Research
MCP servers and skills for in-depth web and document research: gathering, summarizing and preparing sources with citations.
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- Total catalog entries
- 66
- MCP servers
- 42
- Skills
- 19
- Guides
- 21
- Workflows
- 1
- Plugins
- 0
- Harness components
- 0
- AI assistants
- 4
Free Research skills
Usable without license costs.
Account Research
FreeOfficial Anthropic skill for structured company and people research before sales outreach.
Anthropic
Call Prep
FreeOfficial Anthropic skill for structured sales call preparation.
Anthropic
Competitive Analysis
FreeCreates evidence-based competitive analyses with comparison matrices, positioning, and strategic implications.
Anthropic
Competitive Intelligence
FreeCreates interactive HTML battlecards for structured competitive research.
Anthropic
Cookbook Audit
FreeAudits Anthropic Cookbook notebooks systematically against a style and quality rubric.
Anthropic
Customer Research
FreeMulti-source customer research with source attribution, confidence levels, and clear escalation boundaries.
Anthropic
Draft Outreach
FreeOfficial Anthropic skill for researched and personalized sales outreach.
Anthropic
Knowledge Synthesis
FreeOfficial Anthropic skill for traceable, deduplicated answers synthesized from multiple enterprise sources.
Anthropic
Microsoft Code Reference
FreeSource-oriented research for Microsoft APIs, Azure SDKs, .NET libraries, and verified code samples.
GitHub
Microsoft Docs
FreeOfficial GitHub skill for precise research across Microsoft documentation.
GitHub
OpenAI Docs
FreeOfficial skill for current OpenAI documentation research with sources and clear product boundaries.
OpenAI
OpenAI Knowledge
FreeSource-oriented research in current official OpenAI documentation for integration questions.
OpenAI
Scientific Problem Selection
FreeAnthropic conversational framework for systematic scientific problem selection, evaluation, and strategic project development.
Anthropic
Scientific Slides
FreeA scientific presentation skill with PowerPoint, PDF, and LaTeX Beamer workflows, templates, and visual review.
davila7
Search Strategy
FreeOfficial Anthropic skill for decomposed, source-aware, and prioritized enterprise search.
Anthropic
Source Management
FreeDetect connected enterprise sources, expand search coverage, manage priorities, and handle rate limits transparently.
Anthropic
User Research Synthesis
FreeTurn interviews, surveys, and feedback into evidenced themes, user segments, and prioritized opportunities.
Anthropic
WorkIQ Copilot
FreeOfficial GitHub Copilot skill for using WorkIQ to query Microsoft 365 context, communications, documents, and schedules.
GitHub
nextflow-development
FreeGuided nf-core analyses for RNA-seq, WGS/WES, and ATAC-seq with Nextflow, reproducible test profiles, and verifiable outputs.
Anthropic
Research workflows
Processes that combine several building blocks into one task.
Research MCP servers
Servers commonly used in this category.
AI Research Assistant
Official FreeRemote MCP server for scholarly search, author analysis, and citation networks with Semantic Scholar.
Hamid Vakilzadeh
GitHub
Agent News MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial Agent News MCP Server – verified real-time news and stats on the AI agent economy.
The Agent Times
Apify MCP Server
OfficialOfficial Apify MCP for Actors, web-data extraction, and automation in an AI client.
Apify
GitHub
BCB SGS MCP Server
FreeResearch Brazilian economic indicators, Focus expectations and PTAX exchange rates.
Sidney Bissoli
BLS Labor MCP Server
FreeResearch US labor and price statistics through a community MCP server.
cyanheads
Brave Search MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial MCP server by Brave for web search, local places, videos, images, news, and AI summarization via Brave's independent index.
Brave Software, Inc.
GitHub
Bright Data MCP Server
OfficialOfficial Bright Data MCP: web search, scraping, structured data extraction, and browser automation for AI agents.
Bright Data
GitHub
DC Hub — Power, Energy & Data Center Intelligence
Official FreeRemote MCP server for live data-center, power-grid, energy, and infrastructure intelligence.
DC Hub
GitHub
Data Fair MCP Server
Official FreeDiscover, understand and analyze Data Fair datasets through targeted queries.
Koumoul
DataHub MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial MCP server for searching and inspecting DataHub metadata, lineage, and trust signals from an AI client.
Acryl Data
GitHub
EIA Energy MCP Server
FreeExplore US energy statistics through the EIA API and a community MCP server.
cyanheads
EmblemAI MCP
OfficialHosted EmblemAI MCP server for wallet, blockchain, NFT, market, and research workflows with explicitly separated transaction access.
