hlido

Independent trust scores, claim audits, and comparisons for AI agents — queryable by your agent over MCP. Hosted Cloudflare Worker at hlido.eu/mcp (no install). Returns a 0–100 score, tier verdict, per-claim PASS/FAIL audit, and signed evidence for a reviewed agent. From Hlido.

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Andre MCP

joelgombin

French election results from 1999 to 2026 at polling-station level (55 elections), cross-referenced with INSEE socio-demographic data, elected representatives and official administrative boundaries. Electoral maps, vote-reserve analysis, cross-election panels and read-only SQL over DuckDB. Hosted, no auth, no install: https://mcp.andre.vote/mcp, also listed as a hosted connector on Glama.

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Upriver

Know what's gaining traction online: breakout topics in tech, sports & politics, with citations.

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UK Break Clause Analyzer

Assess UK lease tenant break clauses with grounded citations and a measured hallucination rate.

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Citeguard

Verify citations in AI text: fetches each cited source, returns verdicts with evidence quotes.

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Clarity by Health AI

Condition-aware ingredient & product safety for AI agents: verdict, evidence tier, citations.

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QuReDec

Evidence-backed decision briefs with citations — recommendation, confidence, risks, sources.

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Bda MCP

Jyotish, Panchang, Hindu festival and Sanatan Dharma knowledge tools with citations.

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Methods MCP

MCP server for structured methods extraction + reproducibility heuristics on academic papers.

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Search Papers

An MCP server to search papers from arXiv

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Academic Research MCP Server

Search arXiv, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia for academic papers and knowledge

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TopoLift Negotiation

Atom-grounded negotiation reasoning. Typed topology slot, inline citations, public dialect.

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Patent Literature Search MCP

patsnap

Natural-language patent and scientific literature search across 200M+ patents and 216M+ papers from 170+ jurisdictions, with semantic/BM25 search, structured filters, and record retrieval. Hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint and Dockerized stdio bridge; requires a free Patsnap API key.

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Litra Paper Search

MCP server for Litra.ai – AI-powered academic paper search with relevance scoring and summarization

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Science AI Journal MCP Server

Academic peer-review, research-gap finding, journal recommender, and article writer tools.

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CiteMe

Search papers, format citations in 60 styles, and verify bibliographies against scholarly sources.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Research MCP Servers

Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in the Research category allow AI assistants (such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and Cline) to connect directly to research tools, APIs, and databases without manual copy-pasting.