MCP Server

OpenResearch MCP MCP Server

Name: OpenResearch MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.olanokhin

io.github.olanokhin/openresearch-mcp

Repository Registry

What is the OpenResearch MCP MCP server?

Zero-auth research MCP server — web, GitHub, HN, Stack Overflow, OpenAlex, YouTube. No keys needed.

How to install OpenResearch MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

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

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

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

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "openresearch-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openresearch-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL>",
        "STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<YOUR_STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add openresearch-mcp --env GITHUB_TOKEN=<YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN> --env OPENALEX_EMAIL=<YOUR_OPENALEX_EMAIL> --env STACKEXCHANGE_KEY=<YOUR_STACKEXCHANGE_KEY> -- uvx openresearch-mcp