Research MCP Server: 10 Tools, One Endpoint
One MCP endpoint connecting Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor to arXiv, Reddit, GitHub, Hacker News, OpenAlex, Wikipedia, CoinGecko, GDELT, and more.
10 tools, one endpoint
Connect Claude, Cursor, Claude Code or ChatGPT to all of these live research sources through a single MCP server — no per-source API keys:
How to connect
- 1Add the MCP server
Point your AI client at the hosted endpoint and scope it to this server.
- 2Drop in the config
For Cursor / Claude Desktop, add this to your MCP config (use your Apify API token):
{ "mcpServers": { "research": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=dami_studio/research-mcp-server" } } } - 3Ask away
Your assistant can now search arXiv, Reddit, GitHub, news and more, mid-conversation.
What you get
Each tool returns structured JSON the model reads directly — titles, links, scores, dates — so your agent cites real sources.
More use cases for Research MCP Server — 10 Tools for AI Agents
arXiv MCP Server: Search Papers in Claude & Cursor
Connect Claude or Cursor to arXiv and pull recent papers on any topic, with titles, authors, and abstracts returned over one MCP endpoint.
Reddit MCP Tool: Search Any Subreddit by Topic
Give your AI agent a Reddit search tool. Pull the top posts from any subreddit by week or score, with titles and links fed into your prompt.
GitHub Repo Search MCP Server, No Token Needed
Cursor and Claude agents search GitHub repos by stars and language, like trending Rust CLI tools, through one MCP server with no access token.