EmblemAI
GitHub
Exa MCP Server
OfficialOfficial hosted Exa MCP for web search, webpage fetching, and optional multi-step research in an AI client.
Exa
GitHub
Ferryhopper
OfficialRemote MCP server from Ferryhopper for ferry ports, connections, trip discovery, and a safer booking handoff.
Ferryhopper
Fetch MCP
Official FreeOfficial MCP reference server for fetching and converting web content to markdown.
Model Context Protocol
Firecrawl MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial Firecrawl MCP server for web scraping, web search, multi-page crawling, document parsing, and recurring page monitoring.
Firecrawl
GitHub
Gondola MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial remote MCP server for travel, hotel, flight, and rental-car search with cash-versus-points comparison.
Gondola
Hugging Face MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial Hugging Face MCP server that lets AI assistants search Hub models, datasets, papers, and Spaces, and use community tools.
Hugging Face
GitHub
IBGE Brasil MCP
Official FreeRemote MCP server from Sidney Bissoli for live, citable data from Brazil’s official statistics and geography institute IBGE.
Sidney Bissoli
GitHub
IMF MCP Server
FreeExplore IMF macroeconomic data through an independent community server.
cyanheads
Jina AI MCP Server
OfficialJina AI official remote MCP endpoint for web search, reading, embeddings, reranking, and source-grounded work.
Jina AI
GitHub
KPI Depot MCP Server
Official FreeResearch KPI definitions, formulas and access-dependent benchmarks from an AI client.
KPI Depot
Keenable Web Search
Official FreeKeenable remote MCP server for ranked web search and clean page-content retrieval.
Keenable
Listen to Sadhu
Official FreeVedic scripture and recorded lectures via MCP
Mapbox MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial Mapbox MCP server: geocoding, routing, travel-time zones, and map images directly in your AI client.
Mapbox
GitHub
Medical Terminologies MCP
Official FreeRemote MCP server from Sidney Bissoli for documented search and mapping across medical terminologies.
Sidney Bissoli
GitHub
Menjometre MCP Server
Official FreeRead-only MCP server for open data on grants, contracts, and public transparency in Catalonia.
Feeder LLC
Niche
OfficialRemote MCP server from SailQuery for signal research, story angles, brand voice, and platform-native content workflows.
SailQuery
OurAirports MCP Server
FreeLook up airport codes and geographic reference data from a bundled OurAirports dataset.
cyanheads
Perplexity MCP Server
OfficialOfficial Perplexity MCP for current web search, research, and reasoning in an AI client.
Perplexity AI, Inc.
GitHub
Pick an Agency MCP Server
Official FreeSearch marketing agencies and build a reasoned shortlist from directory data.
Pick an Agency
PubMed MCP Server
Official FreeRemote MCP server from Casey Hand for searching, reviewing, and citing biomedical literature.
Casey Hand
GitHub
Qdrant MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial MCP server that stores information in Qdrant and retrieves it through semantic search.
Qdrant
GitHub
SAP MCP Server
OfficialOOBE Protocol hosted SAP MCP server for Synapse Agent Protocol, Solana, identity, payment, and transaction tools.
OOBE Protocol
GitHub
Socialcrawl MCP Server
Official FreeOfficial MCP server for SocialCrawl data from social media, reviews, trends, search, and web research.
SocialCrawl
GitHub
SparkForge MCP Server
Official FreeRemote MCP server for utility APIs covering media, documents, web, development, and crypto research.
SparkForge
Tavily MCP Server
OfficialOfficial Tavily MCP server for web search, extraction, website mapping, and crawling directly in a connected AI client of choice.
Tavily
GitHub
URL Safety Validator MCP
Official FreeRemote MCP server for checking untrusted URLs before fetching, visiting, or forwarding them.
Kord Agencies
GitHub
Zipp
Official FreeOfficial hosted MCP server for multilingual crypto news with editorial signals and source attribution.
Deficlow
GitHub
cityparity MCP Server
Official FreeRemote MCP server from cityparity for transparent city, relocation, and cost-of-living comparisons.
Skyler Bissell
GitHub
lahend MCP Server
Official FreeFree MCP server for Estonian case law: full-text search of court decisions and legislation, linked to the business register.
lahend
nimistuMCP
Official FreeOfficial read-only MCP server from nimistu.ee for traceable Estonian business and register data.
Nimistu MTÜ
GitHub
Research AI assistants
AI assistants for this category.
DeepSeek
FreeFree AI chat assistant from DeepSeek with a reasoning mode, web search, and file upload – no subscription tier, built on openly released model weights.
