Research
MCP servers and skills for in-depth web and document research: gathering, summarizing and preparing sources with citations.
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Entries in this category
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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
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How the OpenAI Knowledge skill makes AI coding agents base answers on current official docs instead of guessing outdated facts.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