Koskamo

OpenResearch MCP

A zero-auth, security-hardened cross-domain research MCP server that provides 22 tools for web search, academic papers, GitHub repos, news, macro/finance data, SEC filings, biomedical literature, Bluesky, and YouTube without requiring API keys.

Package and access

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OpenResearch MCP logo, by olanokhinCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by olanokhin
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Checks and signals

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  • Popularity 12 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

  • Perform cross-domain research by chaining SEC filings with news searches
  • Conduct academic deep-dives using OpenAlex and EuropePMC
  • Retrieve macro and country context indicators and FX rates
  • Search and read GitHub repositories and PDFs

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.1Apache-2.0
Last repository push
Latest release
v0.2.1
Maintenance checked

Packages and installation

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openresearch-mcp 0.2.1

pypi
openresearch-mcp package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "openresearch-mcp",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "GITHUB_TOKEN",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "GitHub token — increases rate limit from 60 to 5,000 req/hr"
    },
    {
      "name": "OPENALEX_EMAIL",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your email for the OpenAlex polite pool (higher rate limits)"
    },
    {
      "name": "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Stack Exchange API key for higher daily quota on Stack Overflow searches"
    },
    {
      "name": "SEC_USER_AGENT",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Your contact email/string for SEC EDGAR fair-access; a default is used otherwise"
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Maintenance history

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  • · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
  • · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openresearch-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openresearch-mcp==0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<YOUR_STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>",
        "SEC_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_SEC_USER_AGENT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openresearch-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openresearch-mcp==0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<YOUR_STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>",
        "SEC_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_SEC_USER_AGENT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "openresearch-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openresearch-mcp==0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<YOUR_STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>",
        "SEC_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_SEC_USER_AGENT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openresearch-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openresearch-mcp==0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<YOUR_STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>",
        "SEC_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_SEC_USER_AGENT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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