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Opafex Web Research MCP

An open-source Model Context Protocol server that enables agents to perform web searches via the Brave API, fetch pages with SSRF protection, and synthesize research findings. It is designed to work with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients.

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Opafex Web Research MCP logo, by OpafexCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Opafex
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What you can do with it

  • Perform web searches using the Brave API
  • Fetch web pages with SSRF-guarded protection
  • Synthesize research findings for agents

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.0
mcp-registry: io.github.Opafex/mcp-web-research@0.1.0Source repository
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Packages and installation

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@opafex/mcp-web-research 0.1.0

npmnpx
@opafex/mcp-web-research package definition
{
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@opafex/mcp-web-research",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY",
      "description": "Brave Search API key; enables web_search and research_topic (recommended)"
    },
    {
      "name": "WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER",
      "description": "Search provider: \"brave\" or \"duckduckgo\" (unofficial HTML scraper, explicit opt-in only)"
    },
    {
      "name": "USER_AGENT",
      "description": "User-Agent sent with every request (default identifies the bot and links to the repo)"
    },
    {
      "name": "SEARCH_CACHE_TTL",
      "description": "Search result cache TTL in seconds (default: 900)"
    },
    {
      "name": "PAGE_CACHE_TTL",
      "description": "Fetched page cache TTL in seconds (default: 3600)"
    },
    {
      "name": "FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "description": "Per-request timeout in milliseconds, across all redirect hops (default: 10000)"
    },
    {
      "name": "MAX_HTML_SIZE",
      "description": "Maximum bytes read from a page body (default: 1000000)"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opafex-web-research-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opafex/mcp-web-research@0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER>",
        "USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_USER_AGENT>",
        "SEARCH_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_SEARCH_CACHE_TTL>",
        "PAGE_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_PAGE_CACHE_TTL>",
        "FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MAX_HTML_SIZE": "<YOUR_MAX_HTML_SIZE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opafex-web-research-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opafex/mcp-web-research@0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER>",
        "USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_USER_AGENT>",
        "SEARCH_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_SEARCH_CACHE_TTL>",
        "PAGE_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_PAGE_CACHE_TTL>",
        "FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MAX_HTML_SIZE": "<YOUR_MAX_HTML_SIZE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "opafex-web-research-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opafex/mcp-web-research@0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER>",
        "USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_USER_AGENT>",
        "SEARCH_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_SEARCH_CACHE_TTL>",
        "PAGE_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_PAGE_CACHE_TTL>",
        "FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MAX_HTML_SIZE": "<YOUR_MAX_HTML_SIZE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opafex-web-research-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@opafex/mcp-web-research@0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY>",
        "WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER": "<YOUR_WEB_RESEARCH_SEARCH_PROVIDER>",
        "USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_USER_AGENT>",
        "SEARCH_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_SEARCH_CACHE_TTL>",
        "PAGE_CACHE_TTL": "<YOUR_PAGE_CACHE_TTL>",
        "FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "MAX_HTML_SIZE": "<YOUR_MAX_HTML_SIZE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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