DeepSeek
Gemini
Available externallyGoogle's AI assistant, deeply built into Gmail, Drive, and Docs – from free everyday access to Ultra plans with video, Deep Think, and the Jules coding agent.
Mistral Vibe
Available externallyMistral AI's work and coding agent (formerly Le Chat) with deep research, editor integration, and 100+ connectors, run on European infrastructure.
Mistral AI
Perplexity
Available externallyAI answer engine that combines web research with cited sources for every answer, instead of just listing links.
Perplexity AI, Inc.
Matching providers
Who publishes in this category.
Acryl Data
VerifiedAcryl Data is the company behind DataHub, a metadata platform for AI and data context management. The company operates b...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Anthropic
VerifiedAnthropic is the company behind Claude and Claude Code. In the anthropics/claude-plugins-official repository, Anthropic...
0 MCP-Server · 62 Skills
Apify
VerifiedApify operates a marketplace of ready-to-run automation tools called Actors, and publishes the official Apify MCP Server...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Brave Software, Inc.
VerifiedBrave Software builds the eponymous, Chromium-based browser that blocks ads and trackers by default, along with Brave Se...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Bright Data
VerifiedBright Data operates a web data infrastructure platform for searching, crawling, extracting, and acting on data across t...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Casey Hand
VerifiedAccording to the provider, Casey Hand publishes the cyanheads PubMed MCP Server as an Apache-2.0 licensed service for bi...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
DC Hub
VerifiedDC Hub operates an MCP server that provides live data-center facility, grid, fiber, and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) i...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Deficlow
VerifiedDeficlow operates Zipp, a multilingual crypto news feed, and publishes the official Zipp MCP Server.
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
EmblemAI
VerifiedEmblemAI is the platform operated by EmblemVault behind the documented agent-wallet and MCP offering for crypto workflow...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Exa
VerifiedExa Labs Inc. operates a search API built specifically for AI agents and applications, describing its mission as working...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Feeder LLC
VerifiedAccording to the legal notice, Feeder LLC operates Menjometre, an independent transparency portal for public spending in...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Ferryhopper
VerifiedFerryhopper operates a ferry ticket booking platform and acts as an aggregator, making offers from more than 360 ferry o...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Firecrawl
VerifiedFirecrawl provides an API for searching, fetching, and interacting with websites, turning unstructured web content into...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
GitHub
VerifiedGitHub operates the world's most widely used platform for code hosting and Git-based version control, describing itself...
1 MCP-Server · 34 Skills
Gondola
VerifiedGondola operates an AI-powered travel booking platform designed to help users earn more loyalty points while also saving...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Hamid Vakilzadeh
VerifiedAccording to the provider, Hamid Vakilzadeh publishes the AIRA Semantic Scholar MCP server for academic literature resea...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Hugging Face
Hugging Face operates a central platform for developing and sharing machine learning models and is considered one of the...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Jina AI
VerifiedJina AI builds building blocks for search and retrieval applications: Reader converts any URL into LLM-friendly markdown...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
KPI Depot
KPI Depot provides business-metric definitions, calculation guidance and benchmark data. Metrics describe measurable asp...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Keenable
VerifiedKeenable operates an independent web search infrastructure built specifically for AI systems rather than human users. Un...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Kord Agencies
VerifiedKord Agencies builds MCP servers that act as "pre-action gates" for AI agents: they intervene at critical decision point...
2 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Koumoul
Koumoul provides solutions for publishing, sharing and visualizing data. The Data Fair project offers a documented MCP i...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Mapbox
VerifiedMapbox is a provider of mapping, navigation, and location services for developers. The platform offers map rendering, ge...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Model Context Protocol
VerifiedThe Model Context Protocol is an open standard for connecting AI applications to external systems. Anthropic introduced...
2 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Nimistu MTÜ
VerifiedNimistu MTÜ operates the Estonian Public Business Register (Eesti ettevõtete avalik register), which aggregates company...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
OOBE Protocol
VerifiedAccording to the provider, OOBE Protocol operates Synapse Agent Protocol and SAP MCP for Solana-based agent and payment...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
OpenAI
VerifiedOpenAI develops large AI models and the products built on top of them — the company became widely known primarily throug...
0 MCP-Server · 34 Skills
Perplexity AI, Inc.
VerifiedPerplexity AI, Inc. was founded in August 2022 and is headquartered in San Francisco. Co-founder and CEO Aravind Sriniva...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Pick an Agency
Pick an Agency operates a marketing-agency directory. Its developer documentation describes public interfaces for search...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Qdrant
VerifiedQdrant develops and operates Qdrant, an open-source vector database built entirely in Rust for similarity and semantic s...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
SailQuery
VerifiedSailQuery is a mobile app for cruise enthusiasts that captures, organizes, and compares offers from Royal Caribbean's Cl...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Sidney Bissoli
VerifiedAccording to the provider, Sidney Bissoli publishes Medical Terminologies MCP as an independent remote service and an MI...
