Research MCP Servers

Research topic — 62 MCP servers, ranked by GitHub stars.

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idea-reality-mcp

Search & Research

Pre-build reality check. Scans GitHub, HN, npm, PyPI, Product Hunt — returns 0-100 signal.

★ 832 MCP Server
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research-toolkit

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Eight local research workflow tools for task setup, saved progress, stage guidance, configurable report review, and delivery checks.

★ 314 MCP Server
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ITASCA MCP Server

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MCP server for ITASCA PFC, FLAC3D, 3DEC, MPoint and MassFlow: search docs, run simulations, plot.

★ 228 MCP Server
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paper-preflight

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Checks every LaTeX reference against Crossref, dblp, arXiv, DataCite, PubMed and OpenAlex. No LLM.

★ 178 MCP Server
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deep-research-mcp

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

★ 116 MCP Server
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OmniSeek

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Give your AI agent what web search doesn't reach: podcasts and videos, Chinese communities, papers.

★ 98 MCP Server
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Patsnap Patent & Literature Search

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Search 200M+ patents and 216M+ scientific papers using natural language and structured filters.

★ 86 MCP Server
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research-hub

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Research workspace for Zotero + Obsidian + NotebookLM. Search, ingest, sync, verify briefs.

★ 67 MCP Server
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Zoteus

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Zotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.

★ 65 MCP Server Requires auth
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Source Library

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Search 15K rare pre-modern texts translated to English: philosophy, religion, science, literature.

★ 28 MCP Server
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smaniches/semantic-scholar-mcp

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MCP server for the Semantic Scholar API: search 200M+ papers, citations, authors, recommendations.

★ 25 MCP Server
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Gramps Web MCP

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MCP server for structured access to Gramps Web genealogy data

★ 23 MCP Server
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viznoir

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Cinema-quality science visualization for AI agents — headless VTK via MCP.

★ 20 MCP Server
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LastSearch

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

★ 20 MCP Server
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YADE MCP Server

Search & Research

MCP server for YADE — open-source DEM engine. Browse API docs, run simulations, manage tasks.

★ 15 MCP Server
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Zotero Native MCP

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Read and write your local Zotero 10 library. No plugin, no zotero.org API key, no cloud.

★ 13 MCP Server
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Scholar Feed

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Rank CS/AI/ML papers by citations, forecast impact, or code adoption; trace 23.2M citation edges.

★ 13 MCP Server Reachable
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Tripitaka MCP

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MCP server for the full Pāli Canon — search, cite, compare translations. Offered as Dhamma Dāna.

★ 12 MCP Server Reachable
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legiscan-mcp

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

★ 12 MCP Server
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Scholar Sidekick

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Catch AI-fabricated citations (real DOI + fake title). Retraction, open-access, 10,000+ CSL styles.

★ 11 MCP Server
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touch-browser

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Evidence-grounded web research: verify claims on pages with citations, confidence bands and policy reports, and synthesize multi-page…

★ 10 MCP Server
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HasData Google Scholar

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Google Scholar search results, citation counts and citation export formats, as structured JSON.

★ 9 MCP Server Reachable
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liyux3/scholar-mcp

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Federated academic search, citation traversal, persistent PDF download, and temporary reading.

★ 8 MCP Server
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Anna's Archive and OpenAlex

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Find books, papers and dissertations with Anna's Archive and OpenAlex, then download or read them.

★ 8 MCP Server
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Agenda Intelligence MD

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Evidence-readiness MCP server: validate, audit, and score briefs, memos, and evidence packs.

★ 8 MCP Server Reachable
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paperboy

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Send research papers to Kindle or Kobo: search arXiv and OpenAlex, find related work, queue papers in Zotero and deliver PDFs via email or…

★ 7 MCP Server
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patents-mcp

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Patent search and prior art discovery via Google Patents on BigQuery

★ 6 MCP Server
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HasData Google Trends

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Google Trends interest over time, by region, and related queries and topics, as JSON.

★ 5 MCP Server Reachable
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PH Civic Data

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PH civic data as MCP tools: the full PSA OpenSTAT catalog, hazards, procurement. 41 tools.

★ 5 MCP Server
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benchclaw-integrations

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Register LLMs and agents and submit Markdown research papers to the BenchClaw leaderboard, where a panel of judges scores them with…

★ 4 MCP Server
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Data Aggregator

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Find & fetch research datasets across 21 archives, omics registries, and literature sources.

