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OpenResearch MCP

Zero-auth research MCP: web, academic, finance, news, weather, macro, social, SEC. No keys.

Python

★ 11 stars Last pushed 2026-07-08 License: Apache-2.0

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Review any command before running it. Package names and URLs come from the server's own registry entry.

Package (pypi 0.2.1)

uvx openresearch-mcp

Or add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openresearch-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openresearch-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
        "SEC_USER_AGENT": "<YOUR_VALUE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

GITHUB_TOKEN secret — GitHub token — increases rate limit from 60 to 5,000 req/hr
OPENALEX_EMAIL — Your email for the OpenAlex polite pool (higher rate limits)
STACKEXCHANGE_KEY secret — Stack Exchange API key for higher daily quota on Stack Overflow searches
SEC_USER_AGENT — Your contact email/string for SEC EDGAR fair-access; a default is used otherwise