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
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
Checks and signals
Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.
- 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
- Last repository push
- Latest release
- v0.2.1
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
openresearch-mcp 0.2.1
{
"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
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
- · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"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
{
"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
{
"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
{
"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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