MCP Research Server

AI-powered web research tools for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client.

Works with OpenRouter (free) or Anthropic API.

Tools

research_company

Deep company intelligence — website analysis + AI synthesis.

What does Linear do and who are their competitors?
→ Uses research_company("Linear", url="linear.app")

Returns: description, industry, business model, size estimate, products, pricing model, competitors, strengths.

summarize_url

Fetch and summarize any URL in concise/detailed/bullets format.

Summarize this blog post: https://...
→ Uses summarize_url(url, style="bullets")

compare_companies

Side-by-side comparison of 2-3 companies.

Compare Notion vs Linear vs Asana
→ Uses compare_companies(["Notion", "Linear", "Asana"])

Returns: markdown comparison table + conclusion.

extract_data

Extract specific structured data from any webpage.

Extract the pricing plans from https://vercel.com/pricing
→ Uses extract_data(url, extraction_goal="pricing plans")

Returns: JSON of extracted data.

Related MCP server: Perplexity Tool for Claude Desktop

Install

pip install openai mcp httpx beautifulsoup4

Claude Desktop Config

Option A: OpenRouter (Free — recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["/path/to/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "your-openrouter-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get a free OpenRouter key at openrouter.ai — no credit card required for free models.

Option B: Anthropic API

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "research": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["/path/to/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cost

• OpenRouter free models: $0.00/call — completely free

• Anthropic Haiku: ~$0.001-0.005/call

Requirements

• Python 3.10+

• OPENROUTER_API_KEY (free) or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

License

MIT