★ 4 MCP Server
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zotio

Search & Research

Zotero MCP server: local-first search, library checks, and preview-first writes for AI agents.

★ 4 MCP Server
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agentinterviews_mcp

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Run AI-led qualitative research interviews and surveys with Agent Interviews: create interviewers, manage projects, recruit participants…

★ 4 MCP Server
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chinese-history-mcp

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Traceable Chinese-history MCP: 4 cited tools over 9 classical texts (pre-Qin to Wei-Jin).

★ 3 MCP Server
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mcp-archiveorg

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Search inside digitised books, browse the Internet Archive catalogue and read Wayback captures.

★ 3 MCP Server
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immigration-mcp

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US immigration guidance: live Visa Bulletin, priority date checks and explanations of immigration terms.

★ 3 MCP Server
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AI Workstation Open Source Intelligence

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Read-only AI project discovery, verification, comparison, shortlisting, and stack planning.

★ 3 MCP Server Reachable
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gapbase-mcp

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Search 474 validated startup gaps by industry, role, or keyword. Works offline.

★ 2 MCP Server
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painspotter-mcp

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Startup and product opportunities mined from Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt and Stack Exchange: pain points, trending themes and…

★ 1 MCP Server
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AgentFEM

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Build, run, inspect, and verify finite-element simulations with AgentFEM.

★ 1 MCP Server
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mcp-molecules

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Chemistry tools from NIST data: molar mass with uncertainties, isotope-distribution mass spectra and name-formula lookup, offline or with…

★ 1 MCP Server
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fittin-mcp

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Patent prior art search and startup IP analysis: clone risk scores, defensibility maps, patentable features and competitor patent…

★ 1 MCP Server
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mcp-deep-research-server

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Autonomous multi-source deep research with DuckDuckGo search (zero API keys), parallel scrapers, markdown cleaning, synthesis with…

★ 1 MCP Server
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science-ai-mcp-server

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Science AI Journal tools: paper-tier prediction, AI peer review, research gap finder, journal recommender, duplicate publication checker…

★ 1 MCP Server
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UNESCO UIS Education Statistics MCP

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UNESCO UIS statistics (education, science, culture) with full provenance and fixed releases.

★ 1 MCP Server
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sparkit-mcp

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Ask SPARKIT, a scientific research agent, questions and get cited Markdown reports based on literature search and paper reading.

★ 1 MCP Server
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tube-bridge

Search & Research

YouTube MCP server for search, transcripts, frames, comments, channels, and local semantic corpora.

★ 1 MCP Server
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citeguard

Search & Research

Check citations against Crossref for retractions, corrections or expressions of concern before they go into a paper, summary or review.

★ 1 MCP Server
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Hlido Agent Reviews

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Independent AI-agent reviews: trust checks, evidence scorecards, incident registry, recommendations.

MCP Server Reachable
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honest-stat-gov-mcp

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Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) Local Data Bank (BDL): browse subjects, search variables and territorial units (voivodeship,…

MCP Server
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RealRun

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Independent AI model test scores on 5 tasks: inbox, scheduling, receipts, finance, support replies.

MCP Server
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Cluefinch MCP

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Local-first web research for AI agents with SearXNG search and SSRF-safe page retrieval.

MCP Server
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uap-pulse

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Search and map the Pentagon UAP/UFO releases plus curated official archives from 12 nations.

MCP Server
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GetABrain

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Real human judgment as agent tools — ask a question, get a structured human answer back.

MCP Server
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Cite Caddy

Search & Research

Remote MCP server for full read/write access to a Zotero library

MCP Server Requires auth
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André — Analyse électorale française

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Résultats des élections françaises 1999-2026 par bureau de vote, socio-démo INSEE et cartes.

MCP Server
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briefing-mcp

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Hourly ranked news (AI, markets, sports, world): JSON, e-ink pages, Morning Paper PDF; 25 free/day

MCP Server
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Research Methods Library

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Research methods for AI assistants: study design guidance, R and Python code, and citations

MCP Server
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abliteration-mcp

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Official

18 read-only tools over the abliteration.org catalog: every abliterated and uncensored LLM on Hugging Face, their method classification,…

MCP Server
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FragDenStaat

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Freedom-of-information requests for Germany via FragDenStaat.de, the froide FOI portal.

MCP Server