The best Research MCP servers
Give your agents real research superpowers — live web search, page fetching, academic lookups, and structured data gathering — as callable MCP tools. Connect once on BusinessMCP so any agent can gather, verify, and synthesize information from your unified endpoint.
How we rank
Entries are ordered by install count with official, hand-verified connectors first. The directory refreshes as new servers ship; every entry links to a detail page with real capabilities, example prompts, and setup instructions.
| Server | By | Price | Installs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brave Search (Official) | anthropic | Free | 95k |
| Tavily | tavily | Free | 60k |
| Perplexity | perplexity | Free | 50k |
| AI Research Assistant | hamid-vakilzadeh | Free | 38.5k |
| Wolfram Alpha | nicekid1 | Free | 10k |
| Paper Search v2 | TitanSneaker | Free | 9.8k |
| Browserbase | browserbase | Free | 8.9k |
| YouTube MCP | sfiorini | Free | 7.9k |
| Paper Search | adamamer20 | Free | 7.2k |
| DuckDuckGo & Felo AI Search | OEvortex | Free | 6.7k |
Brave Search (Official)
anthropic
Official Anthropic Brave Search MCP. Web search with rich, structured results for AI consumption.
Tavily
tavily
AI-optimized search engine for research. Get comprehensive, accurate results with built-in summarization.
Perplexity
perplexity
AI-powered research with citations. Get accurate answers backed by real-time web sources and references.
AI Research Assistant
hamid-vakilzadeh
Access millions of academic papers through Semantic Scholar and arXiv, with comprehensive search, citation analysis, and full-text PDF extraction.
Wolfram Alpha
nicekid1
Wolfram Alpha computational intelligence. Answer questions, compute math, and access curated knowledge.
Paper Search v2
TitanSneaker
Find and download academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, CrossRef, and IACR.
Browserbase
browserbase
Cloud browser automation using Stagehand and Browserbase, enabling LLMs to interact with web pages, take screenshots, and run parallel sessions.
YouTube MCP
sfiorini
Search and browse videos, channels, and playlists. Retrieve multilingual, timestamped transcripts and search within captions.
Paper Search
adamamer20
Search and download academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Google Scholar, and more.
DuckDuckGo & Felo AI Search
OEvortex
Fast, privacy-friendly web and AI-powered search capabilities with integrated content and metadata extraction.
Singapore Gov Open Data
aniruddha-adhikary
Access open datasets and collections from data.gov.sg. Enable searching, metadata retrieval, and filtered dataset downloads.
OpenLegi
rdassignies
MCP server for French legal sources: Legifrance, Judilibre, Registre National des Entreprises.
Cloudflare Docs
chuhuoyuan
Search Cloudflare documentation across Workers, Pages, R2, Zero Trust, and more.
Bible MCP
cameronapak
Get Scripture from the Bible using Bible MCP. Open source and freely given.
Parallel Web Search
parallel
Highest accuracy web search for AIs.
Korean Law Search
rabqatab
Search and retrieve Korean statutes and administrative rules with precise filters. Access English translations.
Seltz
seltz-ai
Provides AI assistants with access to Seltz's powerful Web Search capabilities.
Macrostrat Geology
blake365
Explore global geologic data for bedrock, formations, ages, and stratigraphy. Generate geology map tiles.
Google Scholar Search
mochow13
Academic paper search capabilities by querying Google Scholar through a standardized MCP interface.
Tweet Search
janwilmake
Search Twitter using advanced operators to find relevant tweets, media, and links. Filter by users, hashtags, dates.
Airbnb Search
geobio
Search Airbnb listings and retrieve detailed information. Get structured JSON data without requiring an API key.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Research MCP server?
It exposes research capabilities — web search, scraping, or academic databases — as agent-callable functions over MCP, so AI agents can pull live, sourced information instead of relying on stale training data.
Can agents cite their sources?
Yes. Research servers return structured results with URLs and metadata, so agents can ground answers in real sources and hand back citations.
Which models can use these?
All of them — connections are model-agnostic across Claude, GPT, Gemini, and local agents.
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