3 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Skyler Bissell
VerifiedAccording to the provider, Skyler Bissell operates cityparity, a website and remote MCP service for comparing cost of li...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
SocialCrawl
VerifiedSocialCrawl offers a unified API for pulling social media data across 67 platforms, instead of requiring a separate inte...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
SparkForge
VerifiedAccording to the provider, SparkForge is a service for agent utility APIs and an MCP server. Agentic here means these AP...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Tavily
VerifiedTavily operates a web access API built specifically for AI agents and language models, and publishes the official Tavily...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
The Agent Times
VerifiedThe Agent Times operates a news platform dedicated entirely to the AI agent economy — covering platforms, infrastructure...
2 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
cyanheads
VerifiedAccording to the provider profile, cyanheads develops this standalone MCP server and publishes the NIST NVD product sour...
5 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
davila7
Verifieddavila7 publishes Claude Code components and skills in the claude-code-templates repository.
0 MCP-Server · 4 Skills
lahend
Verifiedlahend is a free, ad-free search portal for Estonian court decisions. The website indexes the fully published case law f...
1 MCP-Server · 0 Skills
Research guides
Guides and background on this topic.
Set up Mapbox MCP Server
Set up the Mapbox MCP Server: hosted endpoint or local token, a first test, and sensible limits.
30.09.2026
Setting up the Agent News MCP Server
The Agent Times' free, no-auth MCP server delivers verified, sourced news with confidence scores about the AI agent and MCP industry.
18.09.2026
Set up Bright Data MCP Server safely
Configure the official Bright Data MCP Server as a remote endpoint or local process: store the API token securely, activate tool groups deliberately, and understand scraping boundaries and prompt-injection risks.
18.09.2026
Set up Exa MCP Server
Connect the official hosted Exa MCP safely, choose access deliberately, and validate web sources independently.
18.09.2026
Set up Qdrant MCP Server
Set up Qdrant semantic search through MCP, limit collection permissions, and control writes.
18.09.2026
Set up Apify MCP Server safely
Configure the official Apify Remote MCP with OAuth or local stdio using minimal permissions and clear scraping boundaries.
18.09.2026
Set up Perplexity MCP Server
Connect the official Perplexity Remote MCP safely with an API key and critically validate research output.
18.09.2026
Set up DataHub MCP Server
Make DataHub metadata available safely in an MCP client using OAuth or a minimally privileged token.
18.09.2026
Set up and use Cookbook Audit safely
How Anthropic's official Cookbook Audit skill automatically checks and reviews Jupyter notebooks against a fixed scoring rubric.
09.09.2026
Use Source Management safely
Guide to transparent enterprise search: identify sources, set clear priorities, explain rate limits, and limit risky data access.
09.09.2026
Research Microsoft Docs safely and traceably
GitHub's skill routes queries about Azure, .NET, VS Code, and GitHub to the correct official Microsoft documentation source.
09.09.2026
Use OpenAI Knowledge with source discipline
How the OpenAI Knowledge skill makes AI coding agents base answers on current official docs instead of guessing outdated facts.
09.09.2026
Using User Research Synthesis safely
A practical guide to Anthropic’s official skill for synthesizing user research.
09.09.2026
Using Knowledge Synthesis safely
A practical guide to the official Anthropic skill for source-aware synthesis in enterprise search.
09.09.2026
Setting up and using Search Strategy safely
A practical guide to the official Anthropic skill for structured search across multiple enterprise sources.
09.09.2026
Setting up Brave Search MCP Server: Web search and research for AI agents
Brave's official MCP server brings web, news, image, video, and LLM-context search safely into MCP-compatible AI agents.
09.09.2026
Set up Firecrawl MCP Server
Firecrawl MCP brings search, scraping, and web data into agents. This guide covers setup, safe use, and practical limits.
09.09.2026
Set up Tavily MCP Server
Connect the official Tavily Remote or local MCP safely and treat web content as untrusted source material.
09.09.2026
Setting up the Hugging Face MCP Server
Connect the Hugging Face MCP Server via the settings page, pick the right tools, and limit access to the functionality you actually need.
09.09.2026
Setting up the Socialcrawl MCP Server
The Socialcrawl MCP Server exposes social media and web data through one MCP interface for research, monitoring, and analysis.
09.09.2026
Installing Fetch MCP
Set up Fetch MCP with uvx, pip, or Docker and secure access to internal networks.
03.09.2026