Zero-auth, security-hardened cross-domain research MCP server: web, academic, GitHub, news, weather, macro/finance, SEC, biomedical, Bluesky, YouTube. SSRF and prompt-injection defenses.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add openresearch --env GITHUB_TOKEN='<GITHUB_TOKEN>' --env STACKEXCHANGE_KEY='<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>' -- uvx openresearch-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.openresearch]
command = "uvx"
args = ["openresearch-mcp"]
env = { GITHUB_TOKEN = "<GITHUB_TOKEN>", STACKEXCHANGE_KEY = "<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add openresearch --env GITHUB_TOKEN='<GITHUB_TOKEN>' --env STACKEXCHANGE_KEY='<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>' -- uvx openresearch-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"openresearch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openresearch-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"openresearch": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openresearch-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"openresearch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openresearch-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"openresearch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openresearch-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"openresearch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openresearch-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
"STACKEXCHANGE_KEY": "<STACKEXCHANGE_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
GITHUB_TOKENSTACKEXCHANGE_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.